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Take the guesswork out of thinning
A predictive model enables growers to be in a planning mode rather than a crisis mode at chemical thinning time.
Precision pollination
Mechanical pollination could end use of chemicals or hand labor for thinning.
Bees as flying doctors
Honeybees deliver brown rot control to sweet cherry orchards.
Breeding better bees
WSU researchers hope to make honeybees more resilient by introducing genetic diversity.
Research tackles decay issue
A new project will focus on controlling decay and finding pollinizers that are not disease hosts.
Selenium is toxic to bees
Entomologists from the University of California, Riverside, have found that selenium can cause delays in development and mortality in honeybees.
Best practices for pollination
Six practices to help ensure successful pollination.
Bees are driving pesticide decisions
The desire to protect bees is becoming institutionalized.
Mechanical thinning can damage spurs, leaf tissue and flowers
A tractor mounted Darwin thinning device. (file photo) Mechanical thinning looks like a
Bee renting tips
Smith helps growers and beekeepers come together agreeably
How bad things in the environment gang up and kill bees
The synergistic effect of pesticides in hives.
Is there a better crab apple pollinizer?
No research is under way to evaluate pollinizers to replace Manchurian crab apple.
Pollen tube growth model makes thinning more precise
Blossom-time apple thinning model explored for eastern growers.
Bees live in a toxic world
Planting more flowers would help solve honeybee decline.
More food for honeybees
Landowners in the upper Midwest have until March 21 to apply for assistance under a
Managing crab apple diseases
Crab apple disease management starts in the orchard with pruning.
Michigan’s Expo draws record crowd
Speakers focus on threats to bees, funds for experiment stations, and fruiting walls.
Bee Informed Partnership
After five years of annual colony losses near or above 30 percent, beekeepers have settled
Safe havens for pollinators
A bumblebee finds nectar in a wildflower planting. PHOTOS COURTESY OF USDA NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION
Three keys to successful pollination
Queen bees lay eggs singly in cells of the honeycomb. After the eggs hatch, worker
On a FasTrack
Horticulturist Ralph Scorza pollinates plum flowers while geneticist Ann Callahan measures sugar content and molecular
Beauty with benefits
David James Restoring native sagebrush steppe habitat in and near vineyards and wineries in central
New treatment against CCD
Remebee is easily administered—mixed into heavy bee syrup and fed in one feeding of one
Understanding cherry fruit set
Researchers, with the help of electron scanning microscopes, can view cherry reproductive organs, like this
Beekeepers fear loss of forage
The purple spotted knapweed flower is attractive to bees and a good nectar producer: However,
Skimping on bees can be risky
The strength of a bee colony is important, but it is difficult to assess without
Pollination role of native bees studied
The price tag for renting honeybees for apple pollination, just $35 per hive a few
Keep hives warm and dry
Placing beehives in a good location in the orchard is one of the keys to
Cultivating beneficials
Mike Omeg checks for beneficial insects in goldenrod plants in an insectary alongside a Regina
Invite the whole community
Mason bee nests in the orchard of Robert Schreiber at Poysdorf, Austria, pictured during an
Good to Go
Honeybee health Honeybee specialists and native pollinator experts from around the country will discuss bee