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Matthew Kroger
shared this image 5 years ago
Topics: Soil Health, Beekeeping, Food/Nutrition, Food Waste,

🤔 I have been thinking about this for some time. Let’s talk veganism. As a honey bee steward and caring for bees, I have often wondered how anything a vegan eats can be considered cruelty free? After all the almond groves in California see the largest CAFO on the planet every spring. Migratory beeke...Read More

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Chris Feix
shared this article 5 years ago
Topics: Pesticides, Beekeeping, Pest Control, Government / Policies,

Agriculture Department Suspends Critical Tracking Of Plunging Honey Bee Population

That's one way to overlook a problem....

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Matthew Kroger
shared this article 5 years ago
Topics: Soil Health, Beekeeping,

Plants and their immune system. We need A LOT more study on this and how these agrochemicals are effecting plants. Trees in specific as they can live literally hundreds to thousands of years.

Do Plants Have an Immune System?

It Depends on How You Define “Immune System” Plants get sick. That is, they can be inf...

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Matthew Kroger
shared this article 5 years ago
Topics: Beekeeping,

This is much smarter than Virginia giving away free bees at taxpayers expense. This helps native pollinators and does not create competition...

Minnesota Will Pay Residents to Create Bee Friendly Lawns

It pays to pollinate in Minnesota....

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Matthew Kroger
shared this article 5 years ago
Topics: Soil Health, Beekeeping,

MOSQUITOS!
Mosquitos are very misunderstood. Most people think of mosquitoes only as insects that suck blood, but they have another niche in the ecosystem--they pollinate flowers. Male mosquitoes never bite, and the females need the protein in blood only to produce eggs, so the normal food o...Read More

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Matthew Kroger
shared this article 5 years ago
Topics: Beekeeping, Beyond Organic ,

Here is some great news!

Program to pay Minnesota homeowners to let their lawn go to the bees

Lawmakers set aside $900,000 for pollinators, plus money for nongame wildlife fund....

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Matthew Kroger
shared this article 5 years ago
Topics: Beekeeping, Gardening,

Interesting concept!

https://www.dezeen.com/2019/05/01/notre-dame-roof-greenhouse-nab-studio/

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Matthew Kroger
shared this image 5 years ago
Topics: Soil Health, Beekeeping,

To honor our pollinators on World Bee Day here are but a few of the over 20,000 bees that pollinate our food and keep our ecosystems healthy and thriving!

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Matthew Kroger
shared this article 5 years ago
Topics: Agriculture Global, Beekeeping,

More educational information about bees. As a bee steward this one is VERY interesting and well written as well as supported.

Puerto Rico may hold the answer to saving the bees

The island's special breed may help solve colony collapse disorder....

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Matthew Kroger
shared this article 5 years ago
Topics: Agriculture Global, Ag Podcast US, Beekeeping, Ag United Kingdom, Ag Europe, Ag Asia / Pacific,

Honey bees pollinate roughly only 50% of the worlds crops. Its the native pollinators we have little clue about.

You're Worrying About the Wrong Bees

Honey bees will be fine. It's the other 3,999 species of bees in North America we need to ...

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