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Funding Program:
Critical Issues |
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Project Title:
Bee Integrated Demonstration Project: Pragmatic Beekeeping, Forage, and Farming Practices |
Project Director (PD):
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Lead State: IN Lead Organization: Conservation Technology Information Center |
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Cooperating State(s):
North Dakota |
| Undesignated Funding: $48,758 |
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Start Date: Mar-01-2017 End Date: Feb-28-2019 |
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Pests Involved: Varroa Mite, prominent crop pests |
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Site/Commodity: North Dakota/Honey Bees, prominent commodity crops |
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Area of Emphasis: Consumer Pesticide Usage Education and Outreach |
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Summary:
Honey bees support approximately one-third of the food we eat and more than $15 billion a year in U.S. agriculture; the North Central Region is the summer home to 40% of all U.S. honey bee colonies. Broad consensus has emerged that primary risk factors associated with the current high rates of honey bee colony loss are honey bee pests and diseases, poor nutrition, and crop pest controls.
Multi-factor problems require multi-factor solutions. The Bee Integrated Demonstration Project is a one-of-a-kind effort that will leverage existing research and package together effective programs and best practices into a common project and agricultural landscape to improve bee health. Bee Integrated will bring together beekeepers and farmers in the upper Midwest to demonstrate how a portfolio of best practices can be used together to reduce colony mortality, improve honey production, decrease varroa mite loads, increase quality bee forage, promote IPM practices for crop pest control, and advance collaboration among beekeepers and farmers. Conservation Technology Information Center will serve as project manager, working with diverse members of the Honey Bee Health Coalition, Bee Informed Partnership, and Honey Bee and Monarch Butterfly Partnership. Desired Outcomes: The project will address all of the desired outcomes of the North Central IPM Center’s Critical Issues Grant Program and will specifically demonstrate and evaluate the capacity of established tools, best practices and IPM approaches to function as an integrated system that improves honey bee health in agricultural environments. Objectives: 1. Bring together farmers and beekeepers to implement a suite of best practices in a single location 2. Increase adoption of IPM practices for crop pest control and pollinator health 3. Reduce varroa mite loads in honey bee colonies 4. Increase forage suitability for honey bees 5. Promote information exchange, knowledge sharing and collaboration among beekeepers, crop producers and other agricultural stakeholders 6. Reduce colony mortality and improve honey production 7. Enhance grower and beekeeper knowledge, perspectives, and best practice adoption for bee health 8. Utilize Coalition and CTIC communications resources to highlight participant experience and learning to drive wider adoption of the demonstrated management system. |
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