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 new group is launching with $20,000 from the Apis Fund, a UVM Gund Institute of Environment...
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.
Buzz! Gund Institute Launches Four Apis Fund Projects
The Gund Institute for Environment at UVM announced Apis Fund support for four research and conservation projects seeking to protect endangered bees.
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