What No-Till Means From Crops You Dig Up + The Bees Are Dying

Apr 28, 2025

Welcome to episode 139 of Growers Daily!

We cover: nematode control, what no-till means for crops that require digging (like potatoes), and the bees are dying at an alarming rate. Again. 

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Links for today: 

Summary of the Bee issue: https://www.dvm360.com/view/alarming-honeybee-colony-losses-across-the-us-are-confirmed

 

Survey about the Bee collapse: https://www.projectapism.org/events/i8yr94doxarjvh453lchfhr0xf3bvq

 

What nomadic commercial bee operations pollonate: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/charts-of-note/chart-detail?chartId=61623

Bative bee Populations: https://www.nsf.gov/news/pesticides-affect-health-wild-bees-important-plant

 

Comprehensive paper on organic nematode control : https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.11.003

 

Longterm effects of biofumigation study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0929139323000343#:~:text=Disease%20control%20from%20biofumigants%20is,results%20have%20been%20somewhat%20inconsistent.

 

Correlation between nematodes and Isoil organic matter: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2452219821000823

 

Neonicotinoid Exposure Worsens Varroa Mite Infestations: https://entomologytoday.org/2024/06/20/neonicotinoid-exposure-worsens-varroa-mite-infestations-honey-bees-study/

 

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