[Pollinator] Fwd: Honey Bees Come Up Short - March 2013 PAm enews

Fri Mar 1 10:44:01 PST 2013

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PAm-Sponsored Research  Causes a Stir
Ever-trying  to back speculation with scientific data,  Project Apis m.  
funded Dr. Reed Johnson, Ohio State University,  to look at the impact of 
Pristine on queen  rearing.  Purely by providence, Dr. Johnson  chose Dimilin   
(diflubenzuron) an insect growth regulator  (IGR), as the positive control. 
   Turns out Dimilin appears to have had an  impact on queen bee larval 
development.   Read more from PAm's scientific advisor, Dr.  Eric Mussen, UCD 
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Bee Meeting
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Modesto,  California

Speakers   

Christi Heintz,  PAm
Hannah Ribotto,  PAm
Steve Peterson,  AgPollen

Topic
 'Seeds for  Bees' PAm Project Update and Using Social  Media  

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March  1, 2013
Honey Bees Come Up Short...
But Will  Almonds?

Dear  Laurie, 

The word has spread up  and down the almond rows of California.   There has 
been a shortage of honey  bees to pollinate the 2013 crop.  Almond  growers 
are speaking out.  Beekeepers are  speaking out.  Numerous news outlets  
are reporting on the bee shortage.   Consider the challenges commercial  
beekeepers have to face. Last summer's drought,  the lack of timely EPA approved 
mite  control products, pesticides, state border  delays, the continued loss 
of natural  habitat and subsequent lack of forage  resources, mid-west CRP 
lands being taken  out of conservation and conversely,  the increased almond 
acreage in  California.

It's not just the almond crop -  honey bees pollinate 90 specialty crops in 
 California alone. From there beekeepers traverse  the U.S. supplying honey 
bees that will  pollinate 1 out of 3 bites we consume.  Beekeepers are a  
resilient supplier in the food production  chain.  They are as industrious 
and  hard-working as the bees that they  provide.

PAm helps beekeepers be a  dependable partner to the grower.  Now more  
than ever, we need to concentrate on our  research priorities and on building 
honey bee  nutrition and habitat.  It is vital we  develop honey bee forage 
resources.   Well-fed bees will live longer, over-winter  better, and result 
in a greater supply of bees  for crop  pollination.                          

Your Guide to Bee Supply  Articles

PAm's board  members and scientific advisors have been  vocal.  The article 
links describe the  current honey bee shortages as viewed by Dr.  Eric 
Mussen, Dr. Gordon Wardell, Joe Traynor and  others in the industry.  To read 
about the  2013 honey bee supply,  _Click  here_ 
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For the latest on  the 2013 almond pollination season, click on the  Blue 
Diamond Growers logo.  'In the Field'  is a virtual tour of California almond 
orchards  from the Sacramento Valley to the central and  southern San 
Joaquin Valley.  This time of  year it is updated just about on a daily  basis.

PAm Forage Field Day!
April 26, 2013

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Click on the flower for directions  to Capay  Ranch!

PAm will host a 'Seeds
for Bees' event on Friday, April  26th at 1:30 in the afternoon.  It will  
'bee' held at Capay Ranch near Hamilton City,  CA.  

The  field day will showcase blooming  fields of rapini (Brassica), 
clovers, vetch,  alyssum, phacelia, and a mix of native  wildflowers.  All are an 
excellent  nutritional source for honey bees.  Come  learn how the soil is 
prepped, equipment used,  bloom emergence/duration and more.  Of  course, 
there will be honey bee hives on  location!  This is a great opportunity to  
meet participants in the 'Seeds for  Bees' project.  Forage outreach  
materials, including seed packets, will be  available for you to take home.  Don't 
miss  this event!  To help us plan, please RSVP  at _ProjectApis at gmail.com_ 
(mailto:Projectapis at gmail.com)   by April 12th.  Thank  you!

1, 2, 3  Almond Pollination Math 

Most problems can be  reduced to a math problem according to PAm Board  
Member, Joe Traynor, who was recently published  in the  
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article: _'Almond Pollination Math - Expanded  Acreage, Reduced Bee Supply' 
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Ag Co., a  pollination service for beekeepers and almond  growers.

TODAY on  YouTube! 

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Video Length:  5:58

PAm also  has YouTube videos posted on honey bee  nutrition, disease and 
pest control and on  transporting colonies to California for  pollination 
services.                          
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