bees
Digital hive inspection service helps pollination
As with other input costs, growers need to limit expenses from skyrocketing pollination demand. More efficiently inspecting and monitoring honeybees can help growers and beekeepers restrain costs. Bee Corp., Indianapolis, uses infrared imaging – which... more »
California accepting pollinator grant applications
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is accepting grant applications for the Pollinator Habitat Program (PHP), administered by its Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation. The 12-week application period opened Aug. 31 and... more »
BASF to donate $50,000 to pollinator habitat program
BASF Agricultural Solutions North America announced on June 22 that it will donate $50,000 to The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund’s Seed A Legacy pollinator habitat program. The donation is part of BASF’s annual Living... more »
USDA-ARS collecting a library of bee genomes
The USDA Agricultural Research Service is leading a project dubbed "Beenome100" to produce high-quality maps of the genomes of at least 100 bee species, capturing the diversity of bees in the United States, representing each... more »
Reducing pesticide risk to bees during fruit crop bloom
Honey bee and bumble bee colonies are being delivered to farms, and wild bees are becoming active during the warm spring weather. These and other flower-visiting pollinators should be protected by minimizing pesticide exposure and... more »
Bees to the rescue: Protect your crops — on a micro level — while saving on labor and costs
{Sponsored} With industry-wide labor challenges persisting and growers facing increased costs, finding solutions that mitigate these factors is of utmost urgency. When regulations around amounts of chemicals that can be used are also considered, the... more »
Bayer announces the 2018 Young Beekeeper Award Winners
The Bayer Bee Care Program today announced its 2018 Young Beekeeper Award winners, young people chosen for... more »
Fostering wild bees for orchard pollination
Be nice to wild bees: They live near your farm and go to work without being asked. Native pollinators are a force for good in Michigan orchards, and although they don’t draw paychecks, there is... more »
Bee feed patties introduced by company
America's Healthy Bees, LLC on Oct. 5 unveiled BeesVita Plus, a nutritional system supposed to bolster honey bees' immune systems, strengthen their resistance to pesticides, and improve their overall health. "We now have a scientific... more »
Bee Vectoring Technologies gains official organic certification
Bee Vectoring Technologies (BVT) recently received official organic certification in the U.S., and its proprietary formulation of Vectorite with BVT-CR7 is now listed by the Organic Materials Review Institute. The listing means the product meets... more »
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