Authors: Marieke Fenton and Brittney Goodrich View full publication here: s.giannini.ucop.edu/uploads/pub/2023/02/15/v26n3_3.pdf Planting bee-friendly cover crops in almond orchards can improve honey bee colony health and lower beekeepers’ costs of feeding, while also providing soil health benefits. However, for the full bee-health benefits to be realized, growers must plant in the fall and receive timely rainsContinue reading "Economic Considerations of Growing Bee-Friendly Cover Crops in Almond Orchards: Grower and Beekeeper Perspectives"… Read the rest
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Seeds for Bees Cover Cropping in Orchards
This free seed program encourages the use of cover crops to increase the density, diversity, and duration of bee forage in California orchards, farms, and vineyards, while improving soil health. The seed mixes are designed to bloom at critical times of the year when natural forage is scarce but managed and native bees are active… Read the rest