…storms, including: • Almonds—The storms hit just as almond trees were blooming. Bees that pollinate almond blossoms don’t fly in the rain and prefer temperatures higher than 55 degrees. In…
Help the Bees
…of Ours. Help the Bees While we are learning more about the declining population of bees over the past few decades, we are also noticing that they aren’t the only…
Iowa Bees
…Bees Folks living in the small town of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have a big plan to attract more bees. Due to the declining bee population, flowers that were once visited…
Oroville Dam: Evacuation Order Disrupts Farming in Affected Area
…damage. “Right now, there’s standing water in orchards,” she said. “Almond bloom has started. It’s in the very early stages. These sunny days in between these rainstorms get bees really…
Almond Board: Commitment to Research
…providing a scientific basis for best practices across several priority areas for more than 40 years. Two of those key areas are sustainable water use and protecting the honey bees…
Almond Board: Pollination
…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 ensure…
Agri View: Help for Bees
Everett Griner talks about how non-farm plants will help bees in today’s Agri View. Download Help for Bees You know you don’t read or hear as much about the decline…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…(VI-AL) Rep. Tom O’Halleran (AZ-1) Rep. Darren Soto (FL-9) Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Jurisdiction: Policies, statutes, and markets relating to horticulture, including fruits, vegetables, nuts, and ornamentals; bees; and organic…
Unified Bee Health Data Key to Finding Trends
…bees. The Bee Informed program is a growing partnership that several institutions started five years ago. “The basic idea behind the Bee Informed partnership is that we want to collect…
Beekeepers, Farmers Prepare for Pollination
…bees into almond orchards in Kings, Kern, Tulare, Stanislaus and San Joaquin counties. He said he hopes the bees “will do what they always do in the spring and start…
Six California Projects that Reduce Pesticide Use
…protect bees. One undertaking provides almond growers with hedgerow seeds. The hedgerows provide habitat for bees as well as natural predatory insects beneficial in managing plant pests. Media interested in…
Common Crop Chemical Leaves Bees Susceptible to Deadly Viruses
…also found that a particular gene involved in immunity — called 18-wheeler — had reduced expression in bees treated with the adjuvant and the virus, compared to bees in the…
Humans Need Bees
Cathy Isom has the latest buzz on why we need to pay more attention to bees. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Download Humans Need Bees Just how…
Almond Board: CASP Workshops on Bee Health
…Woodland. Billy Synk, director of Pollination Programs at Project Apis m., will discuss projects for improving honey bee forage and habitat. Growers will learn about the Seeds for Bees program…