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<H1>Del. Ag. department gets grant for bee research</H1><!--Published:200703081208 Modified:200703081208--><SPAN class=byline>By LULADEY B. TADESSE, The News Journal</SPAN>
<DIV id=date>Posted Thursday, March 8, 2007 at 12:08 pm</DIV><!-- <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="200"><tr><td valign="middle"><a href="#storychat"><img src="/graphics/story_chat.jpg" border="0" class="storychat_thumb"></a><span class="storychat_comment"><a href="#storychat">Read Comments</a></span></td></tr></table>--><!--End Article14.pbo--><!-- SUBHEAD --><!-- pbs:article tittel2=1 byline=1 text=1 facts=0 bilde=0 useobjects=1 objectclass=21 --><!-- ARTICLE MAIN PHOTO --><!--Begin Article2.pbo--><!-- ARTICLE SIDEBAR --><!--MAIN PHOTO--><!--End Article2.pbo--><!-- EDITORIAL CARTOON --><!-- MAIN ARTICLE --><!--Begin Article1.pbo--><!-- MAIN ARTICLE CONTENT --><!--
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<P>The Delaware Department of Agriculture will receive a four-year, $94,000 grant from the Northeastern Region of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program to study bees. The project, called “Farming for Native Bees,” will provide farmers with more information on native bees including ways to increase bee nesting sites and alter plantings to increase native pollinator populations. <BR><BR>In addition, the project will develop a native bee management “how to” book and field guide. Data will be presented to the Natural Resources Conservation Service to facilitate refinement of existing Conservation Cover guidelines. Farmers also will learn to adopt and expand pollinator-friendly farm management practices.<BR><BR>In 2006, 21 farm operations participated in a pilot study to establish a baseline of the existing native bee diversity. More than 2,500 specimens of bees were collected, representing 75 different species. <BR><BR>The “Farming for Native Bees” project team will be led by Faith Kuehn, plant industries administrator, at the state Department of Agriculture. Dewey Caron, professor of Entomology and Extension Entomologist at the University of Delaware, will serve as a technical expert for the project.</P><SPAN class=shirttail><EM>Contact Luladey B. Tadesse at 324-2789 or </EM><A href="mailto:ltadesse@delawareonline.com"><FONT color=#003399><EM>ltadesse@delawareonline.com</EM></FONT></A><EM>.</EM></SPAN> <BR><!-- FACT BOXES --><!--Begin Article5.pbo--><!--MAIN FACTS BOX--><!--ADDITIONAL FACTS BOXES--><!--GNS PROMO--></DIV>
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