Secretary Hails Program’s 30th Anniversary, Announces General Signup Period
MILWAUKEE, May 29, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that an additional 800,000 acres of highly environmentally sensitive land may be enrolled in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) under certain wetland and wildlife initiatives that provide multiple benefits on the same land.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will accept new offers …
Proposed restrictions will prohibit use where bees are present for commercial pollination
To further support President Obama’s Federal Pollinator Strategy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing additional restrictions on the use of acutely toxic pesticides during times when bees are most likely to be present.
Applications of acutely toxic pesticides would be prohibited when flowers are in bloom when bees are …
(a completed My Beekeeping Year infographic for publication can be downloaded here: http://www.vita-europe.com/wp-content/uploads/Beekeepingyear2014.jpg )
20 May 2015
A customizable infographic for beekeepers to record their honey bee season is now available for download from the website of Vita (Europe) Ltd, the honey bee health specialist.
My Beekeeping Year is a fun, A4-sized seasonal chart for beekeepers to note down memorable events during their …
Strategy Highlights Coalition as Platform for Public-Private Coordination to Accelerate, Achieve Task Force Goals
[Keystone, Colorado, May 19, 2015] – The Honey Bee Health Coalition applauded the announcement of the National Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and other Pollinators and the accompanying Pollinator Research Action Plan, released today by President Barack Obama’s Pollinator Health Task Force. The Strategy …
On Tuesday, May 19, the White House announced the National Strategy to Promote Pollinator Health. The strategy released today and its accompanying Pollinator Research Action Plan outline needs and priority actions to better understand pollinator losses, improve pollinator health, and to enhance pollinator habitat.
The strategy's broad-reaching goals are to:
Restore colony health to sustainable levels by 2025.
Increase Eastern monarch butterfly populations …
(Courtesy of the National Honey Board Honey Feast Newsletter)
Memorial Day is quickly approaching, and here at the National Honey Board we want to remember and celebrate all of our fallen military. We thank you for your sacrifice and appreciate everything our military does to keep us safe here at home.
That being said, Memorial Day also marks the beginning of summer, …
Summer losses eclipse winter losses for the first time on record
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Beekeepers across the United States lost more than 40 percent of their honey bee colonies during the year spanning April 2014 to April 2015, according to the latest results of an annual nationwide survey. While winter loss rates improved slightly compared to last year, summer losses--and consequently, total …
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A new study offers insights into the genetic changes that accompany the evolution of
social complexity in bees, including honey bees. Credit L. Brian Stauffer
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Explaining the evolution of insect society, with sterile society members displaying extreme levels of altruism, has long been a major scientific challenge, dating back to Charles Darwin's day. A new …