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USDA News Release WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2014 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will provide close to $3 million in technical and financial assistance for interested farmers and ranchers to help improve the health of bees, which play an important role in crop production. The funding is a focused investment to improve pollinator health and …
AMHERST, Mass. – Like a kindergarten or a busy airport where cold viruses and other germs circulate freely, flowers are common gathering places where pollinators such as bees and butterflies can pick up fungal, bacterial or viral infections that might be as benign as the sniffles or as debilitating as influenza. But "almost nothing is known regarding how pathogens of pollinators …
by Greg Northcutt Reprinted with permission from Feb. 19, 2014 Western Farm Press With many almond orchards reaching full bloom by the third week of February, California growers appear to have all the bees they’ll need to pollinate their trees this season. That contrasts with last year when growers barely had enough bees due to adverse weather and a poor honey crop in …
Diseases that are common in managed honeybee colonies are now widespread in the UK's wild bumblebees, according to research published in Nature. The study suggests that some diseases are being driven into wild bumblebee populations from managed honeybees. Dr. Matthias Fürst and Professor Mark Brown from Royal Holloway University of London (who worked in collaboration with Dr. Dino McMahon and Professor …
Residents of the United States’ Gulf Coast are getting used to the sting of tawny crazy ants and starting to forget about the fire ants that dominated the region since the 1930s. These invasive tawny crazy ants, which have been rapidly displacing colonies of fire ants in many southern U.S. states, employ a unique chemical defense that allows them to …
Imagine telling robots to go build a five-bedroom house for you without telling them how to go about it. Now, scientists have created small robots that can do just that -- build without a centralized plan -- and termites were their inspiration. Unlike humans, who require both plans and planning to build something complicated, termites can build mounds hundreds of …
Four Americans have been honored by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and were presented their medals by Ambassador, Sir Peter Westmacott, at a ceremony Feb. 12, 2014 at the British Embassy in Washington. Dr. Keith Delaplane, professor and Walter B. Hill Fellow with the University of Georgia’s Department of Entomology, has been made an Honorary Member of the Order of the …
The following is a list compiled of 2014 bee breeders that are currently advertising in the American Bee Journal as breeders that will SHIP bees. This listing does not imply endorsement of products or services by American Bee Journal or Dadant & Sons, Inc. GEORGIA Roberts/H & R Apiaries - (912) 427-7311 Hardeman Apiaries - (912) 583-2710 Wilbanks Apiaries - (912) 739-4820 TEXAS B Weaver …