Bees in one acre of bee bed can pollinate about 200 acres of alfalfa, and the area's farmers nurture between 30 to 40 bee beds, he said. Growers manage alkali bees by creating artificial dry creek ...

But alkali bees loved it, pollinating some 5,500 flowers daily. Farmers lucky enough to live next to them were raising three times more alfalfa seed per acre than those who didn’t.

Northwest farmers produce a quarter of the country's alfalfa seeds, but they get help from millions of alkali bees, thanks to one of the most unique agricultural partnerships in the country.

Alkali bees. The above scenario, acted out by six Walla Walla High School students, is a dramatization. But the topic it touched and the research discussed in the 15 minutes skit is real, ...

Farmers add table salt and water through buried PVC pipes to create the moist, alkali soil the bees prefer for nesting. April 17, 2025. contribute now. A Fog Of Alkali Bees In A Washington Bee Bed.

Solitary Alkali bees swarm in a bee bed near an alfalfa field in south central Washington state USA's Touchet Valley. Utah State University biologists are studying the evolution of division of ...

Northwest farmers produce a quarter of the country's alfalfa seeds, but they get help from millions of alkali bees, thanks to one of the most unique agricultural partnerships in the country.

Northwest farmers produce a quarter of the country's alfalfa seeds, but they get help from millions of alkali bees, thanks to one of the most unique agricultural partnerships in the country.

Northwest farmers produce a quarter of the country's alfalfa seeds, but they get help from millions of alkali bees, thanks to one of the most unique agricultural partnerships in the country.