Several pages containing educational material and resources that promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research, Including:

Project Apis m.- Information for beekeepers and orchardists including best management practices.

Best Management Practices for Beekeepers Pollinating Almonds

Best Management Practices for Pollination in Ontario Crops. Canadian Pollination Initiative

Pollinator Conservation The Xerces Society
Pesticide Considerations For Native Bees in Agroforestry; The Xerces Society fact sheet

Pollinators and Pesticide Stewardship (booklet). CURES--Coalition for Urban/Rural Environmental Stewardship.

University/Extension Service
Managed Pollinator CAP (Coordinated Agricultural Project)

Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium website - Guide to bees and beekeeping from Pennsylvania to Virginia

University of Minnesota Bee Lab

Ohio State University The Buzz@OSU: Stories, News, and Updates

Extension Publications

How to Reduce Bee Poisoning from Pesticides-A Pacific Northwest Extension Publication. - Oregon State University, University of Idaho, and Washington State University

Preventing Bee Kills From Pesticides; Note to Tree Fruit Growers. Washington Dept. of Agric.

Protecting Bees in Iowa-What's Your Role?; Iowa State University

Protecting Honey Bees from Pesticides; Purdue University

Protecting Honey Bees From Pesticides; Ohio State University Fact Sheet #HYG·2161·97

Protecting Bees When Using Insecticides; University of Nebraska, NebGuide

Protecting Honey Bees From Pesticides; Alabama Cooperative Extension

How to Protect Honeybees from Pesticides: Clemson University

Reducing the Risk of Pesticide Poisoning to Honey Bees. Beekeeping Note 2.12. NC State.

Protecting Honey Bees From Pesticides; The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Florida.

Beekeeping Organizations

Illinois Bees: Reducing Potential Bee Exposure to Pesticides

Prevention of honey bee COlony LOSSes Network. Coloss.org

Agrochemical Industry

Bee Health. Bayer Bee Care Program.

Operation Pollinator. Syngenta Global Initiative that evaluates the provision of additional foraging habitat for native pollinators on non-production areas of the farm.

Articles /Programs of Interest

The Plight of the Honey Bee: Why the Loss of Honey Bee Colonies May Sting Global Agriculture. Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory. Rabobank.

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