…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…
CA Farmers Monitor Storms’ Impact on Crops, Water
…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…