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ARS researchers find that honey bees may carry Varroa mites into other hives
In ARS news By Jan Suszkiw, USDA Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are hot on the trail of a honey bee killer, and their detective work has taken them from...
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Research finding new ways to protect pollinator health
A USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Impact Spotlight September is National Honey Month and you can’t have honey without honey bees. There are direct links between the health of American...
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How to protect and enhance pollinators – new e-manual available
Extension specialists at Michigan State University and the Ohio State University have developed an online manual on how to protect and increase pollinators in the landscape. The book focuses on the...
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Lab and Apiary Research Associate at EPA
The EPA Environmental Research and Business Support Program has an immediate opening for a Lab and Apiary Research Associate with the Office of Research and Development at the EPA’s Research Triangle...
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Honey bee losses seem to be declining
in Delta Farm Press Good news for bees—and those who keep them. The number of honey bee colonies lost last year is down from the previous year and shows an improvement over the ten-year average,...
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How can we save the pollinators?
Original article with photos at http://oxford.ly/2tsBiw1 Also in The Connection. by Louise I. Lynch and Doug Golick, Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln An often-cited estimate is...
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Management of honey bee colonies may contribute to Varroa populations, study...
Close proximity of honey bee colonies may contribute to Varroa population growth and virus transmission, according to an article recently published in Environmental Entomology. Varroa just detach from...
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Honey bee populations begin to improve
by Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg The number of U.S. honeybees, a critical component to agricultural production, rose in 2017 from a year earlier, and deaths of the insects attributed to a mysterious malady...
View ArticleIncrease in bee deaths this year could be from climate change
In Southwest Farm Press Beekeepers in the U.S. reported an increase in honeybee deaths over the last year, possibly the result of erratic weather patterns brought on by a changing climate, according to...
View ArticleTwo Research Entomologist open with USDA ARS
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research Unit is seeking two permanent full time Research Entomologists for permanent...
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