Orchard growers looking for alternatives to honey bees for managed pollination services have new reason to be optimistic about the potential of one honey bee cousin, the blue orchard bee.
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2017
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Global warming is causing apples to lose some of their crunch but is also making them sweeter, a study said Thursday.
Ecology
Aug 15, 2013
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Organic apples and pears will soon be free of a widely used antibiotic.
Ecology
Apr 12, 2013
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A private rocket is poised to blast off Friday on a supply run to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Mar 1, 2013
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(AP)—In an almond orchard in California's Central Valley, bee inspector Neil Trent pried open a buzzing hive and pulled out a frame to see if it was at least two-thirds covered with bees.
Plants & Animals
Feb 17, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chinese forestry officials have released some 600 million parasitic insects into the north China city of Baoding to combat the spread of the American White Moth that has been (in their caterpillar stage) ...
Two invasive insects from Asia are poised to cause millions of dollars in destruction in Maryland and throughout the United States. Although no definitive methods exist to stop them just yet, University of Maryland researchers ...
Ecology
Jul 29, 2011
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A stink bug from Asia is chomping up US vegetable fields, orchards and vineyards, causing experts to scramble through an arsenal of weapons to try and halt this stealthy, smelly predator.
Ecology
Jun 28, 2011
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(AP) -- The mysterious 4-year-old crisis of disappearing honeybees is deepening. A quick federal survey indicates a heavy bee die-off this winter, while a new study shows honeybees' pollen and hives laden with pesticides.
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2010
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Pecan, the most valuable nut tree native to North America, is native from northern Illinois and southeastern Iowa to the Gulf Coast of the United States, where it grows abundantly along the Mississippi River, the rivers of ...
Ecology
Nov 3, 2009
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