Dadant & Son’s Is Now An Approved Distributor of Apivar

North American beekeepers now have an effective new amitraz-based weapon against Varroa mites: Apivar → Kills up to 99% of mites in one application → Continuously-released in the colony over a six-week period, ensuring healthy and productive hives → Proven safe and effective for more than 15 years → Leaves no significant residues in hive products → Convenient and easy to use APIVAR DRAMATICALLY CUTS MITE …

National Honey Board Offers Honey Locator to the Industry

Firestone, Colo., December 11, 2012 – The National Honey Board (NHB) wants to remind honey industry members that they can have their honey company listed on the NHB’s online directory website, www.HoneyLocator.com. The Honey Locator is a valuable search tool that helps consumers and members of the food industry find suppliers to purchase honey from. The website includes ways to search …

Small Patches of Native Plants Help Boost Pollination Services in Large Farms

A combined team of scientists from Europe and South Africa (Luísa G. Carvalheiro (University of Leeds, UK & Naturalis Biodiversity Research Centre, Netherlands), Colleen Seymour and Ruan Veldtman (SANBI, South Africa) and Sue Nicolson (University of Pretoria)) have discovered that pollinator services of large agriculture fields can be enhanced with a simple cost-effective measure, that involves the creation of small …