The document provides best management practices for farmers, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators to protect bees in field crops like soybeans. It discusses communicating with beekeepers, reducing pesticide exposure, and providing habitat by planting flowers to increase forage for bees.
The document provides best management practices for farmers, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators to protect bees in field crops like soybeans. It discusses communicating with beekeepers, reducing pesticide exposure, and providing habitat by planting flowers to increase forage for bees.
The document provides best management practices for farmers, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators to protect bees in field crops like soybeans. It discusses communicating with beekeepers, reducing pesticide exposure, and providing habitat by planting flowers to increase forage for bees.
The document provides best management practices for farmers, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators to protect bees in field crops like soybeans. It discusses communicating with beekeepers, reducing pesticide exposure, and providing habitat by planting flowers to increase forage for bees.
1. Communicate with Beekeepers 2. Reduce Exposure to Pesticides 3. Provide Safe Forage 4.
Stay Up to Date Promote communication and cooperation Many pesticides are applied to foliage, often when A After harvest, attend meetings by extension between farmer, applicator, consultant, and (R5), there is little in the landscape for specialist, technology providers, and crop or beekeeper. Before planting, determine if beehives principles for determining need and bees to feed on. Pollinators forage for beekeeping advisors to keep up Seek out the timing of applications. Follow all food (pollen, nectar) and water. Much to date on developing beekeeper(s). GIS-based bee colony/sensitive crop of the habitat that provided these research and best registries (e.g., FieldWatch Inc.) exist in some states, attention to ‘Directions for resources has declined in the past management practices. and should be consulted. Use and Minimizing Drift’. decades. Adding small, concentrated This is an active area of Farmer and beekeeper Avoid spraying when bees research. may create a written or are present if possible verbal agreement to (e.g., spray at dusk with terraces, etc.), will increase the abundance guide interactions low residual products). and diversity of bees. through the growing season.
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Protecting Bee Health What we can do to help bees in soybeans
farmers, beekeepers, and pesticide applicators in Field Crops
with best management practices to protect Decrease Bee Exposure to Pesticides Why should we care about bees? Establish communication with beekeepers. document can be found at: Honey bees, bumble bees, and native solitary bees are required for pollination of many fruit and vegetable Reduce dust from treated seeds during planting–Use crops. Although soybean do not require bees for fluency agents to better move the seed through a planter https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/soybmps/ pollination, there is evidence that yield is improved Follow the label to reduce bee exposure to pesticides when bees visit their flowers. Unfortunately, many bee populations are in decline, increasing production risk when there is a need to apply and crops are flowering. for fruit and vegetables in the United States. Watch for “No Spray” signs and use Sensitive Crops The United Soybean Board neither recommends nor discourages the implementation of any Registries or FieldWatch to locate beehives near advice contained herein, and are not liable for Are bees in soybeans? your farm. the use or misuse of the information provided. Yes! Even though soybeans do not require bees for pollination, many bees visit this crop. Entomologists at Increase Bee Habitat Iowa State University found over 40 bee species in soybeans. These include social bees like honey bees Bees require nutrition throughout the year. Provide
Protecting Bees in and bumble bees, as well as solitary bees. nectar and pollen resources on your farm by planting flowers that are attractive and useful to bees. Are bees exposed to pesticides?
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