Protecting Honey Bees
We are a group of scientists doing research to explore the relationships between bees, environmental horticulture plants, and pesticides.
Serious honey bee kills and hive decimations in Connecticut and other states have been attributed to the use of certain pesticides, especially insecticides ...
How to Protect Honeybees from Pesticides - Clemson University
Cover (with wet burlap) or move your beehives if possible when bee-toxic pesticides are being applied near your apiary. A Short Lesson on Honeybees. Honey bees ...
Pollinator Protection / Bees/Apiary / Agriculture Industry / Home
One of these pollinators, the European (western) honey bee (Apis mellifera) contributes greatly to agriculture crop pollination throughout the country.
6 Ways to Help Honey Bees - Whole Kids Foundation
Go wild. Let part of your lawn grow without mowing. · Grow native plants. A patch of wildflowers will add color and a nectar source for bees. · Create a bee “pond ...
The Bee Conservancy - Est. 2009 in Response to the Bee Crisis
The Bee Conservancy, formerly The Honeybee Conservancy, is a nonprofit organization established in 2009 in response to the bee crisis. We are a Project of ...
Protecting Honey Bees from Pesticides - Extension Entomology
Pesticides are an ongoing concern and can kill bees outright or bees can receive sub-lethal doses that may reduce the colony population or cause the bees to ...
Save the bees - Environment America
Fortunately, we know how to help them: protecting already-existing bee habitat, expanding habitat by planting pollinator-friendly plants in our own gardens and ...
Protecting Honey Bees From Pesticides1
Although some beekeepers routinely supplement their income by renting colonies of bees for pollination, most honey bee activity is a service provided free of ...
ENY-162/IN1027: Minimizing Honey Bee Exposure to Pesticides
A pesticide still may not be 100% safe for bees if the label does not include a Pollinator Protection Label. Remember that some pesticides may affect brood or ...
Pollinator Protection - California Department of Pesticide Regulation
It is important that honeybees and other pollinators are kept safe in order to protect agriculture. Growers and beekeepers can work together and share ...
Managing Bees for Pollination - Bee Program - UGA
If you need honey bees for pollination, you may want to keep your own bees. However, maintaining large numbers of robust hives year-round is hard work and ...
Honey Bee Health - Department of Agriculture and Markets - NY.gov
The Pollinator Protection Plan includes development of an outreach and public education program on the importance of pollinators, engaging the public to be ...
Honey Bee Helpers: It Takes a Village to Conserve a Colony
The goal of the strategy is to reduce wintertime honey bee colony losses to no more than 15 percent within 10 years, and to establish seven million acres of ...
How protection of honey bees can help and hinder bee conservation
Honey bees are the most important but least imperilled crop pollinator. Honey bee popularity can be used to rally the public for pollinator conservation.
NATIONAL STRATEGY TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF HONEY ...
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:Includes $1.5 million to further the study of acute toxicity amongst honey bee populations and explore ...
Pollinator Protection - Pesticide Environmental Stewardship
Also, the use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Best Management Practices (BMPs) wherever pollinators are present will prevent harming honey bees, their ...
Are Honey Bees Protected in Florida? - Native Pest Management
Key Takeaways · Honey bees are protected in Florida due to their crucial role in pollination, which significantly benefits the state's ...
Protection of bees - European Commission
Therefore, they agreed that setting a threshold for a maximum permitted reduction in honey-bee colony size due to pesticides within this simulated range would ...
Protecting honey bees from yellowjacket wasps
Methods include trapping yellowjacket workers, using poison bait to kill a yellowjacket colony, or destroying yellowjacket nests with insecticide.