Improving Cherry Harvest
Pollination By More Than One Bee Species Improves Cherry Harvest University of Gothenburg To obtain the biggest cherry harvest, trees should be pollinated by…
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Honey Bee Colony Movements
Thousands of commercial honey bee colonies are transported long distances to pollinate California almonds. The California-grown almonds in your trail mix or almond milk…
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Honey Bees Faithful to Flowers
Honey Bees More Faithful to Their Flower Patches Than Bumble Bees Contact: Kim Kaplan Email: Kim Kaplan MADISON, WI,—Honey bees are more faithful to their…
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San Diego Bees
Plants Pollinated by Honey Bees Produce Lower-quality Offspring Dominant in the San Diego region, foreign honey bees visit nearly twice as many flowers as…
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Ancestral Flower Power
Insects have a lot to do with ancestral flower power, study finds The Botanic Gardens of Sydney has published a paper with researchers from…
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Endangered Species Update
Pending Endangered Listings: What Growers Need to Know Two pending endangered species listings for pollinators can have major impacts on the almond industry as…
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Crop Protection Myths Debunked
Crop Protection Myths Debunked Continued By Marcel Bruins Myth: Insect deaths are the result of pesticide use Fact: The decrease in insect populations must be studied…
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USDA – Smaller Almond Crop
USDA Forecasts Smaller Almond Crop Harvest 2023 expected to be down 3 percent from last year after a stormy bloom. MODESTO, Calif. – The 2023 California…
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Bigger Flowers
Bigger flowers, greater rewards: Plants adapt to climate disruptions to lure pollinators University of Michigan Summary: There’s been a well-documented shift toward earlier springtime…
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Not Skimping on Bees
Almond farmers not skimping on bees Even after a bruising year of lower earnings, crop losses and soaring production costs, California almond growers may…
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Bee Shortage in Almond Bloom
Bee Shortage in Almond Bloom Almond production is a prime example of the critical role pollinators play in our fragile food system. California’s Central…
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Plantation Design for Pollination
Pollination of macadamia plantations can be enhanced by improving plantation design. by British Ecological Society A new collaborative study from the Universities of Gottingen, Hohenheim…
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Honey Bees Want Soybeans
Honey Bees Show a Taste for Soybean in New Study ENTOMOLOGY TODAY By Ed Ricciuti Among beekeepers, soybeans have been commonly viewed as a…
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Honey Bee Dependent Crops
Crops That Would Be Most Affected If Honey Bees Disappeared Liz Blossom 1. Almonds > Annual production:4 billion pounds (US) The almond is not…
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Cherry Pollination in the Northwest
In cool spring, bees struggle to pollinate Northwest cherry crop Hal Bernton Seattle Times staff reporter HOOD RIVER, Oregon — Grower Brad Fowler walked…
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Seeds for Bees Program
Almond Update: Seeds for Bees Program Providing Additional Support This Year The Seeds for Bees enrollment period has officially opened and growers now have…
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Seeds for Bees, Project Apis m.
Seeds for Bees Opens Enrollment June 1 By Cecilia Parsons | Associate Editor Almond growers, and growers of other tree nuts, should be aware that June 1…
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No Mow May
‘No Mow May:’ How Wisconsin residents can help pollinators By Spencer Tracy MILWAUKEE – April showers bring May flowers, and those flowers will need help from humans…
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U.S. Almond Exports Down Double-Digits
U.S. almond exports down double-digits Rabobank’s food and agribusiness research arm suggests that the worst may still be on the horizon. Todd Fitchette After…
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California Almonds
Nature’s Perfect Duo When almonds trees bloom, bees get their first food source from our orchards’ nutritious pollen. While bees are only with us…
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