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Pollinator Week Brings Focus on Honey Bee Health

June 16, 2015 Ruihong Guo, Agricultural Marketing Service Science and Technology Program Deputy Administrator

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. The buzz of a honey bee and the flutter of a butterfly bring happy thoughts of beautiful gardens. These pollinators are also...

Animals Plants Research and Science

Preserving that Beautiful Buzz

February 25, 2014 Kerry R. Smith, Laboratory Approval and Testing Division Director, AMS Science and Technology Program

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. In agriculture, buzzing can be music to our ears—especially if that buzz means pollinators are busy helping produce our...

Research and Science

USDA Science Lab Buzzing With “Sweet” Results

August 30, 2011 Dr. Robert Epstein, Deputy Administrator of AMS Science and Technology Programs

In an intense around-the-clock operation, more than 60,000 worker bees have churned out 30 pounds of raw honey from a USDA laboratory in Gastonia, N.C. The People’s Garden Initiative beehives are managed by the staff of National Science Laboratory (NSL), a part of the Agricultural Marketing Service...

Research and Science

Pesticide Residue Detection in National Science Lab Beeswax

August 02, 2011 Michael Sussman, Science and Technology Programs

As part of the People’s Garden Initiative for Gastonia, North Carolina, the National Science Laboratory (NSL) built two beehives to produce honey without the use of pesticides. If insect control was needed, we planned to use only what was allowed for use in organic products. When Varroa mites were...

Research and Science
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