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Richer Countries Strain Developing Ones by Importing Crops That Need Pollinators A pollinator on an açaí palm flower. Photo: Cristiano Menezes. Luísa Carvalheiro says she remembers a time when açaí was just a humble berry, a staple for the Amazon’s Indigenous communities. That was before the inky purple berries became all the rage in Europe and the US, a so-called…

Camelina Holds Promise for Biofuel and Bees Once considered a weed, camelina is finding favor in some parts of the country as a soil-protecting winter cover crop. Oil from the seed of this yellow-flowered, herbaceous member of the mustard family can also be made into first-rate cooking oil and high-quality biodiesel, offering a renewable alternative to using imported petroleum for…

By: Dewey Caron Dogs are famous for their sense of smell. A dog’s sense is so advanced they can smell disease in bees or a host of medical conditions in humans (cancer, diabetics, sleep apnea) and lots of other stuff (whale poop, firearms, toxic waste sites, child pornography and even covid 19). With about 220 million scent receptors – compared…

Anna Gajda DVM, Phd, Warsaw University Of Life Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Bee Diseases, anna_gajda@sggw.edu.pl Ewa Mazur DVM, Warsaw University Of Life Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Bee Diseases Andrzej Bober DVM, National Veterinary Research Institute – State Research Institute, Department of Honeybee Diseases All life forms, including bees (wild and domesticated species) are threatened…

By: Steve Repasky A U.S Air Force C-17 cargo plane approaches a landing over a beeyard at PIT. S. Repasky photo “Cleared for takeoff” is a common phrase heard at airports all over the world referring to the clearance given by air traffic control to all aircraft wanting to depart the airport. This time though, it refers to the Honey…

No substitute for honey How adulteration and bee malnutrition threaten the future of this food, the bees that make it, and all the other plants they pollinate. If the panda and the tiger were the symbols of wildlife conservation and environmentalism in the 1990s, then the figurehead for the contemporary Green movement is most certainly the bee. That’s mostly for…

(Washington, D.C.) (April 21, 2021) – Today, a coalition of domestic beekeepers, including the American Honey Producers Association (“AHPA”) filed petitions alleging that imports of certain raw honey from Argentina, Brazil, India, Ukraine and Vietnam are being sold at less than fair value (i.e., dumped) in the United States.  Imports from those countries accounted for over 90 percent of imports…

Washington State University Pesticide Resources and Education Program Exotic Hornet Identification Basics May 17 & 18  |  11:00 am – 2:15 pm Please join us for an exotic hornet identification training class. The purpose of this class is to help responders correctly identify insects submitted as potential Asian giant hornets.  Asian giant hornet was identified in Washington and Canada in…