USDA-ARS National Program 305
NP 305 Research Components NP 305, Crop Production, focuses on the most critical issues and needs of U.S. production agriculture. It comprises two major…
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CRP Ohio Sign-Up Available
Sign-Up Available for CRP Pollinator and Monarch Practice in Ohio Ohio State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Dr. John Patterson, the Farm Service Agency…
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Bee Vet
Technical Updates By: Dr. Tracy Farone It is mid-May here in the foothills of Pennsylvania. The locust trees are in full bloom. It looks…
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USDA Conservation Reserve Program
USDA Accepts More Than 1 Million Acres in Offers Through Conservation Reserve Program General Signup Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
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Preliminary BIP Results
Links: Previous years: https://beeinformed.org/citizen-science/loss-and-management-survey/ BIP website: https://beeinformed.org/ Bee Lab at Auburn University: https://linktr.ee/auburnbees Bee Lab at University of Maryland: https://www.umdbeelab.com/ Survey question previews: https://beeinformed.org/citizen-science/loss-and-management-survey/ To read the rest of…
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Happy Pollinator Week!
Links: Honey Bee Health Coalition: https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/ Farmers for Monarchs: https://farmersformonarchs.org/
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USDA Disaster Program
USDA Offers Livestock Disaster Program Flexibilities; Responds to Needs Expressed by Producers Hard-Hit by Natural Disasters Program Application Deadlines Extended to June 2 USDA’s…
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4-H Pollinator Habitat
4-H Youth Launch Projects to Improve Pollinator Habitat $15K grant supports local efforts in eastern Kansas MANHATTAN, Kan. – An ambitious group of teenagers…
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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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2022 Census of Agriculture
Last chance to complete the 2022 Census of Agriculture One week left to return the questionnaire The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural…
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The Exotic Bee ID Website
The Exotic Bee ID Website: Delivering Spectacular Portraits and Details of Some of the World’s Bees ARS scientists need your help in monitoring and…
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Honey Bee Brood Disease Diagnostics
Links: Brendon.Mott@usda.gov
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4-H Youth Development Free Seeds
Lucile Morehouse, age 12, is an active 4-H member in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. She is the current president for her local 4-H club, shows…
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The Carl Hayden Bee Research Center
By: Gloria Hoffman The Carl Hayden Bee Research Center (CHBRC) in Tucson, Arizona is the nutrition laboratory of the USDA-ARS bee research program. The…
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EAS MA 2023
*Watch for Updates on the EAS Website: https://easternapiculture.org/conference/eas-2023/
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Spring into Action
The BIP Annual Loss and Management Survey provides data that is important for fellow beekeepers, policy makers, researchers and other stakeholders to understand the…
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Bee a Part of Something Big
Bee a Part of Something Big: Participate in the Loss and Management Survey Nathalie Steinhauer1, Mikayla Wilson1, Dan Aurell2, Selina Bruckner2 and Geoff Williams2…
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Annual BIP Survey
Take the Survey: https://beeinformed.org/
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HBHC Annual Report
Snapshot of 2022 Activities: Finalized and disseminated a comprehensive update to the Tools for Varroa Management Guide Continued facilitating the Varroacide Resistance and Testing…
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2023 ABRC Proceedings Now Available
The American Association of Professional Apiculturists (AAPA) hosted its annual meeting, the American Bee Research Conference (ABRC), in Jacksonville, Florida on January 5th and…
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