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  • Basics of Beekeeping for Veterans

    Olivia Young

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    Are you curious about the art of beekeeping and its vital role in our ecosystem? Join us for an engaging seminar where we’ll explore the basics of caring for bees, from hive management to harvesting honey. This session, led by experienced beekeeper and livestock management specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension, Amy Barkley, will equip you…

  • Bees Are Our Homies

    Jeff Cochran

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    A poem, rap, song by a pollinator enthusiast. My fourteen-year old daughter was listening to rap, I was learning about the miraculous life of bees, and so came the song. Bees Are Our Homies Bees are our homies Bees are our homies Bees are our homies ya Get your head out of your pants Give…

  • $1.6M Supports Land-Grant Research for NY Farms, Forests, Communities

    Krisy Gashler

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    Every year, land-grant universities in all 50 states receive funds to address locally important problems and two of this year’s awardees will contribute to a 15-year Multistate Research Project addressing sustainable solutions to problems affecting bee health. Cornell researchers studying obesity prevention, herbicide-resistant weeds, protection for native bees and other topics have received $1.6 million…

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  • CSAs are Buzzing and So Are Pollinators

    Anna Birn

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    Changes made by the COVID-19 pandemic have benefited at least two facets of our ecosystem: community supported agriculture, and pollinators.   It feels hard to remember a time when the news was full of things unrelated to COVID-19, a time when the things we talked about had nothing to do with a global pandemic. Constant…

  • New Book on Wild Honeybee Biology Can Help Small-Scale Beekeepers Build Resilient Hives

    Nina Sannes

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    A new book by a Cornell University professor illustrates the fascinating and previously little-known biology of wild honeybees, and details management strategies for small-scale beekeepers in a changing world. “The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild,” by Thomas Seeley, is currently the No. 1 best seller in entomology…

  • The Alfalfa HoneyBees – An Observation

    Debra Welch

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    In Wyoming County, the drought of the winter, spring, summer, and fall of 2016 was devastating for local honeybee populations.   In Wyoming County, the drought of the spring, summer, and fall of 2016 was devastating for local honeybee populations. Fall nectars and pollens are critical for colony build-up for the winter.  If the honeybees…

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  • The Buzz About Bees

    Jill Swenson

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    It’s cold outside. Steep a cup of tea and put in a teaspoon of pure, local, raw honey. Then take a sip, close your eyes, and feel that warm golden glow. Give thanks for the angels of agriculture: bees. Homegrown Honey Bees: Beekeeping Your First Year, from Hiving to Honey Harvest, by Alethea Morrison is…

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