John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Cotton, Agriculture Global, Beekeeping, Research, Genes /Genetics, Pollinators,
Modified genes can distort wild cotton’s interactions with insects
In a Yucatan nature park, engineered genes influence nectar production, affecting ants’ and maybe pollinators’ attraction to the wild cotton plants.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Beekeeping, Sustainability, Research, Ag Global Specialty Food, Pollinators, Education,
Wild bees need diverse agricultural landscapes
Mass-flowering crops such as oilseed rape or faba bean (also known as broad bean) provide valuable sources of food for bees, which, in turn, contribute to the pollination of both the crops and nearby ...
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Nancy Kavazanjian
Topics: Beekeeping, Pollinators,
This is pollinator week so here's a photo of my grandsons' honey bee hives in front of their beautiful pollinator flowers, which sit on the edge of their strawberry fields.
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Beekeeping, Food/Nutrition, Sustainability, Research, World Hunger, Pollinators, Education,
Microbe protects honey bees from fungal infections
IU researchers have identified a microbe that inhibits fungal growth in honey bees, which pollinate crucial crops.
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Jay Byrne
Topics: Beekeeping, Pollinators,
Happy National Pollinator Week. A great resource to stay on top of the latest trends, issues and facts is the Genetic Literacy Project: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/tag/pollinators/
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06/22/2021 SOURCE: phys.org
A tiny bee imposter, the syrphid fly, may be a big help to some gardens and farms, new research from Washington State University shows.
Bee-impersonating flies show pollinator potential
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Beekeeping, Sustainability, Research, Ag Africa, Pollinators,
South African worker honeybees reproduce by making near-perfect clones of themselves
A team of researchers from the University of Sydney, the ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute and York University, has found that workers in a species of honeybee found in South Africa reproduce by ...
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Precision AG , Crop Consultant, Agriculture Global, Beekeeping, Research, World Hunger, Ag Africa, World Population, Pollinators,
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John LaRose Jr.
Topics: Agriculture US, Crop Consultant, Education U.S. NorthEast, Agriculture Global, Beekeeping, Economics, Food/Nutrition, Research, World Hunger, World Population, Pollinators,
Pollen-sized particles give bees immunity to insecticides
Bees play a critical role in pollinating many of plants that humans eat and are therefore key to food security, but populations continue to decline rapidly around the world. A number of factors are contributing to this, including habitat loss and drought, but a tiny new ingestible particle developed at Cornell University takes aim at a key one, by detoxifying deadly insecticides before they can do these important critters harm.
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06/01/2021 SOURCE: newatlas.com
Bees play a critical role in pollinating many of plants that humans eat and are therefore key to food security, but populations continue to decline rapidly around the world. A number of factors are contributing to this, including habitat loss and drought, but a tiny new ingestible particle developed at Cornell University takes aim at a key one, by detoxifying deadly insecticides before they can do these important critters harm.
Pollen-sized particles give bees immunity to insecticides
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