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Big Hill Blitz program attacks problem weeds - Summit Sun

Big Hill Blitz program attacks problem weeds
Summit Sun
Three working bees last spring saw volunteers pulling boneseed, chain-sawing Cootamundra wattles, sweet pittosporum and cottoneaster. This not only reduces plant numbers, but reduces seed for the coming season. The Ararat Prison Landmate crew assisted ...

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Mason bees a partial solution to CCD - Western Farm Press

Mason bees a partial solution to CCD
Western Farm Press
While scientists search for the cause of the colony collapse disorder that first became apparent in 2006, small business owner Dave Hunter is working to alert people to a partial solution: mason bees. Anyone who has been paying attention knows the ...

Precious find among the weeds - Surf Coast Times and Bellarine Times

Surf Coast Times and Bellarine Times

Precious find among the weeds
Surf Coast Times and Bellarine Times
“During the working bee volunteers came across the Satin Everlasting which is not usually found in this area,” he said. The group had been removing the environmental weed Coastal Tea Tree from Melba Parade when they made the find.

New almond promises Independence from bees - Fresno Business Journal

New almond promises Independence from bees
Fresno Business Journal
Bees working in an almond orchard west of Fresno. The Independence almond — a self-fertile variety needing few bees to produce numerous large nuts — is creating a buzz among almond growers. Created by Zaiger Genetics Inc., the Independence almond was ...

Chickens and rabbits and bees! Oh, my! Boise City looking to expand urban ... - KIVI-TV

Chickens and rabbits and bees! Oh, my! Boise City looking to expand urban ...
KIVI-TV
By Mac King Boise's Ibrahim Musa left his home nation of Somalia in civil war in 1991, a refugee camp in Kenya 15 years later and Idaho's Global Garden project to work for his own community supported agriculture just last year.

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