Our Seeds for Bees Grower Relations Manager Tom Johnson spoke this month for the field event “Stacking Regenerative Practices” at the SOILS Education Center in Ceres, California. It’s great to see field day translated into field practices to mitigate risk. 🌱

The US Beekeeping Survey's Summer Snapshot for commercial beekeepers is still open! If you have about 500 or more colonies in your outfit, please participate before 11:59PM EST on Tuesday, October 6th. To participate, go to: aub.ie/us-beekeeping-survey

Honey bee health matters far beyond the hive. A new story from KIRO 7 News in Seattle highlights the continued challenges facing beekeepers and the potential ripple effects for agriculture, food production, and consumers: kiro7.com/news/local/experts… #BeeHealth #Agriculture

🐝 Celebrating the 2027 AAPA Award Recipients Supported by PAm, BHC and AIA! 🐝 🏆 Travel Award: Brandon Shannon PostDoc, Jessica Hodgkins PhD, and Claudia Roller MS 🏆 Exceptional Student Award: Jennifer Standley 🏆 Extension Award: Briana Price

🐝 Put your leadership to work for honey bee health! Project Apis m. (PAm) is seeking accomplished, visionary leaders to join our Board of Directors. Learn more and find out how to apply on our website: projectapism.org/apply-board

🐝🍯🚨 The Deadline for Research Proposals is Fast Approaching! 🚨🍯🐝 Learn more and apply here: projectapism.org/apply-for-f… #ResearchFunding #HoneyBees

🐝 Give back to the bees that feed us! Project Apis m. (PAm) is seeking accomplished, visionary leaders to join our Board of Directors. Learn more here: projectapism.org/apply-board

🐝🍯🚨 Now Accepting Research Proposals! 🚨🍯🐝 Project Apis m. (PAm) is pleased to announce a new Request for Proposals in collaboration with the National Honey Board. Learn more: projectapism.org/apply-for-f… #ResearchFunding #HoneyBees

Our Summer Buzz-Worthy Newsletter is available! Stay informed with updates on funding, conferences, and more by signing up for this quarterly newsletter here: projectapism.org/pam-e-news-…

Project Apis m. and Bee Health Collective are proud to honor Dr. Jay Evans as one of our Honey Bee MVPs this year! Learn more about Jay’s story, his love of bees and building a better future for them in this Q&A he did with PAm: projectapism.org/pam-blog/mv…

Congratulations to Katie Lee for being named the 2026 Beekeeper of the Year by the Minnesota Beekeepers Association! It’s great to see Katie and Extension efforts recognized in this way! 🎉

Have you dived into the data using the US Beekeeping Survey App? Results are available to view with this interactive dashboard: us-beekeeping-survey.aces.ed…

In response to beekeeper concerns, Project Apis m. is proactively investigating the emerging threat of Tropilaelaps mercedesae, a parasitic mite not yet detected in the US or Canada. Watch the series here: youtube.com/watch?v=PKWzIYzA…

PAm’s Executive Director Danielle Downey and Director of Regulatory Affairs Izzy Hill attended the 16th International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health, & Policy at Montana State University. It was an amazing time and great to learn from the diverse amount of experience.

Commercial beekeepers/PAm board members Russell Heitkam and George Hansen attended the 2026 North America COLOSS Conference. This year the network was hosted at Washington State University for a dialogue on nutrition, landscape change and honey bee health.

Happy Pollinator Week! This week celebrates the importance of all pollinators, their health and habitats. Honey bees are a key player with a crucial role in pollination and food production while also facing growing challenges. Learn more about PAm: projectapism.org

On Thursday, June 25th at 12:30 EST, Véto-pharma will host the webinar “Vespa velutina: Biology, Control and Honey Bee Health” with Ana Dieguez Anton. Sign up here: zoom.us/webinar/register/611…

PAm was well represented at the 2026 Local North America COLOSS Conference. Our Research Program Director, Dr. Marta Guarna presented. There were many projects presented in person and online by researchers supported by PAm. Great to see so much work being done for honey bees 🐝

PAm’s review process relies on volunteer science advisors in the USA and Canada, and the Chair of the Advisory is Dr. Michelle Flenniken, who runs the honey bee research lab at Montana State University. Check out this video to learn more about this lab: youtube.com/watch?v=96N_DJn_…

Meet Jeff Boles, Crops and Orchard Supervisor at Chico State University Farm and a custom farm manager. Having started cover cropping through the Seeds for Bees program in 2017, Jeff has had an insightful journey and shares his thoughts in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=KW0bCr4d…