The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has recognized the winning teams in the spring 2019 Purple Plow Challenge, Protect the Pollinators.
Canola farmers and beekeepers have a vested interest protecting bees as much as possible, issuing Best Management Practices for Pollinator Health.
Created in 2015 by BASF, the Monarch Challenge has been a nationwide event with the goal of helping to increase milkweed habitats for monarch butterflies.
Many farmers wonder how they can take care of a pollinator habitat they planted in non-crop areas come winter.
In honor of September being National Honey Month, the Bayer Bee Care Program will launch three bee-care awareness initiatives.
It may be hard to initially wrap your head around planting milkweed next to your fields, but it may just be the key to attracting some of nature’s best pollinators. “When we start talking about it, the initial discussion might be a little challenging, because we are talking about what many people consider a weed, […]
Some argue that an increase in insecticide use and a much-publicized Colony Collapse Disorder issue have caused honey bees to become endangered. There are organizations dedicated to “saving the bees,” and many of them have targeted farmers as major culprits in the demise of the honey bee population. On the other hand, there are fears […]
Bees are crucial to the agricultural industry. You may already know that one out of every three bites of food you take is because of their crop pollination, but there are many facts that people aren’t aware of. Here are 12 interesting facts about bees, nature’s first farmer: 1. There are 20,000 species of bees. […]
The Bayer Bee Care Program has announced its 2018 Young Beekeeper Award winners, young people chosen for their outstanding commitment to pollinator health. They are the following: Leo Schirokauer, Shaker Heights, Ohio; Daniel McSween, Montgomery, Texas; and Jonathan Murphy, Denison, Texas. The first-place winner will receive $3,000 to put toward his beekeeping projects or college […]
During National Pollinator Week, a team from Syngenta road-tripped through five states to chat with 13 pollinator experts.