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Dotted blazingstar (Liatris punctata) is a native plant species especially attractive to pollinating bumblebees.
Country Crossroads

Video: Exhibit shows pollination isn’t only done by bees

Museum curator Diana Bizecki Robson hopes it helps public deepen their understanding 
of all types of pollinators and to take actions that help these organisms thrive

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account_id=”2206156280001″ player_id=”ryGLIkmv”] Diana Bizecki Robson is the Manitoba Museum’s curator of botany who created the Prairie pollination exhibit to help enhance public appreciation of all types of wild pollinators, and motivate people to make positive changes to save them.[/caption] Bizecki Robson has spent a decade researching Prairie pollinators and their habitats, helping make new discoveries
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Crops

Bee foraging chronically impaired by pesticide exposure

Another study sheds light on why neonicotinoids and bees don’t mix

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A RFID study co-authored by a University of Guelph scientist that involved fitting bumblebees with tiny radio frequency tags shows long-term exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide hampers bees’ ability to forage for pollen. The research by Nigel Raine, a professor in Guelph’s School of Environmental Sciences, and Richard Gill of Imperial College London was published
Phil Veldhuis, Vona Guiler and their children Jayna and Timmy are this year’s Red River Exhibition Farm Family of the Year.
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Honey farmers named Red River Ex Farm Family of the Year

Starbuck-area producers Phil Veldhuis and Vona Guiler embrace a modern model of Manitoba homesteading

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Starbuck-area honey farmers Phil Veldhuis and Vona Guiler have been named the Red River Exhibition Association’s 2014 Farm Family of the Year. The couple, who with their children Timmy and Jayna operate Phil’s Honey, are the 49th Manitoba farm family to be honoured by the Red River Exhibition Association (RREA) since the award’s inception in
Bumblebees on a wildflower
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Wondering about the state of the environment?

Just eavesdrop as bees communicate with each other 
on where to find the best eats

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Researchers have been monitoring honeybee “waggle dances” to track where they find the best nectar and pollen and measure the benefits of biodiverse landscapes. The results reported in the Cell Press journal Current Biology May 22 suggest that costly measures to set aside agricultural lands and let the wildflowers grow can be very beneficial to
bees in a hive
Crops

Late corn planting sees more bees flying

Keeping bees at bay when it comes to corn planting isn’t always possible, 
but good communication goes a long way

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Manitoba corn growers and beekeepers have been meeting to talk about how to communicate better for the benefit of bees. The Manitoba Corn Growers Association invited members of the Manitoba Beekeeper’s Association to a spring board meeting, to discuss how to best protect honeybees from the pesticides used to coat corn seeds. “Both sides need
Research tech inspecting a plant
Cereals, Crops

U of M project puts DIY back into plant breeding

DIY has done wonders in the metal shop. Why not try it in the fields, too?

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What do you do if you can’t find or can’t afford a piece of farm equipment for a particular job on your farm? For many, the answer is DIY, short for do-it-yourself. Necessity is the mother of invention, and often inspiration, a welder, chop saw, and a trip to the scrap pile is enough to
Crops

CFA joins coalition supporting plant breeders’ rights changes

The bill to update Canada’s plant breeders’ rights provisions is before Parliament

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The Canadian Federation of Agriculture has joined a coalition of farm and seed industry groups supporting controversial changes to plant breeders’ rights. The CFA wasn’t included in the Partners in Innovation when the coalition was formed last year to support C-18 the Agriculture Growth Act. While it supported the breeders’ provisions, the country’s main farm
Dieffenbacchia plant.
Country Crossroads

Dependable dieffenbachia

This plant is easy to grow and adaptable to many conditions

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I am always intrigued by the common names of plants because they often tell much about a plant’s history or characteristics. Sometimes these names are based on old beliefs or superstitions and often better describe the plant than a proper botanical name can. Most people do not know any Latin and so common names, although
Hand spilling grain onto black soil.
Crops

Agriculture debate on Bill C-18 sours quickly

The government says opposition MPs, but critics say the government was late introducing the legislation for debate

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Opposition MPs have lots of questions and comments about the implications of government legislation to improve the rights of seed developers and change farm support programs. However, when they challenged some provisions in C-18, the Canadian Agricultural Growth Act, during the first few hours of second-reading debate, the government accused them of trying to hijack
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Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) and Bill C-18

Despite what detractors say, both farmers and breeders will benefit

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As public plant breeders with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the University of Saskatchewan for a combined total of over 100 years, we were pleased to see the recently tabled Agricultural Growth Act (Bill C-18). This bill encompasses desirable amendments to the present Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) Act that will bring Canada into conformity with

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