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Vaccine Approved by Honeybee Disease

Published January 5, 2023

USDA has approved a conditional license for the vaccination of honeybees against American Foulbrood Disease. A biotech company, Dalan Animal Health, developed this vaccine which contains a killed whole-cell bacteria and mixed into the queen feed that is consumed by…

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…

Articles tagged under: honey bees

Vaccine Approved by Honeybee Disease

Honey Bees on the Move

Beekeepers Continue to Report High Colony Losses

Corn Growers Release Pollinator Guidelines

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