Almond Board: Helping Honey Bees

Taylor Hillman Almond Update, General

Helping Honey Bees
The Almond board is reminding growers of ways they can help the ever-important honey bee population. One way, is to plant forage for the bees, and Project Apis m has a program that can help you do that.

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From Project Apism:
Our organization’s name comes from Apis mellifera, the scientific name for the European honey bee. Project Apis m. or PAm is the go-to organization at the interface of honeybees and pollinated crops. We’ve infused over $6 million into bee research since our inception in 2006 to provide growers with healthier bees resulting in better pollination and increased crop yields. We have personal relationships with the nation’s commercial beekeepers and with the top bee scientists in the country.

We fund research studies, purchase equipment for bee labs at our universities, support graduate students and provide scholarships to young bee scientists to encourage their pursuit of science-based solutions to honey bee challenges.

We are a non-profit 501 (c) (5) organization governed by a nine-member board. Our board members are beekeepers representing the major national and state beekeeping organizations. Four scientific advisors review research proposals and provide recommendations to the board.