State proposes pesticide ban despite current research | Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune
Pollinator legislation proposed by Mt. Spokane senior buzzes through the Senate | The Spokesman-Review
OSU bee expert named to new USDA pollinator subcommittee | Research Center | capitalpress.com
'Bee'hold The Incredible Honey Bee – U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action
Clark College abuzz over bee buffet - The Columbian
The buzz: New honey bee vaccine could protect pollinators, improve U.S. agriculture - Northwest Public Broadcasting
USDA approves honey bee vaccine | Orchards, Nuts & Vines | capitalpress.com
Bee Home
Threatened wild bees get help from Washington researchers | Research Center | capitalpress.com
Climate change, big agriculture combine to threaten insects | AP News
New research from OSU's native bee project could benefit farmers | Research Center | capitalpress.com
"Agriculture is often implicated with bee declines," he said. "That's sometimes true, but we're not the Midwest. Here in Oregon, farmers are doing a good job overall, and specialty crops are actually contributing to many diverse types of bees."
Treating bees like livestock can benefit any agricultural system | Morning Ag Clips
“Bees in particular are the most productive pollinators, serving as a key player in the food chain,” says Brent Jones, head of GO SEED’s Iowa Research Farm. “Yet in the last couple of decades, the bee population has significantly suffered, directly threatening global food production.”
According to the USDA, this decline is largely due to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), resulting in colonies abandoning immature bees and food supply. A wide range of factors such as diseases, nutritional deficits, habitat loss and climate variability has been attributed to this. The intensification of agricultural production leading to the decline of crop diversity has also been attributed to CCD.
The PHiLL Project: Creating Pollinator Habitat in Log Landings - Northern Research Station
Bees play a critical role in ecosystem health and sustainability across the globe. They pollinate flowers, trees and other plants that in turn provide food and habitat for other creatures. Their role in pollinating agricultural crops is invaluable. But recently scientists have observed that many pollinating species, including wild bees, are declining in range or abundance and the Midwest United States has among the lowest predicted bee abundance.
Bayer Loses Fight Over Insecticides Ban That EU Blamed for Killing Bees - Bloomberg
Urban green spaces can help pollinators: new research provides basic recommendations
In "More Than Meets the Eye? The Role of Annual Ornamental Plants in Supporting Pollinators," Emily Erickson presents the findings of a 2-year field study and describes pollinator visitation to a variety of popular annual ornamental plants.
Washington lawmakers look at consensus bee bill | Orchards, Nuts & Vines | capitalpress.com
Native bees under threat from growing urbanization
Residential gardens are a poor substitute for native bushland and increasing urbanization is a growing threat when it comes to bees, Curtin University research has found.
Hampton Lumber Research Project Centers on Improving Pollinator Habitat with Wildflower Plantings in Clearcuts – Tillamook County Pioneer
Cultivate These Keystone Plants in Your Yard to Help Bees and Butterflies Thrive and Pollinate
Keystone plant species in North America are important for helping pollinators and insects like bees, butterflies, and caterpillars.
A critical animal for Earth's survival has gone missing — study
New research shows that global scientific records of bee species has declined by 25 percent since the 1990s.
Quarter of known bee species have not been recorded since 1990 | Bees | The Guardian
Global study finds that species numbers reported in the wild fell sharply between 1990 and 2015