Bee Business Beginning to Boom
Janesville, Wis. — There’s a serious buzz surrounding bees these days, and at least one Wisconsin retailer is seeking to build some business out of it. Blain’s Farm and Fleet, based in this city about 60 miles southwest of Milwaukee, is continuing to expand its bee business, selling the critters themselves as well as all the equipment needed to keep them happy and healthy. The strategy is born from the movement nationally toward...
EPA Moves to Protect Bee Population
Washington — If honeybees are busy pollinating large, blooming croplands, farmers who want to spray toxic pesticides will soon have to buzz off, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing. A federal rule proposed last week would create temporary pesticide-free zones when certain plants are in bloom around bees that are trucked from farm to farm by professional beekeepers, which are the majority of honeybees in the U.S. The...
