Mississippi Business Journal » bee http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 05:01:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Group launches project aimed at saving honeybees http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/19/group-launched-project-aimed-at-saving-honeybees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=group-launched-project-aimed-at-saving-honeybees http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/19/group-launched-project-aimed-at-saving-honeybees/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:25:07 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=71710 PEARL RIVER COUNTY — The Pearl River County Master Gardeners hope to boost the population of the Blue Orchard bee in south Mississippi with a project intended to attract this native pollinator to area backyards. The group, a volunteer organization facilitated by Mississippi State University’s Extension Service and committed to consumer horticulture education and community [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/11/epa-exempts-products-to-fight-varroa-mite-in-honeybees/feed/ 0 Ag Department discovers, destroys Africanized bee colony http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/30/ag-department-discovers-destroys-africanized-bee-colony/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ag-department-discovers-destroys-africanized-bee-colony http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/11/30/ag-department-discovers-destroys-africanized-bee-colony/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:41:59 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=65893 PASS CHRISTIAN — The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) located and destroyed a colony of Africanized bees at a residence in Pass Christian on Oct. 29 after receiving a complaint from a homeowner. During the investigation of the complaint, a colony of bees was discovered in the subfloor of the structure. According to [...]

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