…for a beekeeper to consider. Italian honeybee The Italian Honeybee may be the best bee for beginners, because this subspecies of the Western honeybee is not an aggressive bee which…
How Bees Defend Themselves from Predators
…leaves its hive in pursuit of pollen. A honeybee’s primary defense mechanism is its ability to sting a predator, injecting a debilitating, sometimes deadly, venom. Amazingly, only female honeybees can…
Agri View: Value of Bugs Pollinating Crops
…the honeybee. We can be comforted in the fact that they are nowhere close to extension. They do need help pollinating plants of this world. I think I have already…
Agri View: Honey Bee Losses Continue to Rise
…One of the organizations that keeps track of the honeybee situation since long before the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) problem has issues another of it’s annual reports. It isn’t as…
Agri View: Honeybee Research Continuing
Everett Griner talks about honeybee research in today’s Agri View. Everett discusses a grant researchers have received to study the Varroa mite problem. The deadly parasitic Varroa mite on the…
Agri View: Honeybee Update
Everett Griner talks about the honeybee battle still being fought in today’s Agri View. Well, it has been a dozen years or more since the United States faced that series…
USDA to Immediately Assist Producers for Qualifying Livestock, Honeybee and Farm-raised Fish Program Losses
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will issue $34 million to help agricultural producers recover from 2017 natural disasters through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish Program…
Legislation Designed to Save Pollinators Introduced in House
…pollinators. Estimates are that the U.S. lost one-third of honeybee colonies between 2016 and 2017, with similar losses occurring in previous years. To help bring a halt to the trend,…
Agri View: Honeybee Dilemma Continues
Everett Griner talks about honeybee research continues but still not quite there in today’s Agri View. It has been over a decade now since the honeybee industry almost collapsed. Scientists…
Honeybees Attraction to Pesticides
Cathy Isom has some stinging news about an alarming study that shows honeybees like what’s actually bad for them. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Researchers at University…
Agri View: Latest on Honeybee Situation
…honeybee in today’s Agri View. Everett looks into the necessity of the honeybee across the nation as well as what the honeybee supplies to us. Honey! Latest on Honeybee Situation…
Agri View: Thieves Targeting Bees
…with experience in the honeybee industry. And, it is mostly in the winter months. But, be aware. It can happen. Anywhere. Anytime. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner……
USPS Issues Protect Pollinators Forever Stamps
The U.S. Postal Service is helping to raise awareness about the importance of pollinators by issuing Protect Pollinators Forever stamps depicting both the monarch butterfly and the western honeybee, each…
Agri View: Colony Collapse Disorder Update
…good as the honeybee. So, the search for a solution goes on. Two major factors. Find the cause of CCD. And, improve the environment. Only then will the problem be…