The Most Valuable Pollinators to Boost Your Melon Yields

Four major North American beekeeping organizations partner to release the first-ever North American Bee Strategy. Learn more about this coordinated effort.

American Vegetable Grower Editor Carol Miller shares what she saw being used for windbreaks while on the road in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley.

$5 million grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture to encourage more climate-smart farming practices in 11 counties.

Stormy weather in California, coupled with major hurricane impacts in Florida, could mean a not-so-sweet year for important pollinators.

Learn more about what was discovered regarding the metabolic pathway of honey bees.

Reports indicate nearly 15% of the nation’s bees were put in peril by the monster storm.

Learn more about a new study that shows the shape of flowers has the biggest effect on how parasites are transmitted to bees.

Researchers and beekeepers are getting a better understanding how genetic traits, characteristics, and even color impact behavior in colonies.

Pollinators continue to persist, some despite having a pandemic of their own to deal with.

With the amount of commercial bees currently unsustainable, a unique resource can help better predict the number of colonies that will survive the winter.

Entomology experts weigh in to help set the record straight on this giant wasp and its potential impacts on local pollinators and crops – if any.

Survey results of Bee Informed Partnership finds nearly 38% of colonies died this past winter and almost 41% of colonies were lost from April 2018 to April 2019.

While it was believed Varroa mites fed on honey bees’ blood, the pests feed on fat body tissue of adults.

Honey bees are facing a lot of challenges; not least is consumers’ indifference to their plight.

While there are many suspected causes, it seems like bee decline is less about one factor and more about the interrelation of many different effects.

Almond Alliance hails nearly $2 million in funding for new program to help ensure pollinators’ well-being.

University of Florida-run facility will tackle some of the biggest pollinator problems.

Practices that maximize productivity can undermine the pollination process, reducing profitability.

$1M project to find new controls for varroa mites.