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Bee Informed: Help Bees With No-Mow May, Stingless Bees Make Medicinal Honey, and Honey Bees Threaten Endangered Seabirds
Each month our Bee Informed Blog highlights current news, science, and research related to solitary bee conservation, food insecurity, and sustainability.1. What you need to know about No-Mow May, the bee-boosting trend sweeping Wisconsin — and the country(wpr.org) Two years ago, Appleton became the first city in the U.S. to adopt "No-Mow May," an initiative designed to boost the population of bees and other pollinators. The idea is to give homeowners the option of letting their lawns get a bit
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Apr 25th 2022
4 Ways to Help Hawaii's Endangered Bees
Dr. Jason Graham is the lead researcher developing conservation for the endangered Hawaiian yellow-faced bees in the Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences Department at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Seven species of Hawaii's yellow-faced bees were placed on the endangered species list in October 2016, these are the first species of bees to be protected and labeled as endangered.
Dr. Graham has designed and is testing an artificial nest system that has helped him to study the ecol
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Dec 3rd 2018