Pollen!
Your bees should be finding lots of pollen now…
Check out this little video clip of a happy bee!
Your bees should be finding lots of pollen now…
Check out this little video clip of a happy bee!
Our own Charlotte Wiggins presents a TEDx Talk on why bugs matter… Charlotte Ekker Wiggins is a lifelong gardener, but it was not until she started to keep honeybees in her garden that she began to understand the scope of the pollinators, down to honeybees providing 1/3 of the world’s food supply. She provided the…
The Economist had a very interesting post a couple of days ago about training bees to find landmines and a new app that can tell you what’s wrong with your bees. It can tell if you have hive beetles, varroa, foul brood, if they’re getting ready to swarm, etc. Read the article for yourself… https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21739645-matching-honeybee-noises-their-ailments-new-app-listens-problems
Interested in helping pollinators, including honeybees? There is a brand new program in Missouri designed to do just that. Your local bee club can sponsor the program, get programming for half a year and generate revenue for club operations. The Missouri Master Pollinator Steward Program officially launched fall of 2018. The six-session program is designed…
This is a short discussion between the President (Cory Stevens) and the Past President (Clayton Lee).
To all U.S. Beekeepers, We need your help! We have an urgent need to fight against unfair honey prices for our domestic honey producers. The International Trade Commission has ruled that U.S. Honey Producers have been injured by low imported honey prices (an estimated 381 million pounds of honey valued at $300 million was imported…
Are you interested in furthering your education? Great Plains Master Beekeeping Program makes its debut in Missouri! By Gregg Hitchings – msbagregg@gmail.com Another chapter in Missouri beekeeping was opened at MSBA’s October 18-19, 2019 fall conference in Moberly. Sheldon Brummel, Master Beekeeping Project Coordinator for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), spoke to the large group…