Bees

The Vermont Pollinator Working Group is hoping to build on the state's efforts to protect bees and other pollinators.

Global honeybee populations have been declining for many years, due to disease, loss of habitat and poor beekeeping practices. A newly approved vaccine helps fight American Foulbrood disease.

A number of pollinating bees are either endangered or threatened in Vermont, and a group of steelpan drummers wants to bring awareness to the dwindling pollinator populations. As Vermont Public’s Marlon Hyde reports this group is using music that originates from the Caribbean to make a difference.

In this encore rebroadcast, host Mikaela Lefrak looks at the bee population in Vermont, and how everyone from gardeners to beekeepers can help bolster their populations amid a series of threats.

Bee Haven Honey Farm in Worcester has been making Vermont honey for more than 40 years. The farm specializes in producing old-world-style, raw, unfiltered honey and recently won a prestigious industry award.

Host Mikaela Lefrak talks with bee experts about the interdependence between bees, plants and humans—and what Vermonters can do now to help the bee populations.

Fen grass-of-Parnassus has a beautiful white flower that blooms from mid-August to mid-September in Vermont. It is the sole food source for a rare species…

This summer, the Vermont Center for Ecostudies has spearheaded the Vermont Wild Bee Survey in Chittenden County. According to project coordinator Spencer…

A recent study by the University of Vermont and the Vermont Center for Ecostudies researcher suggests viruses from managed bees have spread from apiaries…

An annual survey of beekeepers shows the rate of colony death last winter was the highest reported since the survey began 13 years ago.