Tag: Honeybees
Gills Gone Wild
In October 1960, Prince Akihito of Japan visited Chicago for 21 hours. Chicago’s mayor presented the prince with a diplomatic gift: 18 bluegill. What happened next would change the underwater world of Japan forever.
Meet Maple: Former K-9 now beekeeper
By Clara Lincolnhol
Meet former K-9 Maple. She made a big career switch earlier this year—from a human remains detection dog to a beekeeper at Michigan State University’s Pollinator Performance Center. The friendly brown-and-white dog, with a long tongue that hangs out of her mouth, dons her own beekeeping suit and uses her powerful nose to detect American foulbrood — a bacteria that left undisturbed, means certain death for an entire honeybee colony.
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Youth club learns about native pollinators in Blair’s Grove
The For Our Youth (FOY) club had a special July meeting this summer. We were warmly welcomed to the beautiful native gardens at the home of Christine and Jim Roberts in Blair’s Grove. FOY doesn’t usually meet in July, due to the heat and vacation schedules, but we couldn’t resist Christine’s generous invitation to host […]
Owens Community College honeybees support community garden
Some 20,000 bees live tucked away on Owens Community College’s Toledo-area campus, quietly pollinating the surrounding grassland and nearby community garden.
Sheep Will Make Room For 500,000 Honeybees In New Agrivoltaic Project
The Texas-based agrivoltaic specialist Urban Grid has added beehives and flocks of lambs to its 65-megawatt Crystal Hill solar array in Halifax County, Virginia.
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