…your garden because their deep hues attract pollinators. Bees in particular are especially attracted to purple and blue. On tomorrow’s This Land, the purple veggies you should consider planting in…
Almond Board Invests $6.8 Million in Research
…precision irrigation technology and exploring replenishing underground aquifers through on-farm groundwater recharge. To ensure the safety of honey bees, essential to pollinating almonds, farmers work closely with beekeepers and follow…
BEE Where Website Helps Growers
Bees and beehives, in an almond orchard in the Central Valley of California Photo by Len Wilcox A new program has started that helps growers know when when beehives are…
New BeeWhere Program to Provide Better Protection of Bee Hives
…with AgNet West’s Taylor Hillman about the BeeWhere program. “The regulation is that if an applicator wants to apply a pesticide within a mile of where bees are located, they…
Livestock Groups Petition Department of Transportation for Hours of Service Flexibility
…Bureau Federation President Source: National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Image credit: (feature image) Loading bees for transport from South Carolina to Maine to pollinate blueberries. Photo by Pollinator via Wikimedia Commons…
Agri View: Value of Bugs Pollinating Crops
…told you that one out of three bites of food you swallow is the result of pollination. Not just bees. Any type of flying insects serves as plant pollinator. Butterflies,…
Agri View: Pollination Help
…nature’s creatures. That includes honey bees, butterflies, moths, beetles, bats. Maybe a few I have left out. It is easy to why the whole country got upset when we started…
Practical Uses of the Mimosa Tree
…foliage. But it isn’t just their beauty that makes them attractive. Mimosa trees are fast-growing, cold weather tolerant, and pollinators love them. Bees and butterflies like to hang around mimosa…
Agri View: Honey Bee Losses Continue to Rise
…of beekeepers have lost nearly half of all the colonized bees in this country. That’s not all. Annual colony for 2017 were up another 7 percent. They’re not optimistic about…
Assessing Carr Fire Damage, Local Bees Affected
The whole state of California from San Diego County up to the California-Oregon border has either seen the face of fire or its shadow, smoke. The Carr Fire has burned…
Plant Fruit Trees in Your Yard
…and fruits attract loads of birds, bees, and butterflies. It’s important to know that not all types of fruit trees thrive in all environments. For example, citrus trees will struggle…
Keeping Honeybees Healthy with Technology
Ellie Symes went from college student at Indiana University to the CEO of a business all in the name of healthy honeybees. Symes had a passion for bees and wanted…
You Should Consider Growing Wildflowers
…of our hands. They are great at attracting bees and butterflies, especially in or near our gardens when its time to pollinate tomatoes, squashes, and much more. Wildflowers set down…
Celebrating National Pollinator Week
…valuable ecosystem services provided by pollinators. Bees are the most commonly recognized pollinator, but there are many other species of insects that do the job. The large majority, roughly 200,000,…