Agricultural Research Service: New Tool Improves Beekeepers' Overwintering Odds and Bottom Line
September 18, 2019
September 18, 2019
TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news:
A new tool from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) can predict the odds that honey bee colonies overwintered in cold storage will be large enough to rent for almond pollination in February. Identifying which colonies will not be worth spending dollars to overwinter can improve beekeepers' bottom line.
Beekeepers have been losing an average of 3 . . .
A new tool from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) can predict the odds that honey bee colonies overwintered in cold storage will be large enough to rent for almond pollination in February. Identifying which colonies will not be worth spending dollars to overwinter can improve beekeepers' bottom line.
Beekeepers have been losing an average of 3 . . .