HURON, S.D. — When asked about growing industrial hemp the first year it was legal in South Dakota, Wessington farmer, BJ McNeil doesn’t sugar-coat his experience. “You could not have asked for a worse experience than what we had this year. But we learned a lot.” McNeil will share what he learned with farmers and […]

ATHENS, Ga. — Thousands of Georgians came together on August 20 and 21 to count pollinator insects in their local gardens for the third annual Great Georgia Pollinator Census. Coordinated by University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, the Great Georgia Pollinator Census (GGPC) is designed to track the overall health of Georgia’s pollinators. Georgia citizens of all […]

MADISON, Wis. — Celebrate summer and Wisconsin’s pollinators in the upcoming issue of Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine available now. The Summer issue explores how the sound of a single bee, identified by a field ecologist, led to an exciting discovery late last summer in Milwaukee County: a nest of the rare rusty patched bumblebee. The Wisconsin Department […]

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — More than one-quarter (28%) of North American bumble bees are facing some degree of extinction risk. This population decline is due to threats including habitat loss, use of pesticides, disease, and climate change. The bumble bee is just one of the many species of bees in decline around the country. The decline […]