Cold-sensitive mangrove forests have expanded dramatically along Florida's Atlantic Coast as the frequency of killing frosts has declined, according to a new study based on 28 years of satellite data from the University of Maryland and the ...
More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn't exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News. The results show that the pollen frequently has been filtered out of ...
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A diverse group of bees pollinate blueberries in North Carolina. During the past three years, one the focuses of in our lab has been to understand the relative importance of the different bees for blueberry pollination. When we initially ...
A mathematical pattern of movement called a Lévy walk describes the foraging behavior of animals from sharks to honey bees, and now for the first time has been shown to describe human hunter-gatherer movement as well. The study, led ...
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments: Chinese Woman Killed by cNew to Humans A Chinese woman has died from a bird flu strain that has never before affected humans, and the World Health Organization called the ...
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Employees at Eastman Chemical Company’s Texas Operations received international recognition for their contributions to conservation education at the Wildlife Habitat Council’s (WHC) 25th Annual Symposium, Celebrating Corporate ...
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Burton’s Biscuits, the maker of iconic snacks Wagon Wheels and Jammie Dodgers, has been sold to the Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) for an undisclosed sum. Jammie Dodgers' maker Burton's Biscuits has been ...
What FFA continues to teach me as a consumer Governor's veto sours California citrus industry New farm advisor is nuts about trees Pay attention: it's not only state and federal regulators animated about bees. The San Diego County Board ...
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juwi, one of Europe's leading renewable energy installers, has entered into a project agreement with the UK's largest solar energy generator, Lightsource Renewable Energy, who has purchased two large-scale solar farms. The installed ...
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EPA using guns, body armor to enforce Clean Water Act? The greatest pollination show on Earth is a mix of staggering stats and figures. Sure, numbers tend to bore and overwhelm — but not when it comes to honey bees and the almond ...
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Water the commodity gold of 21st century? Bless the bats of agriculture Vile dog meat markets still thriving in China Danger is part and parcel of agriculture. Row crops or livestock, grain bins or cotton gins, tractor or trailer, ...
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Attaboys aplenty to California, Arizona cotton industry Too many straws have emptied the bucket Managing food safety risks on the orchard floor If there was one ray of sunshine from a recent regulatory convention I attended it was that ...
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Northern Ireland-based potato supplier Glens of Antrim Potatoes is trialing the use of recycled plastic produce boxes supplied by Marmax Products in the UK. Glens of Antrim Potatoes has ordered for 120 produce boxes, which have saved the ...
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Valoya, a LED grow lights manufacturer, yesterday announced its new research findings that growing tomatoes under artificial lighting can bring additional benefits to the crop. This research was conducted at Plant Research in the ...
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The tight housing market has sparked the return of bidding wars and desperate buyers in certain cities and towns. While you may need to act fast to land your dream home, haste will make waste if you end up with a money pit. With that, here ...
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