bees

Squash bees pollinating. (Photo courtesy of Tamra Reall.)
Crops, Holidays, Video

Thank a pollinator for your Thanksgiving dinner

When giving thanks this Thanksgiving, give a special nod to pollinators that make much of your feast possible. Read More

Bees on honeycomb (Iowa State University Extension and Outreach)
Iowa, Midwestern Region, Regional Roundup

Webinar to share beekeeping tips for beginners and experts on urban and rural farms

Soybean field (Photo courtesy of United Soybean Board)
Cotton, Crops, EPA, Soybeans

EPA starts public comment period for dicamba re-approval



Expansion of AgriLife Extension’s beekeeping program has been an effort supported by the Texas Legislature and the Texas Beekeepers Association to meet the growing demand for science-based knowledge, instruction and resources that serves backyard beekeepers to commercial pollinator and honey production operations statewide. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Backyard beekeeper training takes flight

Heroes to Hives offers veterans training, camaraderie and purpose

Madison Crawford, who received her bachelor’s and master’s in zoology and physiology from University of Wyoming, poses in front of a bee poster in Lusha Tronstad’s office. Crawford led a study that tested the hypothesis that wind turbine color attracts insects. She was lead author of a paper that was published recently in the journal Western North American Naturalist. (Photo by Lusha Tronstad.)

UW research points to bug benefits from changing color of wind turbines

(Photo by Todd Johnson, OSU Agriculture.)

Tulsa beekeeping workshop available in September