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Not Bees, But New Bird Stamps. Look, and Listen To These Beautiful Bits Of Nature You don’t need a smartphone to tweet once the…
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Prospective Plantings for 2014. What’s in store this year. Released March 31, 2014, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United…
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Beekeepers Must Move Bees Last fall the EPA published a new pesticide label originally for the foliar application of four neonicotinoid pesticides. By December,…
Read MoreWorld Water Day
From Food Tank: More Crop Per Drop This Saturday, March 22nd, the world celebrates World Water Day. Water and agriculture are inextricably interlinked and…
Read MoreFood Production in NE changing
Land Use In US North East Changing, So Is Food Production Alan Harman Climate change could force a change in food production in the…
Read MoreBe Aware of Food Safety
Be Aware Of Food Safety Laws. They Are Changing. And They Will Affect You. Here’s An Example. By Tom Karst, from The Packer This…
Read MoreHoney Bee Advisory Board Responds to New Technology
From: The National Honey Bee Advisory Board Effects on non target organisms not understood http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/business/energy-environment/genetic-weapon-against-insects-raises-hope-and-fear-in-farming.html?hp The National Honey Bee Advisory Board and beekeeping industry…
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ZOMBIE FLIES INFECTING MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS. MAY BE THE CAUSE OF MEDIA COLLAPSE DISORDER Tom Theobald The so-called “Zombie Flies” have supposedly reappeared in…
Read MoreComments On Farm Bill
Good news. They reached agreement on a 5 year Farm Bill. After reviewing a draft that was shared with American Honey Producers Attorney Eric…
Read MoreQueens, Nepal’s Bees, and Taxes
Himalayas Modern Man, and Climate Change Moving Bees Upward Climate change is chasing the Himalayan cliff honey bees higher up the mountains. Nepalese apiarists…
Read MoreCorn Dust Problem Still Not Gone
Corn Dust Research Consortium (CDRC) Calls for Widespread Cooperative Measures To Support Honey Bees, Beekeepers, and Farmers R. Thomas (Tom) Van Arsdall, Director of…
Read MoreUS ag Land uses changes
New NRCS report: Cropland erosion stable, specialty crop acres boom A new report on the status and conditions of America’s agricultural lands shows cropland…
Read MoreNew Pesticide Labels Will Better Protect Bees and Other Pollinators
From the EPA: WASHINGTON – In an ongoing effort to protect bees and other pollinators, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed new pesticide…
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