For farmers and homesteaders, it just makes sense to promote the myriad of native bees on your farm. By encouraging native…
Over the last decade my personal mission in life has slowly evolved into one that is two-fold. One the one…
It's at this time of year─when the growing season for most farmers and gardeners is behind us and the world…
By now it's fairly common knowledge that bees and pollinators are in trouble. The media has spread the word of Colony…
Former president of the Maine State Beekeepers' Association and retired state of Maine acquatic biologist, Matt Scott gave a presentation…
Until recently, native and feral bee populations met all of a farmers' pollination needs. Farms were smaller, and closer to…
It wasn't long after I got into beekeeping that I began to see pollinators everywhere...the insects that carried out this…
We've had such a growth of support, and we are so grateful for it that I've decided it's high time…
"What a hideous plant! Isn't it terrific!?" "Oh my gawd--check out this spider! Look at all those long legs!" These…
At the August meeting of the Somerset Beekeepers, we hosted two of UMaine's academics who have been actively researching native…