I wrote in November WVBA article about the good news that OR was actively considering the incorporation of honey bee colonies and bee/pollinator friendly foraging as ground cover for solar array farms. Unfortunately the optimism I expressed in my November newsletter article that OR Solar arrays were in the vanguard of utilizing honey bees and […]
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The Honey Bee Health Coalition has developed two new resources for beekeepers — a best practices guide for hive health and a decision support tool for taking on the honey bees most dangerous parasite. An expert team of beekeepers, entomologists, extension and regulatory agents, bee suppliers and apiary inspectors produced and reviewed Best Management Practices
The Honey Bee Health Coalition has developed two new resources for beekeepers — a best practices guide for hive health and a decision support tool for taking on the honey bees most dangerous parasite. An expert team of beekeepers, entomologists, extension and regulatory agents, bee suppliers and apiary inspectors produced and reviewed Best Management Practices
The National news picked up the potential conflict in Oregon between solar energy use of Agriculturally-zoned lands and beekeeping. A 73-acre solar project near Estacada in Clackamas County requested an exemption to build on agricultural land. To qualify, the solar project developer included establishing 100 beehives on the property and planting “bee-friendly forage” around the
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The National news picked up the potential conflict in Oregon between solar energy use of Agriculturally-zoned lands and beekeeping. A 73-acre solar project near Estacada in Clackamas County requested an exemption to build on agricultural land. To qualify, the solar project developer included establishing 100 beehives on the property and planting “bee-friendly forage” around the
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Do you take time to rake up the yard, deadhead the perennials and till the vegetable garden in the fall? Or do you leave things more natural? Leaving a “natural, “messy” yard may not win any good-neighbor awards, but it might help beneficials and insect pollinator populations. Consider letting things stay just as they are
Do you take time to rake up the yard, deadhead the perennials and till the vegetable garden in the fall? Or do you leave things more natural? Leaving a “natural, “messy” yard may not win any good-neighbor awards, but it might help beneficials and insect pollinator populations. Consider letting things stay just as they are
The 2nd annual Mite-a-Thon is a Citizen Science Project of NAPPC (North American Pollinator Protection Campaign) http://www.pollinator.org/miteathon, with support of HBHC (Honey Bee Health Coalition) http:// www.honeybehealthcoalition.org and the BIP (Bee Informed Project) http://www.beeinformed.org. The Mite-a-Thon is a coordinated effort to provide a “snapshot” of mite numbers during September across the U.S. Mite-a-Thon goals are
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The 2nd annual Mite-a-Thon is a Citizen Science Project of NAPPC (North American Pollinator Protection Campaign) http://www.pollinator.org/miteathon, with support of HBHC (Honey Bee Health Coalition) http:// www.honeybehealthcoalition.org and the BIP (Bee Informed Project) http://www.beeinformed.org. The Mite-a-Thon is a coordinated effort to provide a “snapshot” of mite numbers during September across the U.S. Mite-a-Thon goals are
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Do you know what is in the foods you eat? Most of us are only vaguely aware. Nutritional labelling, mandatory on many foods, can help lead to a better understanding. Do you find nutrition labels on honey jars better informs you of your dietary choice? Honey labels may soon be subject to a significant change.
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