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  • Three Ways to Protect Honeybees — As Keepers and Community Members

    Maggie Gallagher

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    Honeybees are on decline, but you can help! In 2023, the United States  lost 48% of its agriculturally managed honey bee colonies in an unprecedented year. But the issue is more complex than the statistics can communicate. In a Cornell Keynote from eCornell, Marina Caillaud, a lecturer of entomology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS),…

  • 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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  • Establishing Northern Honeybee Colonies

    Aaron Englander

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    Welcome to the Northeast SARE Spotlight! SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) offers grants to farmers, educators, universities and communities that are working to make agriculture more sustainable – economically, environmentally, and socially. Learn about whether a SARE grant would be a good fit for you. Erin Forbes of Overland Honey in Portland, Maine has…

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