Mississippi Business Journal » bees http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Beekeepers approved for product to control varroa mites http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/29/beekeepers-approved-for-product-to-control-varroa-mites/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beekeepers-approved-for-product-to-control-varroa-mites http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/29/beekeepers-approved-for-product-to-control-varroa-mites/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:50:37 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=54972 JACKSON — United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved an emergency exemption that will help Mississippi beekeepers control varroa mite infestations in honeybee colonies, according to Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith. The product receiving emergency exemption under Section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) is the miticide HopGuard manufactured by [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/29/beekeepers-approved-for-product-to-control-varroa-mites/feed/ 0 Ag commodities groups identify priorites for research, education http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/07/ag-commodities-groups-identify-priorites-for-research-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ag-commodities-groups-identify-priorites-for-research-education http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/07/ag-commodities-groups-identify-priorites-for-research-education/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:50:25 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=53121 ABERDEEN — Advocates for agriculture met recently at the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center in Verona to identify priorities for research and Extension Service education programs at Mississippi State University. Scientists from the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, specialists with the MSU Extension Service and almost 250 members of the North Mississippi Producer [...]

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