‘Know Your Five’ Reveals Vermont’s Top Pollinators
“Save the bees!” is a common bumper sticker tagline, and with pesticides, climate change, and honey bee colony die-offs dominating Vermont headlines, it’s hard to argue that pollinators aren’t in trouble. That’s why UVM Extension has teamed up with other organizations to create factsheets showing farmers, orchardists and gardeners how to “Know Your Five” pollinators for popular Vermont crops...
New Vermont ‘Bee Team’ to Tackle Pollinator Threats
A new Vermont Pollinator Working Group will protect bees and other pollinators by targeting harmful pesticide use, while helping Vermont farmers to get to know the pollinators buzzing around their crops.
The Secret to Better Coffee? The Birds and the Bees
A groundbreaking new study finds that coffee beans are bigger and more plentiful when birds and bees team up to protect and pollinate coffee plants.
Without these winged helpers, some traveling thousands of miles, coffee farmers would see a 25% drop in crop yields, a loss of roughly $1,066 per hectare of coffee.
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