Articles tagged under: honey bees
Honey Bees on the Move
Published September 7, 2021
As the weather turns colder at the end of the growing season, most commercial honey beehives are moved out of the Northern Plains to warmer states. Only five percent of the hives overwinter in our region. Sixty-three percent of the…Beekeepers Continue to Report High Colony Losses
Published June 24, 2021
According to a survey conducted by the Bee Informed Partnership, U.S. beekeepers lost more than 45 percent of their managed honey bee colonies from April 2020 to April 2021. The number of honey bee colonies is relatively stable despite the…Corn Growers Release Pollinator Guidelines
Published April 2, 2019
Corn farmers who include soybeans in their crop rotation could benefit from pollinator stewardship. That’s why the National Corn Growers Association, along with the Honey Bee Health Coalition, are releasing new best management practices for pollinators around corn fields. According…