Signup Begins June 4 for Livestock Indemnity Program and Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin accepting disaster assistance program…
Reasons to Plant Flowers alongside Vegetables
…strong and healthy. Not to mention adding that pop of magnificent color. So leave a little extra space for the flowers for their ability to attract bees and other pollinators….
Fast Blooming Spring Flowers
…grow to be massive blooms. Hellebore, Bleeding Heart, and Spring Beauty are other honorable mentions. Not only will these flowers pop up quickly, but they will attract bees too. I’m…
NRCS Resources to Increase Pollinator Populations
…implementing a variety of different practices. The monarch butterfly is one of the most well-known butterflies in North America and like other pollinators such as bees, monarch butterfly populations have…
Agri View: Honeybee Research Continuing
…mite. The pest spreads rapidly and can wipe out a colony of bees in a very short time. Mites are one of the most widespread problems in the whole bee…
Planting and Cultivating Your Very Own Forage Garden
…garden. Besides feeding yourself, you can also support the native butterflies, birds and bees that also depend on these foods. What’s great about a forage garden is that it requires…
Starting Your Own Beekeeping Operation
…honey and beeswax production and commercial crop pollination. Honey production depends on the availability of nectar producing plants. Remember to protect your bees from chemicals as much as possible. Find…
Planting a Bee Friendly Garden
…ideal plants for your region. Single blossom plants are easier for bees to access. Such sas petunias, poppies, daisies, hollyhocks, geraniums, and old fashioned roses. Bees have excellent color perception,…
Agri View: Honeybee Update
…crops depend on bees to pollinate those crops. You have to remember now. The bees need the crops just as much as the crops need the bees. It is an…
ARS Scientist Leads $1 Million Funded Consortium to Seek Honey Bee Disease Controls
…scientists to seek new controls for Varroa mites, honey bees’ number one problem. Cook, with the Bee Research Laboratory, a part of ARS’s Beltsville (Maryland) Agricultural Research Center, will be…
UCR Researchers Receive Grant to Improve Pollinator Health
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research award will identify best management practices to protect bees UCR researchers conducting a field study on pollinator health at an almond field in California’s…
Almond Update: Don’t Forget About Bee Water and Removal
…to date to ensure that almond orchards are and remain a safe and healthy place for honey bees. The documents lay out simple, practical steps that almond growers can take…
Legislation Designed to Save Pollinators Introduced in House
Representatives Earl Blumenauer of Oregon and Jim McGovern of Massachusetts introduced the Saving America’s Pollinators Act. The legislation is designed to protect the health of honey bees and other critical…
Mulch Plants for Your Garden
…want to choose to grow include comfrey (see above)– known as a permaculture champion. It’s a vigorous grower with huge leaves that have medicinal qualities and tiny flowers that bees…