• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • News
  • Lifestyle
  • Wellness
  • Cuisine
  • Product Reviews
  • Subscribe
Cannabis News and Culture Magazine

Cannabis News and Culture Magazine

Cannabis News and Culture Magazine

Emerald Media News Subscription
  • Print Magazines
  • 100+ Minority-Owned Companies to Support
  • No Pipe, No Problem
  • Blunt vs. Joint
  • The Cost of Cannabis in Each State
  • Calculating Your Edibles Dosage
  • Flintts Mouthwatering Mints

Could Hemp Help Save The Bees?

August 1, 2019 by Rita Thompson Leave a Comment

Bees have been in crisis since 2006 when beekeepers first reported the sudden disappearance of entire colonies. Many colonies are collapsing due to circumstances like industrial agriculture, parasites and climate change, thus leading to dramatic losses in the crops normally pollinated by bees. 

After beekeepers reported a 40% loss of their colonies over the last year, researchers have been pushing fast and hard towards a solution. Now, researchers from the Colorado State University’s Department of Soil and Crop Sciences claim that industrial hemp is the answer to halting the decline in the bee population. 

In a recent study published in the Biomass and Bioenergy Journal, researchers found that hemp could not only help prevent the die-off of bees, but further maintain species diversity. 

While hemp does not produce any nectar, it requires far fewer resources to flourish and little to no pesticides, thus making it an ideal home for bees. According to the study, 23 different genera of bees were found on wind-pollinated hemp plants, demonstrating its efficient support for pollinators. Additionally, the pollen-rich nature of hemp makes it an even more ecologically valuable crop. 

Evo Hemp explains that “by adding hemp to their crops, farmers could see a significant improvement in their crops and be one small step closer to ending the honey bee crisis.” 

With most hemp crops flowering between July and September, the plants would make up for the shortage of pollen production from other crops during those months. However, as the crops become more widespread, damaging pests also become more common. So be sure to check back in with us for more information after researchers are done doing their thing. For now, light one up and get your thinking caps on, cause there are bees to save! 

Filed Under: Current, Lifestyle Tagged With: bees, hemp, Main Gallery Images

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Advertise Here

Categories

Sustainability

seaweed naturals

SeaWeed Naturals Combines the Power of Seaweed with Cannabis to Further Ocean Restoration

April 3, 2022 By Maggie Horton

fungi climate change

Research Finds Fungi Help Ease Climate Change and Benefit the Environment

March 30, 2022 By Julia Meyer

climate crisis and the pandemic

“We Can Act:” What Bending the COVID-19 Curve Teaches Us About the Climate Crisis

April 21, 2020 By Melissa Hutsell

Footer

  • Subscribe
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Press

Recent

  • Priscilla Vilchis and Lil Kim Launch Aphrodisiak: A Cannabis Brand Focused on Sensuality, Social Justice, and Inclusivity
  • First Latina CEO of a Cannabis Company Partners with Music Industry Trailblazer Lil Kim to Launch Aphrodisiak Brand
  • Aphrodisiak: The New Female-Led Cannabis Brand Empowering Women and Promoting Inclusivity
  • Las Vegas Welcomes Aphrodisiak
  • HighOnLove – Taking Pleasure to New Heights

Search

Copyright © 2023 · The Emerald™ · News & Lifestyle Magazine

We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.

You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings.

Cannabis News and Culture Magazine
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.