Bee Health

Bee Health

Bee Health. I'm Greg Martin with today's Fruit Grower Report.

Bayer Crop Science has just celebrated the grand opening of its North American Bee Care Center, at its North American headquarters in Research Triangle Park, NC. The $2.4 million center brings together significant technological, scientific and academic resources, with goals of promoting improved honey bee health, product stewardship and sustainable agriculture. Manager Dick Rogers.

ROGERS: Bayer has taken the initiative to try to open some channels of communication between farmers and beekeepers in the industry.

The North American Bee Care Center, part of the company's $12 million investment in bee health in 2014, brings together some of the brightest minds in agriculture and apiology to develop comprehensive solutions for bee health. Rogers says they try to develop products with the bees in mind.

ROGERS: Bayer has been involved in developing bee health products for over 25 years. Back at that time Bayer developed a miticide that beekeepers can use to control the then new parasitic mite that's affecting bee health. Also over the years Bayer has been actively testing their products for how to use it safe around bees and what those affects are on bees if there are any at all.

The center houses a full laboratory with a teaching and research apiary, honey extraction and hive maintenance space; interactive learning center; and meeting, training and presentation facilities for beekeepers, farmers and educators, as well as office space for a full staff and graduate students.

That's today's Fruit Grower Report. I'm Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.

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