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Help get the Beekeeping Merit Badge Reinstated
Support Boy Scout Christopher Stowell in his quest to get the beekeeping merit badge reinstated.
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Category Archives: North America
Shortage of bees looms
Every February, a massive labor force of bees gets to work in the almond orchards of California. But the approach of another winter has renewed concerns that the bee supply, provided by commercial beekeepers across the nation, might fall short … Continue reading
“America’s Oldest Worker” is a beekeeper from Kansas
R. Waldo McBurney, age 104, a beekeeper, honey purveyor and author from Quinter, Kan., is being recognized this morning in Washington D.C. as “America’s Oldest Worker.” Read more
TDA secures exemption to use ApiLife VAR to control varroa mites in beehives
Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs announced today that the Texas Department of Agriculture has been granted approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue a Section 18 specific exemption allowing the use of the formulated product ApiLife VAR containing thymol, … Continue reading
Posted in Diseases and pesticides, North America
Tagged apilife var, texas, thymol, usa, varroa
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In the yard, on the roof — keeping the bees
For the past six years, Kreimeyer, a 56-year-old exterminator from upstate New York, has happily coexisted with 60,000 bees, who live in what looks like a smaller version of a Somerville triple-decker atop Best Pest Control Services, his Elm Street … Continue reading
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Poisoned bees a mystery for bee keepers
Iowa Federal farm investigators are looking at what caused the death of honey bees near Cedar Rapids. Read more
Stamford beekeeper puts in the stinger
Lloyd Vosburgh stings people with bees — on purpose. Read more
New law would restrict beekeeping in Evanston
The honeybees in an Evanston boy’s back-yard hive have begun to slow down in the cool weather, but a debate over whether the city’s neighborhoods are an appropriate place to keep them is showing no sign of mellowing. Read more
Chicago program offers ex-convicts a sweet chance at a new life
With Sweet Beginnings, a program focused on providing ex-convicts with work experience and the start of an employment history. Read more
Beekeepers in Virginia asked to begin emergency feeding
Though heavy clouds have been crossing West Virginia for the past couple weeks, this summer’s drought has endangered the state’s honey crop. Read more
Where have all the bees gone?
Here is another story about the declining of bees and how it affects pollination, and increases the amount of hive theft! Read more
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