Pollinators
John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Beekeeping, Water, Economics, Sustainability, Research, World Population, Ag Australia/NZ, Pollinators, Weather,

Bees bounce back from drought and fires as NSW rains bring bumper crops

Apiarists and crop farmers are abuzz at "probably the best start to a bee season in 20 years" after losing a third of the commercial population by the end of last summer.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Wheat, Soybeans, Agriculture US, Vegetables, Beekeeping, Sustainability, Grapes, Pollinators,

Texas honey production tops 7.4 million pounds | AgriLife Today

Texas remained sixth in the nation for honey production in 2019, and is home to thousands of overwintering honey bee hives.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Beekeeping, Sustainability, Research, Ag Tech, Ag Innovation, World Hunger, World Population, Pollinators, Education,

What’s that Buzz? Project aims to use computer vision to identify bumble bee species

The recently launched website, BeeMachine.AI, will help to relieve a backlog of information needed to help track trends in bee populations across the world.

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. MidWest, Beekeeping, Economics, Sustainability, Pollinators,

Bee neighborly — sharing bees helps more farmers

Benefits of cost-sharing the conservation of wild bee habitats with farmers can help overcome the tragedy of the commons

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Agriculture US, Organic, Agriculture Global, Education U.S. MidWest, Beekeeping, Sustainability, Regenerative Agriculture, Pollinators,

Researchers show that native milkweed cultivars planted by the public can support monarch butterflies and bees in urban gardens

Millions of people plant pollinator gardens to provide monarch butterflies with food along their annual migration from their overwintering sites in the highland forests of central Mexico to their summer breeding grounds in the United States and southern Canada. For the first time, University of Kentucky entomologists have studied how effectively native milkweed cultivars in small gardens are at attracting and supporting monarchs.

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TOPIC(S): Sustainability, Research, World Hunger, World Population, Regenerative Agriculture, Pollinators,

10/10/2020 SOURCE: www.theland.com.au

Good progress on native flies as pollinators

Researchers are making good ground on investigating native flies for crop pollination.

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Randy Krotz Randy Krotz
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Topics: Beekeeping, Ag United Kingdom, Pollinators,

Pollinator monitoring more than pays for itself

Value of nationwide pollinator monitoring schemes, some involving citizen scientists, is 70 times higher than their costCredit: Credit Nadine Mitschunas

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John LaRose Jr. John LaRose Jr.
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Topics: Beekeeping, Pest Control, Sustainability, World Population, Pollinators,

Bees, Hornets and Wasps of the World

You might already know that there are different types of bees out there, but which ones are important to our ecosystems, which ones are endangered, which ones make honey?

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Matt Brechwald is the world's most prolific agricultural podcaster. Consistently podcasting since 2014 Matt has hosted well over 1,000 podcasts about agriculture and conducted hundreds of radio interviews as well. From his farm in Kuna, Idaho, Matt has developed the term "Off-Farm Income" into a multi-national brand.