Mississippi Business Journal » garden http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:50 +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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