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Funding Beekeeping Research-It Takes a (Coordinated) Village!

12/17/2020

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Since beginning in 2006, Project Apis m. has endeavored to fund bee research that will improve honey bee health. Translating the research into improvements on a large scale means not just funding the work, but providing beekeepers with the knowledge and tools quickly so they can benefit from the research. Over time, with the help of an engaged research community, PAm has created a funding process and pipeline to drive innovation and solutions for years to come. 
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An overview of PAm’s major sources of funding. Links to PAm’s statement of independence and the annual report are at the bottom of this post.

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Rising Tides – Science Based Pollinator Forage Can Benefit All Bees

12/17/2020

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In 2014, a new pollinator habitat collaboration was initiated by a group of stakeholders that saw land use changes threatening pollinator health in the upper mid-west region. Acres of row crops were rapidly rising, conservation land was being lost, and with the expansion of row crops, agricultural chemical use was also expanding.   From the initial success of that collaboration, The Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund (BBHF) was formed.  

While beekeepers and environmentalists have been aware of land use changes impacting bee health for a long time, these changes have intensified over the past few decades – and at the same time, honey bee and native bee health issues have come to the forefront of public awareness.  
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The above images represent how land use changes and increased agricultural chemicals can sometimes correlate. Pesticides are a complex issue. You can read more about pesticides and bee health here. Read the publication “Land-use change reduces habitat suitability for supporting managed honey bee colonies in the Northern Great Plains” here, and visit the USGS Pesticide National Synthesis Project’s interactive pesticide maps here.

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Webinar Recording:  Smart Farming - Bee Forage and Cover Crops in California

7/27/2020

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​Seeds for Bees is partnering with almond growers, Bee Friendly Farming, and Scientists at the University of California, Davis to plant bee forage and habitat in California and study the benefits.  Learn about the program, and the science behind why it works by watching this pre-recorded webinar:
Click Here to view on YouTube
Featuring:

•Billy Synk, Director of Pollination Programs, Project Apis m.
How the Seeds for Bees® program benefits beekeepers and growers. 

•Dr. Elina L. Niño, University of California, Davis
Ongoing research out of UC Davis related to the impact of
cover crops on bee health. 

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•Dr. Amélie Gaudin, University of California, Davis
Ongoing research out of UC Davis related to the impact of
cover crops on soil health. 


•Laurie Davies Adams, President and CEO, Pollinator Partnership
The exciting Bee Friendly Farming certification.
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FORAGE WEBINAR: Smart Farming - Bee Forage and Cover Crops in California

6/15/2020

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​Please join Project Apis m. for our first webinar of 2020.
We hope to see you there! Click here to join us June 23rd at 10:00am Pacific Time.
Download the Webinar Flyer with Links Here 

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PAm-Costco Scholar Spotlight:  Reflections from Morgan Carr-Markell

2/19/2020

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As I get close to finishing my dissertation, I am reflecting on the way that the PAm-Costco Scholar Fellowship has helped me to take my interest in honey bee foraging behavior and apply it to helping beekeepers and land managers who want to support honey bees.
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I started studying bees a few years after increased colony mortality had drawn international public attention and concern. Research since that time has highlighted four major stressors that contribute to high mortality: parasites, pathogens, pesticides, and poor nutrition. Good nutrition is not only essential to day-to-day activities of bees, but it also helps colonies deal with the other stressors. Finding apiary spots that lead to good colony nutrition is challenging because honey bee colonies have a very wide foraging range, in some cases traveling over 8 miles to collect food. If we consider that most foraging happens within 2 miles of a hive, that’s still over 8,000 acres that foragers are covering to find rewarding flowers.

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The Pulse of Beekeeping - BIP Tech Transfer Teams

2/6/2019

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The Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) and Project Apis m. (PAm) have a long history of partnership.  Since 2012 PAm has deeply supported the BIP Tech Transfer Teams (TTTs), who are the “boots on the ground” to survey honey bee health, and often acting as liaisons between research, and beekeepers.   Their unique position not only allows them to share research developments and management practices with commercial beekeepers, but they also understand the most current beekeeping needs and trends and can help inform researchers about what is going on in the beekeeping industry that needs to be addressed.    
 
Commercial beekeepers who work with the Tech Transfer Teams on average lose 30% fewer colonies each year than beekeepers who do not.  That is significant!  Quite a few participating beekeepers have also reported saving money by working with TTTs - some very major losses have been avoided, and many beekeepers report overall improved condition of their bees as well.  

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The BIP Box:  The Last Best Place for Bees

9/28/2018

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North Dakota is home to over half a million honey bee colonies, and is the number 1 honey producing state in the US for the past 30 years. According to the North Dakota Department of Agriculture, in 2017, North Dakota produced 33 million pounds of honey valued at over $65 million. The vast expanse of land, as far as the eye can see, offers a dense and rich clover forage, a favorite of the honey bee. It is therefore no surprise that more beekeepers want to bring their bees to the Peace Garden State each year. In contrast, corn and soybean are gaining popularity in the agricultural landscape of North Dakota, replacing some of the more traditional grain crops of the past. As a result of these two opposing landscape factors, beekeepers in North Dakota report an increase in honey bee colony density and a decrease in forage for the pollinator. Zac Browning of Browning Honey Co. warns that North Dakota is the ‘Last Best Place for Bees’. 
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Caption: Map of North Dakota bee yards. Each blue dot represents a registered apiary (bee yard) Source: https://beemap.ndda.nd.gov/

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Lab to Landscape: Costco-PAm Scholar Rodney Richardson and Pollen Metabarcoding

8/21/2018

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Photo Courtesy of Drew Spacht
 “Pollen metabarcoding is a way that we can enable larger questions to be answered, and larger scientific studies to be conducted more cost efficiently.”  – Rodney Richardson, PhD Candidate, Ohio State University

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Processed Foods: Artificial Diets and A Diversity of Forage

8/21/2018

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Grower Spotlight - with David Fenn, Sr. Vice President of Farming at SunWorld International

8/20/2018

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David Fenn is the Senior Vice President of Farming at Sun World International.  In 2017 Sun World International worked with Project Apis m.’s Seeds for Bees program to plant hedgerows and bee-friendly cover crops and earn Pollinator Partnership’s Bee Friendly Farming certification.  Sun World has a deep commitment to sustainability which you can read more about here.

We talked to David to learn more about growing table grapes in California, and how Sun World approaches cover crops and other sustainability practices.

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