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Yellow-legged hornet

Yellow-legged hornet update

Published - August 7, 2026 Read
Hives lined up along a hillside.

What Should I Be Doing in My Apiary This Month? November

Published - November 1, 2025 Read
Honey bee foraging on garlic chives

What Should I be doing in the Apiary this month? September

Published - September 1, 2026 Read

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What Should I be doing in the Apiary this month? August

Published - August 1, 2026

Hive of honey bees with bees clustered and hanging on the front or 'bearding' due to extremely high daytime temperature.
What Should I be doing in the apiary this month? July

Published - July 1, 2026

A yellow Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on a purple coneflower
Want to support pollinators? Plant pollinator habitat!

Published - April 8, 2026

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Yellow-Legged Hornet on the Doorstep of NC

Published - December 11, 2025

From: Entomology
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Monitoring for Varroa Mites: More Information is Better

Published - September 12, 2025

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Blueberry Pollination: The Role of Specialist Bees

Published - April 18, 2025

Left image shows a rust colored dirt mound with a small bee in the middle. Right image is a wide shot of a nesting aggregation with many rust colored dirt mounds scattered among patchy grass.
Ground Nesting Bees - What to Look for and What Species to Expect

Published - March 5, 2025

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Winter Is a Great Time to Tidy Up Perennial Stems for Pollinator Habitat

Published - February 25, 2025

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Peanut Grower Newsletter Column Peanut Notes No. 256 2026

Published - November 11, 2026

From: Peanut
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2026 WNC Beef Conference

Published - November 10, 2026

From: Beef
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2026 N.C. Sweetpotato Field Day Offers Current and Future Ideas

Published - November 10, 2026

From: Vegetable Production
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WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - November 10, 2026

Published - November 10, 2026

From: Southern Appalachian Apples
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Clinic Holiday Closings (Late 2026/Early 2027)

Published - November 6, 2026

From: Plant Disease and Insect Clinic
Burrower bug damage
NC Crop Update 14 November 6 Peanut Notes No. 255 2026

Published - November 6, 2026

From: Peanut
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Searching for the Brighter Pod Episode 11 Are We There Yet Peanut Notes No. 254 2026

Published - November 6, 2026

From: Peanut
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4-H Hits the Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Published - November 6, 2026

From: North Carolina 4-H
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Easy Access to NC State Soybean Research Data – BeanPACK 3.0

Published - November 5, 2026

From: Soybeans
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Corn Leafhopper Confirmed in North Carolina and Virginia in 2026

Published - November 5, 2026

From: Corn
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