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Learn how science impacts your everyday life and how the USDA Agricultural Research Service is working to develop ways to enhance our lives and protect our planet.

  1. Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 6: How To Make Your Yard Pollinator Friendly

    1 DAY AGO

    Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 6: How To Make Your Yard Pollinator Friendly

    Bee experts Liz Walsh and Lanie Bilodeau offer tips for making your home yards more bee friendly. Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below. https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/ Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    11 min
  2. Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 5: The Queen Bee

    JAN 7

    Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 5: The Queen Bee

    Being the queen bee may have its perks, but there’s a lot of stress to the job. Sure, you have worker bees bringing you food, grooming you, and caring for your babies. But you are responsible for the livelihood of your children – not just 3 or 4 or 5 babies but tens of thousands. That can put tremendous stress on anyone, queen bees included.  ARS researcher, Mohamed Alburaki explains what it is like to be the queen bee. Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below. https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/ Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    9 min
  3. Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 4: A Mite-y Big Problem For Bees

    12/31/2024

    Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 4: A Mite-y Big Problem For Bees

    The varroa mite is one of the biggest threats to honey bees around the world. Essentially, it’s a modern honey bee plague. Varroa is an invasive species that originated in Asia.  Learn what ARS researchers are doing to protect honey bees from varroa mites.  Click on the link below to get a step-by-step set of instructions to perform the test for amitraz resistance in Varroa destructor in honey bee colonies. https://youtu.be/-YUyj_RrtB0?feature=shared Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below. https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/ Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    10 min
  4. Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 3: Can Bees Adapt To Climate Change?

    12/24/2024

    Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 3: Can Bees Adapt To Climate Change?

    Today, bees and other pollinators are facing many pressing issues, either directly related or amplified by climate change. And the big question is, can they adapt to our ever evolving climate change conditions? Listen in and find out. Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below. https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/ Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    11 min
  5. Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 2: Bee Health And Survival Long Term

    12/17/2024

    Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 2: Bee Health And Survival Long Term

    Take a trip with us to ARS’s Invasive Species and Pollinator Health Unit in Albany, CA, where researchers are looking at long-term factors affecting bee health and colony survival.  They want to better understand how factors such as nutrition, pesticides, extreme weather, and natural events impact colony performance and sustainability over multiple seasons. Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below. https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/ Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    8 min
  6. Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 1: The State Of The Honey Bee

    12/10/2024

    Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 1: The State Of The Honey Bee

    We sat down with one of the world's leading honey bee experts, Dr. Jay Evans to find out the state of honey bee populations. Are honey bees dying at an alarming rate? How are they handling climate change? What are their biggest threats? How resilient can they be? Watch and find out. Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension service link below. https://extension.org/find-cooperative-extension-in-your-state/ Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    11 min
  7. Season 9: Healthier & Tastier - It's All In The Formula

    12/04/2024

    Season 9: Healthier & Tastier - It's All In The Formula

    Here at ARS we love food as much as you do, and we’re also conscious of making healthy food choices. That’s why in this episode we’re going to show you a trio of new peaches, healthier margarines, new beer hops, tasty and healthy wraps, and even, get this, a self-fertilizing almond. Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    38 min
  8. Season 9: Healthier & Tastier - It's All In The Formula | Episode 7: Move Over Bees, This Almond Pollinates Itself

    12/03/2024

    Season 9: Healthier & Tastier - It's All In The Formula | Episode 7: Move Over Bees, This Almond Pollinates Itself

    Yorizane is the first self-pollinating almond in the U.S., and it has the traits industry and consumers are looking for. It won’t be long before these delicious nuts are ready for your shopping cart. Connect with us:   Twitter: @USDA_ARSFacebook: @AgriculturalResearchServiceLinkedIn: @usda-ars

    6 min
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Learn how science impacts your everyday life and how the USDA Agricultural Research Service is working to develop ways to enhance our lives and protect our planet.

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    USDA Agricultural Research Service
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2025
  • Episodes
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