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Keep calm and love bees and other pollinators

Some people don’t like bees but these beneficial insects are among those that should be respected for what they do

By Rrbc Release September 28, 2016

Despite the bad reputation that bees and other pollinators sometimes have, they represent an exclusive club. One of a bee’s most important jobs is that of a pollinator. This is an exclusive club of animals that assists plants in their reproduction as pollinators, that includes species of ants, bats, bees, beetles, birds, butterflies, flies, moths

Manitoba has approximately 231 different species of native bees, including 24 different species of bumblebees.

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More than just bumblebees

A new research project at AAFC is assessing habitat  for the 231 different species of native bees in Manitoba

By Jennifer Paige August 22, 2016

How pollinator friendly is your farm? A new study being conducted at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Brandon Research and Development Centre is looking to gather data on the province’s native bees and create an on-farm habitat-assessment tool. “We don’t have a lot of information on native bees in Manitoba but we are starting to get

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Bee stewardship award open for nominations

Pollinator protection measures on Canadian farms and ranches are to be recognized with a conservation award

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 6, 2016

Are you or someone you know taking steps to protect pollinators on a farm or ranch in Canada? Then you should consider applying for the 2016 Canadian Farmer-Rancher Pollinator Conservation Award, a program that’s a joint undertaking of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA), Pollinator Partnership (P2), and Canadian Forage and Grassland Association (CFGA). Individuals

Entomologist Christian Krupke at the Purdue Bee Laboratory with pollen collected by Indiana honeybees.

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Non-crop plants source of most pesticide contamination of bees

One of the most common sources of pollen contamination is home pest control products

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 13, 2016

Urban landscapes may bear more responsibility for exposing bees to pesticides than previously thought. A recent study from Purdue University, published in the academic journal Nature Communications, found honeybees gathered the vast majority of pollen from non-agriculture crops and were being exposed to both agricultural and domestic pesticides. Entomologist Christian Krupke found pollen samples contained

A Monarhc butterfly feeds on yellow perennial milkweed.

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Insect habitat campaigns reaching goals

Bees and monarch butterflies depend on disappearing habitat and campaigns to plant more are getting a lot of attention

By Alex Binkley May 4, 2016

A 4-H campaign to encourage Canadians to plant bee- and butterfly-friendly flowers has already hit its 2016 goal. The program, dubbed ‘Proud to Bee a 4-H’er’ has distributed packets of flower seeds that provide pollinator habitat to 120 registered clubs across the country, in partnership with crop protection and life science company Syngenta. 4-H spokesperson

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App promises better communication between farmers and beekeepers

Developed in Australia, BeeConnected will aid co-ordination between farmers and beekeepers and keep bees healthy

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 21, 2016

CropLife Canada and the Canadian Honey Council are teaming up to bring an app to Canada that promises to help bees and crop agriculture coexist. BeeConnected was developed by CropLife Australia and the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council, to allow farmers, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators to collaborate, anonymously, to facilitate best practices to protect pollinators.

Solitary nesting bees, like this native leafcutter bee, will get better houses that will augment their numbers through a University of Manitoba open competition.

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Building a better beehive

The University of Manitoba has opened an international competition aimed at giving bees better housing

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 21, 2016

Wild bees need homes too. That’s the simple idea behind an international design competition opened by the University of Manitoba on Mar. 1. The competition hopes better housing for the beleaguered insects will help address a pressing biological issue — their declining numbers. Bee houses were chosen as the focus of the competition because they

An apiarist covers beehives on a truck after his bees completed pollinating a blueberry field near Columbia Falls, Maine in June 2014. Honeybees are estimated to pollinate plants that produce about a quarter of the food consumed by Americans, including apples, watermelons and beans.

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Vital to food output, pollinators face rising risk

A new global study explores the concerns over pesticides and loss of habitat

By Alister Doyle March 15, 2016

Bees and other pollinators face increasing risks to their survival, threatening foods such as apples, blueberries and coffee worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year, the first global assessment of pollinators showed on Feb. 26. Pesticides, loss of habitats to farms and cities, disease and climate change were among threats to about 20,000 species

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Growing a 4-H garden you can ‘Bee Proud’ of

4-H clubs can get free seeds to  plant pollinator-friendly gardens

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 15, 2015

4-H Canada and Syngenta Canada have announced the second year of Proud to Bee a 4-H’er, an initiative where 4-H club members learn about bees and other pollinators by planting and tending pollinator-friendly gardens. Participating 4-H clubs will create bee-friendly habitats using Proud to Bee a 4-H’er bee-friendly seed packets. 4-H clubs that register for

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Canola Council joins coalition for bee health road map

A diverse group of corporate entities join together  with beekeepers as the Honey Bee Health Coalition

By Shannon VanRaes November 4, 2014

The Canola Council of Canada has joined the Honey Bee Health Coalition, a North American coalition of more than 30 organizations, in the hopes of improving pollinator numbers. “We’re really dependent on pollinators to have seed stocks for this 20-million-acre industry, so obviously we want that relationship to continue,” said Gregory Sekulic, who represents the

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Tag Archives Pollinator

Keep calm and love bees and other pollinators

More than just bumblebees

Bee stewardship award open for nominations

Non-crop plants source of most pesticide contamination of bees

Insect habitat campaigns reaching goals

App promises better communication between farmers and beekeepers

Building a better beehive

Vital to food output, pollinators face rising risk

Growing a 4-H garden you can ‘Bee Proud’ of

Canola Council joins coalition for bee health road map

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