by Josh Woods | Jul 18, 2019 | Feature, Horticulture
By Joshua Woods / Jul 18, 2019 10:32:40 AM Feature Debbie Murphy doesn’t consider herself a farmer. An accountant for Auburn University Facilities Management by day, she spends evenings and weekends maintaining her private home orchard, along with a 60-by-60-foot...
by Jamie Creamer | Jun 21, 2019 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, News
By Jamie Creamer / Jun 21, 2019 3:11:48 PM News Beekeepers across the U.S. lost 40.7% of their managed honey bee colonies from April 1, 2018, to April 1, 2019, and experienced the highest rate of winter loss in 13 years, preliminary results of the annual nationwide...
by Josh Woods | Feb 5, 2019 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, Lawn & Garden, News
By Joshua Woods / Feb 5, 2019 4:01:22 PM News The Auburn University Bee Lab has been tapped to receive 100 percent of the funds donated to the College of Agriculture on the university’s Tiger Giving Day, set for Feb. 21. The Bee Lab, which opened in 2016, researches...
by Laura Cauthen | May 29, 2018 | Entomology & Plant Pathology, Lawn & Garden, News
By Laura Cauthen / May 29, 2018 4:23:35 PM News The nation’s beekeepers lost 40 percent of their managed honey bee colonies between April 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018, an increase of almost 7 percentage points from the previous year’s total loss rate, results of an...
by Jamie Creamer | May 23, 2018 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, COA Administration, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Feature, Horticulture
AUBURN, Ala. — The nation’s beekeepers lost 40 percent of their managed honey bee colonies between April 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018, an increase of almost 7 percentage points from the previous year’s total loss rate, results of an annual nationwide survey show....
by Laura Cauthen | May 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Laura Cauthen / May 3, 2018 12:14:06 PM News Bee Campus USA recently announced Auburn University as the first university in Alabama to be certified as an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, designed to marshal the strengths of educational campuses for the...