Bigger Picture
By: Jessica Louque Sage Advice We’ve chosen a lot of really cool plants to see what works for our bees this year. On some…
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Can Solar Sites Help Save The Bees?
By: Rob Davis Rapid growth of ground-mounted solar presents opportunity to establish hundreds of millions of native plants. Across Minnesota workers are preparing dozens…
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International Pollinator Conference 2016
2016 International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy The Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State University will be hosting the third International…
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Pollinator Day August 13, 2016
On the 13th of August we’re holding our second Pollinator Day here at the Root Company’s Pollinator Meadow, behind our Corporate Headquarters. There’s a…
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Huckleberries ~ Vaccinium
: Connie Krochmal Two groups of bee plants are known as huckleberries – Vaccinium spp. and Gaylussacia spp. The former, which are most common…
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Urban Plantings
Shawna Coronado As an organic gardener, I often explore the idea of planting flowering plants in my garden – both native plants and more…
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Bigger Picture
Jessica Louque Pollen Frenzy Each year, we seem to have a honey bee field study that has a pollen collection aspect. This is my…
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APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS
by Ross Conrad And We All Know What May Flowers Bring . . . Pilgrims? No – A Honey Flow. First let me…
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A Closer Look: SUPERBOOST®
by Clarence Collison Synthetic Brood Pheromone. Honey bee brood pheromone is a blend of 10 simple fatty-acid esters that are extractable from the larval…
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Seed and Oilseed Crops As Bee Plants
by Connie Krochmal A number of seed and oilseed crops happen to be good sources of forage for bees. This group includes safflower, sesame…
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Smartweeds And Knotweeds As Bee Plants
Members Of The Buckwheat Family Can Be Annual, Perennial Or Shrubby by Connie Krochmal The various smartweeds and knotweeds are found throughout the world….
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The Pollinator Stewardship Council
State Pollinator Protector Plans Protecting Pollinators Takes Funding by Michele Colopy States are being encouraged to develop Pollinator Protection Plans. Whether it is state…
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Persimmons For The Garden
by Connie Krochmal Persimmons are excellent additions to the bee garden. Very suitable for hedges and espalier, the handsome, ornamental, picturesque, small to medium…
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SAINFOIN SAGA: A new ride for this ancient legume.
by Skylar Christensen “We are getting near,” said Gandalf. “We are on the edge of his bee-pastures.” It started in early May. A…
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Imported Bees Boost Northern Ontario Wild Blueberry Yields
by Alan Harman Canadian Trevor Laing is importing thousands of workers to try to reduce Northern Ontario’s biggest export – its youth. He is…
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Bigger Picture: How to Plan your Garden
by Jessica Louque This past year, Bobby and I had a fairly prolific garden. It was so prolific, in fact, we wasted a lot…
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Some Outstanding Leguminous Bee Trees
by Connie Krochmal The leguminous trees are reliable choices for the bee garden. Among these are a number of large trees, some of which…
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REPORTING PRE-LETHAL BEE LOSSES: The real-world of our honey bees needs to have real-world testing.
The Pollinator Stewardship Council by Michele Colopy In the May 2015 issue of this magazine, as part of the Honey Bee Health Coalition, an…
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The Year to Join or Start a Farmer’s Market
By Ann Harman Farmers markets are now such an important part of our society that in 2014 the U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp…
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Cornflowers, Star Thistle and Related Bee Plants
by Connie Krochmal The centaureas are reliable, long-blooming, sturdy, easy to grow plants. The group includes native, naturalized, and cultivated species. These are valuable…
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