Weed Wars Webinars with Cuyahoga River Restoration
Sign up for one of Cuyahoga River Restoration’s Weed Wars Webinars taking place at noon on October 22nd and 24th.
GCBA News
Windshield Worries
Have you heard of the Windshield Effect? When growing up, family vacations meant washing the windshield at every gas station on our long drive across country. Children today rarely encounter this plethora of splattered bugs. Our insect biodiversity is disappearing, our meadows shrinking, our pollinators falling silent as they wink out of existence. In the […]
We Now Have Something to Look Forward to Using for Pollinator Gut Health
Designed by Paul Stamets and Paul Taylor, The BeeMushroomed™ Feeder (BMF) is a patent-pending prototype designed to deliver immune-supporting extract to the bees. In the Spring of 2020, they will make the feeder available to purchase worldwide. Their initial BeeMushroomed Labyrinthine Feeder will allow anyone to help feed local bees their proprietary polypore mushroom extract. […]
Five Pro Methods to Prevent & Stop Robbing Bees
From Backyard Beekeeping 101 Once, while taking a casual stroll through the apiary, I noticed something odd… It was the middle of the afternoon and it seemed to be business as usual in most of the hives, except one. Around the entrance, there seemed to be some kind of commotion. Unbeknownst to me at the […]
CATCH THE BUZZ – 2019 North American Mite-A-Thon (Runs Through Sept. 21)
All beekeepers can participate, creating a rich distribution of sampling sites in Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
2020 Budding Botanist Grant
KidsGardening and Klorane Botanical Foundation are pleased to announce the opening of the 2020 Budding Botanist grant!
Extracts of Polypore Mushroom Mycelia Reduce Viruses in Honey Bees
Honey bees may gain health benefits from fungi and their antimicrobial compounds
Take Action by Aug. 26: Submit Public Comments to USDA on Aphalara Itadori
Knotweed is an invaluable honey bee forage vital to sustaining these crop pollinators through the winter so they are available for the next growing season, and should not be eliminated by Aphalara Itadori.
Help Research on New Honeybee Parasite
Dr. Samuel Ramsey, who spoke at the Tri-County Beekeepers Spring Workshop in 2019, has a GoFundMe campaign to stop the next nightmare pest for western honeybees.
Join the 2019 International Monarch Monitoring Blitz – July 27 – Aug. 4, 2019
For one week, the Blitz invites people across North America to go out to gardens, parks and green areas and monitor milkweed plants for monarch eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises and butterflies.