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California is acting later than many states in regulating neonicotinoids, but its rules would be among the nation’s most extensive. They would change how growers kill pests on nuts, citrus and other fruit crops.
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A cup of coffee in one hand, David Blair rolls up the garage door to his warehouse and points out a few remaining 55-gallon barrels filled with honey. “We…
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Almonds are a nearly $3 billion industry here in the San Joaquin Valley—but without honeybees to pollinate the trees, there would be no harvest. By some…
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The BeekeeperWhen Rafael Reynaga came to check on his bee colonies in a Fresno almond orchard, he found a carpet full of dead bees on the ground.Reynaga…
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Beekeepers flock from all over the country to California every February and March for bloom. During this time of year over 80 percent of the nation’s…
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On today's show, three men want to be Fresno's next mayor. We kickoff our look at the race to lead California's fifth largest city, with the one political…
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This week on Valley Edition our staff reports on how the drought is harming bees in California, lawmaking around HIV, the future of Fresno's Blackstone…
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The lack of rain and snow over the past four years has affected the agriculture industry statewide. That impact includes one of the smallest farmed…
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California’s almond orchards are turning from white to green this week as millions of blossoms fall, marking the end of this year’s bloom. But for one…
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A crime that’s caught the Fresno County Sheriff’s attention recently has little do with gangs or weapons, it has do with something that flies.Bees.Last…