By Zachary Huang, on March 26th, 2010
Importance of honey bees to Michigan agriculture
??? Zachary Huang, MSU
URL of this article: http://bees.msu.edu/2010/03/bees-worth-a-billion-in-michigan/
The Western honey bee Apis mellifera plays a crucial role for US agriculture because it provides pollination for a large number of crops.???? The
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By Stephen Tilmann, on March 25th, 2010
Read what the New York Times is saying about colony collapse disorder, the future of beekeeping and the impact on agriculture… http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/opinion/25harder.html?emc=eta1
Op-Ed Contributors
Too-Busy Bees
Jilian Tamaki
By MARCELO AIZEN and LAWRENCE HARDER
Published: March 24, 2010
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By Stephen Tilmann, on March 19th, 2010
The Center of Michigan Beekeepers (COMB) club has adopted and promotes the philosophy of practicing sustainble beekeeping. We recognize that challenges faced by our bees are, in part, a direct result of past practices using chemical-based hive management, a lack …
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By Zachary Huang, on March 17th, 2010
Took a walk today at the campus since it is was nice (and I was quite tired looking at excel files — analyzing data from last summer for 3 straight days). Went to the Beal Botanical Garden. Saw 1-2 bees …
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By Stephen Tilmann, on March 16th, 2010
The 2010 ANR Spring Beekeeping conference is over…and MBA wants to extend a big THANK YOU! to all who attended. Without you, the conference would have been something less than it was. 451 people registered (first, rough count) for the …
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