Project Apis m. is seeking a Communications Manager to support and promote our California-based Climate-Smart Habitat program and the Seeds for Bees program as well as PAm generally. 

​Read more about this open position HERE. 
Project Apis m. is seeking proposals from seed companies who can help supply seeds for our Seeds for Bees and related programs for the 2023 cover crop planting season.

Read the full RFP for more details, HERE. 
Catch the president of the American Honey Producer's Association, Chris Hiatt, at the Southwestern Ohio Beekeeper's Association meeting on May 24th at 7:30 PM ET. All are welcome to attend the virtual meeting.

Link to register: HERE
Enrollment is now open in California! Applications accepted until August 31st.
New for 2023: 

  • More free seed for first- and second-year participants! 
  • Mix formulated for use in CA bee yards!
Learn More on our Blog 
Calling all Beekeepers! The Bee Informed Partnership's Annual Loss and Management Survey is now live. 

Thank you for taking the survey! 

HERE
Don't forget to submit your workshop and presentation ideas for ABF 2024 by this Friday, April 28th!  HERE. 
Healthy Bees for a healthy Earth!
Many of the ways we can help honey bees are also good for the Earth. The Bee Health Collective has a few simple suggestions to get started, check it out!

HERE. 
We're hiring! Project Apis m. is seeking a Climate Smart Habitat Manager to join our team contributing to the Seeds for Bees program in California!

More information about the job and how to apply, HERE. 
Event alert! Catch the 'Queen Breeding and Genetic Diversity' panel hosted by the Bee Informed Partnership on Monday, April 10th at 6:30 EST! Featured speakers are: Drs. University of Minnesota's Dr. Marla Spivak, NC State's Dr. David Tarpy, and USDA-ARS researcher, Dr. Garett Slater.

Register HERE
Submit your questions for the experts, HERE
Calling all Beekeepers! The Bee Informed Partnership's Annual Loss and Management Survey is now live. 

Thank you for taking the survey! 

HERE
This recent paper from UC Davis researchers Brittney Goodrich and Marieke Fenton: "Economic Considerations of Growing Bee-Friendly Cover Crops in Almond Orchards: Grower and Beekeeper Perspectives" discusses the mutually beneficial aspects of cover crops for beekeepers and almond growers and maximizing those benefits through timing of planting in the fall and other considerations. Check it out!
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Check out an upcoming event on March 28th showcasing the new Solar Synergy program at the Bee and Butterfly Habitat fund.  

Register to attend at 10:00 AM Central Time.
HERE
OR 7:00 PM Central Time:
HERE
Join Dr. Sarah Wood on Inside The Hive TV to talk blueberries, bee health, and research. March 30th at 7:00 pm EST. 

More information HERE. 



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New research out the University of California from Dr. James Nieh has shown that young bees learn how to waggle dance from their elders as they age into foragers.

Learn more: HERE. 



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Central CA Growers and Crop Advisors! Are you Interested in learning about cover cropping and compost? East Staunilaus Resource Conservation District is hosting a workshop March 22nd that includes the opportunity to earn 1 CCA credit.
Visit the link below for more information about that event and more!

HERE
Research from Washington State University, funded in part by PAm, has shown that queen banking in refrigerated units is viable method that can improve performance and survival when compared to outdoor queen banks.Read more:

HERE

This photo is from the 'Guide to honey Bee Queen Banking'
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HERE
Today we are excited to share another talk from the ABF conference given by Megan Mahoney, of MaHoney Queens and Bees.
“Commercial Beekeeping as a Platform for Selection”
Check it out!
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HERE

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Blue Diamond Growers crop report is a great resource for following the bloom, check out their update from earlier today! 

HERE
Today we are excited to share another talk from the ABF conference given by Randy Oliver. Randy has a focus on applied bee research: investigating varroa control methods, nutritional supplements, the changing climate, and more.
Hear what he's been up to with Scientific Beekeeping!

HERE
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View presentations and panel discussions with commercial beekeepers, researchers, and companies working on new technologies that support indoor storage, from The Indoor Storage of Honey Bees Conference; Hosted in partnership with Project Apis m., The Almond Board of California and Washington State University.

Day 1 of the conference: HERE
Day 2 of the conference: HERE
Dr. Renata Labuschagne shares her path from a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, studying propolis with Dr. Marla Spivak, to her current role as the Tech Transfer Program Lead for the Alberta Beekeepers Commission.

Project Apis m. has been there along the way-most recently funding Tech Transfer under Dr. Labuschage to help the program grow and support beekeepers in Alberta!

Read more below!

HERE
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Our Executive Director, Danielle Downey, shares an update on "Project Apis m. Research and Programs" at the ABF Conference.

​HERE
Link to Commercial Beekeepers Survey

HERE
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Beekeepers value forage-it's the best for their bees, and saves money that would otherwise be spent on supplemental feed.

This recent article by Marieke Fenton and Brittney Goodrich (UC Davis) puts some data behind that value, and also discusses the benefits of cover crops planted in almond orchards for both beekeepers AND growers.

​HERE
Link to Commercial Beekeepers Survey

HERE
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Way to go Rory and Stetcyn who are talking all things Seeds for Bees on the Beekeeping Today Podcast! Seeds for Bees provides growers with seeds for blooming cover crops that support honey bees pollinating California almonds while also benefitting the orchard.


HERE
Check out Jay Evans presentation,
"Understanding and Managing Honey Bee Diseases"

HERE
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Check out Dr. Ramsey's presentation about what we know, don't know, and his research on Tropi below!


HERE
Happy Valentine's Day! Did you know that St. Valentine is considered to be one of the patron saints of beekeepers? We hope you have a sweet holiday!

Read more on the National Honey Board's blog HERE. 
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An estimated 40 million almonds trees and 40 billion honey bees! As the almond bloom gets closer this year, beekeepers are working overnight to drop colonies into the orchards for pollination.

Get an awesome view of this process with this clip from PBS's The Green Planet:

HERE
We are excited to share a presentation from Dr. Garrett Slater:

"What Causes "Dud" Drones?"

HERE
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Follow along with the almond bloom by singing up for Blue Diamond Grower's crop report:

HERE
We are excited to share a presentation from Dr. Diana Cox-Foster:

"Bee Health: Untangling the Impacts of Agrochemicals and Pathogens"

HERE
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If you live in California or southern Oregon you can help monarch butterflies for zero or reduced cost by taking advantage of The Monarchs and More Western Habitat Program. Learn more below!

HERE
We are excited to share a presentation from Dr. Scott McArt.

"Disease Transmission and Spillover in Plant-Pollinator Networks."

HERE
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When beekeepers check their colonies to see who survived winter they can be faced with a mystery: What happened to my bees?

This video with Megan Milbrath of Michigan State University is a good resource for solving the mystery!
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HERE
If you couldn't be there, or missed a talk at ABF, we got you! First up is Dr. Diana-Cox-Foster's presentation about how honey bees and native bees interact. 

Check it out! HERE. 

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Almonds are a big topic this time of year... our Director of Habitat programs, Rory Crowley, helped answer a common question about growing them in a recent Men's Health article.

"Are almond farms a monoculture?"

Check out his answer, HERE. 
Share this opportunity with the undergraduate science majors in your life!

DEADLINE: January 31st, 2023

The BeeMORE program at NC State is a paid summer research experience that runs from May 26 to August 1 2023.

Learn more and apply HERE.​
"Mites alight! Sunflower pollen for honey bee resistance to Varroa destructor. " is the title of a current research project funded by Project Apis m. with the USDA Beltsville Bee Research Lab (BRL).
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​Backed with preliminary data and a new paper authored by BRL colleague Dr. Evan Palmer Et al. showing an association between the presence of sunflower acreage and reduced mite loads in colonies, we think beekeepers will be interested in where this project leads.

Read more about this line of work HERE
Join the Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund and almond grower Christine Gemperle for a conversation about how new practices in the orchard are supporting bees.
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This free event will take place on February 1. Links to register for two different times are below!

Morning session - 10:00am CST: HERE 
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Evening session - 7:00pm CST: HERE
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For a look at what moving bees on a commercial scale entails, check out our mini-documentary from 2021, HERE.
We are excited to announce a Request for Proposals on Behalf of the Healthy Hives Research Initiative!

The application window for this RFP will be open from:
 Jan 1st-Feb 1st, 2023.  

Read or download the full RFP HERE. ​
Check out the North Valley Nut Conference-PAm's own Rory Crowley will be on hand discussing pollinator health management, and attendees can earn .5 Certified Crop Adviser Continuing Education credits at the conference.

More information and event registration can be found here:

https://myaglife.com/events/
To see a snapshot of what your support has helped us to achieve in 2022, check out our annual report HERE. 

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We would love to see you in person, but if you can't make it, Project Apis m. is PAm is excited to sponsor the first-ever virtual option for this event!

earn more HERE. 
We are excited to share two new videos that bring you INTO the Ashurst Bee Company's indoor storage facility in the Imperial Valley of California!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJDnqQNcd34
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA2sq2k2bWE&t=8s
Live event! Inside the Hive TV is bringing live interviews and videos featuring PAm-funded researchers to beekeepers!

Join December 14th at 7:00PM (EST) for a discussion with Dr. Kaira Wagoner (UNC Greensboro), who will be talking about her research on how wire foundation used in frames impacts honey bee health.

Register for the event here:
https://www.insidethehive.tv/Livestreams

photo credit: Photo credit: Bert Vanderveen, University of North Carolina Greensboro.

Find more details and register for the Indoor Storage Conference HERE.  

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Event alert! Project Apis m. has partnered with Inside the Hive TV to bring live interviews and videos featuring PAm-funded researchers to you!

The first FREE event of this collaboration is a live event featuring Dr. Steve Pernal (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada), and Dr. Erika Plettner (Simon Frasier University) who will discuss a varraocidal compound they have been working on, having advanced the studies from the lab to field trials with promising results.
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Register HERE.

We hope to see you there!
Join #mycausemycleats!

Fans can bid on players' cleats and proceeds support each organization:
https://www.49ers.com/news/off-the-field-49ers-raise-awareness-to-personal-causes-with-my-cause-my-cleats
You can bid on Mitch's bee-inspired PAm cleats HERE. 

​Thank you for your support!

Join the Bee Informed Partnership and guest speakers Judy Wu-Smart, Reed Johnson, and Scott McArt TONIGHT for a panel discussion about pesticides and honey bees on at 6pm ET.

Register for the event via Zoom, HERE. 
1 Day to Go! Are you ready for GivingTuesday? Help Project Apis m. meet our Board Match Challenge of $34,000 to support honey bee health.

Donate to support more research!
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https://bit.ly/3QKUqPf
Good news on the Northern Giant Hornet front: After surveying with 880 traps, no hornets have been detected in 2022 in Washington State, and there were no sightings reported in British Columbia!

​Get more updates from the Hornet Herald,  HERE. 
Ahead of #GivingTuesday (Nov 29), we’re sharing ways you can express generosity right from your own home.
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1. Share PAm's story, HERE

2. Donate to support research, HERE

3. Read about other ways to help bees! HERE
Watch NHB's "Celebrating Beekeeping" video about how buying honey supports healthy bees and beekeeper HERE

And read more about how PAm and the National Honey Board work together HERE. 
Event alert! Project Apis m. has partnered with Inside the Hive TV to bring live interviews and videos featuring PAm-funded researchers to you!

The first FREE event of this collaboration is a live event featuring Dr. Steve Pernal (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada), and Dr. Erika Plettner (Simon Frasier University) who will discuss a varraocidal compound they have been working on, having advanced the studies from the lab to field trials with promising results.
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Register HERE.

We hope to see you there!
For more information about native plant seedlings from Pheasants Forever, go HERE. 
We are excited to have reached a milestone of $10M in honey bee research funded! Thank you to all the beekeepers, growers, & partners who have helped us get this far.
Join us on #GivingTuesday to lead the way to more solutions & tools for beekeepers by:
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1. telling us what beekeeping questions you need answered. 
https://www.projectapism.org/contact-us.html
2. sharing PAm's story.
https://www.projectapism.org/project-apis-m-blog/pam-celebrates-10m-in-honey-bee-research
3. donating to support more research!
https://bit.ly/3QKUqPf
Free event! Join the Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund for a practical discussion on the first year management of pollinator habitat plantings. Register HERE. 
Commercial Beekeeper Gene Brandi looks back at PAm's humble but mighty early years. HERE.  
We are hiring! Find more details about our Development Manager position HERE. 
Find the request for proposals on behalf of the National Honey Board HERE. 
Read about the National Honey Board's efforts to support the industry and fund research HERE. 

Support bees through the  HONEY SAVE HIVES program HERE. 
We earned a Platinum Transparency seal from Candid! Check out our profile HERE. 
The deadline to apply for cover crop seeds with Seeds for Bees is August 31st. APPLY HERE. 

Why cover crop through Seeds for Bees?

Check out this case study with Christine Ghemperle, an almond grower in  Stanislaus county who has been growing cover crops for 10 years. Article HERE. 
Read more about Dr. Alex McMenamin's experience as a Pam-Costco scholar, HERE. 
*NEW* Indoor Storage Blog: Using Cold Storage For a Brood Break in One of the Hottest Places on Earth

Drs. Kelly Kulhanek and Brandon Hopkins of Washington State University collaborated with Commercial Beekeeper Bryan Ashurst of Ashurst Bee Company to write this informative blog about using cold storage in the Imperial Valley of Southern California to help control Varroa, and reap other benefits as well!

READ MORE HERE
Check out PBS's Women in Ag video HERE, and apply for Seeds for Bees HERE!
 Join us on July 14th at 7:00 pm EST for a webinar with Dr. Vanessa Corby-Harris who will continue sharing her honey bee nutrition research results with beekeepers.

​Register HERE. 

This is the second part of this series. Find the recording of part one, read a summary, and see Dr. Corby-Harris's answers to frequently asked nutrition questions HERE:
Present in the US since 1987, Varroa mites were just recently detected in Australia. Read more about the efforts to contain it, HERE. 
Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Wood
on her new position! She has been appointed the first "Pollinator Research Chair" at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM).

Read More Here
Seed a Legacy with impactful forage and habitat programs. Learn more about the Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund HERE. 
Visit the Honey Bee Health Coalition, or Farmers for Monarchs to lean more about supporting pollinators. 
Is your lawn trending with the pollinators? 
CLICK HERE
And watch the MN Bee Squad style guide, and find out!
The Almond Board of California's next Training Tuesday, taking place on July 21st at 8:00am Pacific, is all about cover crops! You can Register for this event HERE.
We often think about the beekeepers & honey bees that work hard to make sure that crops are pollinated all across the country, but what about the people who drive the bees to pollination events? Check out this article "A day in the life of a honey bee trucker" from Freightwaves.com. HERE. 
The application window for the 2022 PAm-Costco Canada Scholarship is now open! Apply by Friday, July 1, 2022. 
Mark Your Calendars! Seeds for Bees’ Enrollment Opens June 1st! Limited Seed and Funding Availability. Only Three-month Enrollment Period! 
Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund Gifts that Grow.
Swap out the bouquet for wildflowers! 
Bee Informed Partnership 
Annual Loss & Management Survey
More details about this year's survey are now on our blog!
Click Here for "Covering More Ground" article

Leveraging Grower’s Practices and Beekeeper’s Preferences to Cover More Ground...