Help the HONEY BEE
Make Your Contribution to PAm by Dec. 31st!
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PAm Creates Needed Bee Pastures
PAm met and exceeded its Year 1 goal in California. The aim was to enroll 10% of the state's almond growers in the 'Seeds for Bees' forage project. We exceeded that number. With over 155 growers and over 2,500 acres sowed with thousands of pounds of clovers, mustards & vetch, these bee pastures will help provide bees with a polyfloral diet.
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The National Honey Bee Conferences are just around the corner...
The American Beekeeping Federation will bee on the bayou in Baton Rouge & the American Honey Producers Association will bee donning boots in San Antonio. PAm will bee at both - register today!
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Thirsty Bees? Hot bees?
Hydrate them at the Border Stations
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Migratory beekeepers bringing their colonies into CA this coming pollination season will have access to water at Benton, Blythe Needles, Truckee & Yermo. The CA Dept of Food & Ag (CDFA) installed multiple heavy duty hoses that will extend from the water lines to shippers' trucks to provide water to the bees. This was co-funded by CSBA, PAm and the Almond Board of California.
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Beekeepers:
Do You Provide Pollination Services?
The Almond Board of CA has
re-structured its Pollination Directory. The Directory provides growers with information they need for pollination services. Beekeepers and bee brokers, make sure you are listed and your information is up-to-date! Log on to the Pollination Directory by following this link.
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Bee Informed Partnership and the USDA have piloted a program to aid beekeepers. ERK is designed to rule out causes of large scale, suspicious colony loss through small scale sampling. The cost of the kit without pesticide analysis is $80. PAm offers a cost-share program for pesticide analyses of hive matrices. View lab directory.
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