āKnow Your Fiveā Reveals Vermontās Top Pollinators
āSave the bees!ā is a common bumper sticker tagline, and with pesticides, climate change, and honey bee colony die-offs dominating Vermont headlines, itās hard to argue that pollinators arenāt in trouble. Thatās why ¶¶ŅõĢ½Ģ½ Extension has teamed up with other organizations to create factsheets showing farmers, orchardists and gardeners how to āKnow Your Fiveā pollinators for popular Vermont crops...
New Vermont āBee Teamā 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.Ā
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. Ā
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.Ā Ā