Perennial forages will recover, but it is beneficial to give them ample time to rest and rejuvenate by removing grazing ...

ARS said the study shows 76 percent of honey bees revisited the same plot of alfalfa flowers in contrast to 47 percent of eastern bumble bees. Skip to content. KXAN Austin.

The romance between bees and flowers is not always gentle. Alfalfa flowers, for instance, can be brutal. Last week Dr. Ephraim Hixson of the University of Nebraska was trying to make alfalfa ...

Read “The beauty of alfalfa“ in Minnesota Crop News for photos showing alfalfa flowers and an understanding of why alfalfa blooms in a variety of colors. TAGS: alfalfa, ...

Overall, 76 percent of honey bees in the study revisited the same plot of alfalfa flowers in contrast to just 47 percent of eastern bumble bees. But size does matter, especially to bumble bees.

By the time the alfalfa bloom is over, an estimated 40 million alkali bees will have dipped into the plant’s flowers, he added. While searching for flowers to pollinate, the bees fly only 1 to 3 ...

“Examine 5 plant stems at each corner and middle of the ‘M’ and note feeding injury, size of larvae, diseased larvae, plant maturity and stem length.” Johnson said that early attacks by alfalfa weevil ...