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John LaRose Jr.
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Drop in Santa Monica Mountains Monarch Butterfly Numbers ‘Deeply Concerning’

By Dolores Quintana There are 18 critically endangered species of butterflies and moths in the state of California and the...

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John LaRose Jr.
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Native milkweed draws monarch butterflies to Hermosa Beach

The butterfly, nearly endangered, is flocking again to California after a stark decline.

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Not every gardener knows: 10 Amazing Uses Of Beer In Your Garden - Agricultural Family

Gardening work is sometimes inexpensive at all, especially when you use natural gardening methods. For instance, banana and citrus fruit peels can be used to make garden mulch or compost. These are all organic. They not only do goods to your garden soil and plants but are also friendly to the environment. We wrote an […] More

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Solar Farms Could Boost Bumblebee Populations, Study Says

A new study finds that installing solar farms could become a two birds, one stone situation, as these areas can also double as thriving pollinator habitats if land owners allow meadows to grow around solar panels. The study, from researchers at Lancaster University in the UK, shows that installing solar farms could be greatly beneficial to nature.

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How to start honey bee keeping business

Honey Bee keeping for profit

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BSU sustainability project: Many threats to modern bee populations exist in the Midwest

Specialist: Largest threat to bees is a parasite that attacks the bee’s bloodstream, which leads to a high mortality rate.

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These Stingless Bees Build One Of A Kind Spiraling Hives -

While some of us might think otherwise, we don’t know that much about bees. If asked, we would probably describe a bee as a yellow and black pollinator who makes honey and has the ability to painfully sting once they feel threatened. But the truth is, there are around 20,000 species of bees and the […]

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‘No one knew they existed’: wild heirs of lost British honeybee found at Blenheim

The ‘ecotype’, thought to have been wiped out by disease and invasive species, is thriving in the estate’s ancient woodlands

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Topics: Corn/Maize, Pesticides, Education U.S. MidWest, Beekeeping, Fruit, Research, Pollinators,

As-needed pesticide use brings wild bees, increases watermelon yield without reducing corn profits

Many farmers rent bee hives to pollinate crops, but they could tap into the free labor of wild bees by adopting an as-needed approach to pesticides, a new proof-of-concept study shows. A multiyear study of commercial-scale fields in the Midwest found this approach led to a 95% reduction in pesticid

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Bee colonies have collapsed across the US. One company has developed a high-tech solution

Tiny sensors let beekeepers know if there’s a problem in the hive so they take action before it’s too late

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