UMD Researchers Seek to Understand Bee Deaths By Building Sentinel Hives Don’t miss this audio bite from WAMU Radio 88.5 about the University of Maryland’s new pilot program for backyard beekeepers. The research will track hive weight, pollen count and mite loads from several test sentinel hives in Maryland. Contributions have poured in with great
Mission Main Street Grant Statistics How many entrepreneurs would like to know the odds of receiving the Chase Mission Main Street Grant? What are the chances? I’m sure that there are a few people who find the numbers fascinating and others who are anxiously awaiting the results. A statistical sample was taken today, just one
Mission Main Street Grant Questionnaire Five powerful questions and 1,000 characters to answer. Could you do it? Many have asked us about the questions that Chase has asked us and how we responded. First, let me set the stage. It is late afternoon on October 1st and the grandkids will arrive on the bus
Sweet Mountain Farm competes for $150K Chase Mission Main Street Grant FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE 1:00 P.M. (CST) Washington Island, Door County, Wisconsin, October 1, 2014 Sweet Mountain Farm competes for $150K Chase Grant Sweet Mountain Farm, an LLC started with the assistance of Incorporation services, a local honey producer, custom northern white cedar beehive
USDA Spending $8 Million More Reported March 17, 2014, USDA allocated $3 million to feed honeybees. Three months later another $8 million has been earmarked for the same 5 states; Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, South Dakota and North Dakota since 65% of bee colonies reside in these states during the summer. This incentive is intended to prompt
