[Pollinator] Delaware Dept. of Agriculture gets Grant for Bee Research

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Del. Ag. department gets grant for bee research
By LULADEY B. TADESSE, The News Journal  
Posted Thursday, March 8, 2007 at 12:08 pm

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. 

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.

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. 

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.Contact Luladey B. 
Tadesse at 324-2789 or _ltadesse at delawareonline.com_ 
(mailto:ltadesse at delawareonline.com) . 


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