…It is a triple-deep “Langstroth” beehive that holds traditional frames and was obtained from Eco Honeybees of Falls Church, VA. The hive contains almost 20,000 bees and continues to grow….
California Prunes Projected to Bounce Back
…a lot of wind, a lot of rain and the bees had almost no hours to fly, so we had very poor pollination in the prunes.” This year should be…
Plant Health and Production Workforce Funding from USDA
…program. Past projects include a University of Pennsylvania effort to aid plant pollination by producing improved honey bees. A University of Florida Project sought to develop drought-resistant peanut cultivars and…
Plants That Are a Magnet for Bees
…populations due to colony collapse disorder, native bee populations including bumblebees, mason bees and many other solitary bee species, are also on the decline. Habitat loss due to urban and…
Making Good Use of Old Firewood
…work great off patios, in yards or through forests. Old and rotten firewood can offer a good habitat for some of our wildlife. Such as frogs, insects, birds, solitary bees,…
Planning and What to Grow in Your Food Forest
…bees and butterflies. Groundcovers can be edible, nitrogen-fixing plants like red clovers, that will carpet the ground to prevent it drying out. In the beginning, everything should be planted at…
2017 California Almond Forecast
…bloom sprays more difficult. There were also concerns about bees pollinating in the stormy weather, but the extended bloom may have compensated for those issues. While all the rain complicated…
Almond Growers Check Effects of Rain at Bloom
Frequent rains and wind caused a few hurdles for California almond growers, whose orchards could have benefited from more calm weather to encourage fly time from honeybees to pollinate and…
Agri View: Pollinator Problem Worldwide
…by that mysterious disease that destroys whole hives of Honeybees. Hope for a solution is still strong but it still lingers. Until recently I was unaware that the problem has…
Bee “Bed and Breakfast” Gets Helping Hand from Science
…Touchet, Washington, to unearth new clues to improve the lives of the crop’s chief insect pollinator: the alkali bee. Alkali bees are champion alfalfa flower pollinators—even outperforming the respected honey…
Gardening and Farming Cover Crops
…also good for attracting bees and other pollinators when the cover crops start to flower in late winter and early spring. It’s important to cut down cover crops before they…
Almond Board: Hive Removal and Bee Forage
…bee forage. Listen to the report: From the Almond Board: With trees in bloom and bees buzzing throughout the orchard, growers and all pollination stakeholders should be aware of practices…
Almond Matters: Bloom Weather Brings Issues
…for about four or five days off-and-on. It was wet and cold conditions so the bees weren’t flying. Then you have the amplification of problems with the fungicides and disease…
Almond Board: Bee Forage
…period, and honey bees are the most successful pollinators of almonds blossoms. Colonies of honey bees are placed in California Almond orchards at the beginning of the bloom period to…