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Honey Bee Health Coalition Unveils Videos to Help Beekeepers Combat Devastating Parasites
Videos Complement Coalition’s Tools for Varroa Management Guide, Provides Step-By-Step Demonstrations of Utilizing an Integrated Pest Management Strategy of Monitoring, Treatment [KEYSTONE, Colorado, Dec. 1, 2016] — The Honey Bee Health Coalition released a series of videos today to help beekeepers promote colony health and combat costly and destructive Varroa mite (Varroa destructor) infestations. The videos can be found on the …
Bayer Feed a Bee and The Wildlife Society Kick Off First Annual Forage Tour to Plant 50 Million Seeds
Plantings in Texas, Kansas, Illinois and Florida will educate communities and establish more forage for spring 2017 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (Nov. 1, 2016) – Each year, we eagerly look forward to fall, the official season of harvest time, pumpkin pie and hot apple cider. But none of these fall favorites would be quite as beloved without the hard work put …
Bee Informed Partnership Announces Public Awareness Campaign
In time for Thanksgiving and the holiday season, the Bee Informed Partnership (BIP), the most trusted source of data on the health of America's honey bees, today launched a campaign to raise public awareness of the vital roles that honey bees and beekeepers play in pollinating and producing many of the foods we love -- especially at this time of …
Wisconsin Arboretum Offers Rare Refuge for Vanishing Bumblebee
MADISON, Wis. — A proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to seek endangered status for the rusty-patched bumblebee has focused renewed attention on bumblebees living at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. This 1,200-acre natural area in Madison still has wild populations of the rare insect, which was fairly common until about 20 years ago. The proposal cited habitat loss, insecticide …
This Flower Smells Like a Bee Under Attack
A new discovery takes plants’ deception of their pollinators to a whole new level. Researchers reporting in Current Biology on October 6 found that the ornamental plant popularly known as Giant Ceropegia fools certain freeloading flies into pollinating it by mimicking the scent of honeybees under attack. The flies find that smell attractive because they typically dine on the drippings of …
Calling For Your Best Ideas to Help Our Industry: PAm is Administering National Honey Board Research Proposals and the Request for Proposals is Now!
(From Project Apis M.) Honey bee colony losses in the United States in 2015-2016 worsened compared with last year. United States honey production in 2015 from producers with five or more colonies fell 12 percent from 2014. As many crops which rely on honey bees for pollination are expanding, the need for a sustainable beekeeping industry is more clear than ever. …
Asian Hornet Identified in Gloucestershire, UK
From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency First published: 20 September 2016 Part of: Animal and plant health and United Kingdom There has been a confirmed sighting of the Asian hornet in the Tetbury area of Gloucestershire, UK. The National Bee Unit has confirmed a sighting of the Asian hornet in the Tetbury area of Gloucestershire – …