https://civileats.com/2025/07/02/trump-cuts-threaten-federal-bee-research/ Daily News and Commentary About the American Food System Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:49:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://civileats.com/2025/07/02/trump-cuts-threaten-federal-bee-research/#comment-309692 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:49:13 +0000 https://civileats.com/?p=65625#comment-309692 Thrilled to find you! I’m a Master Gardener (class of ’92) who lives along the east slope of the Sierras. I don’t grow much anymore. I’m blasted by 4 hours of direct and reflected solar on my balcony. Plants don’t care for it and I can’t take it.
I saw few bees last summer. Lots of wasps dining at the hummer feeder. Not meat bees, as we call them, but small, black wasps that would chase the hummers off. I left them alone (I’m not afraid of insects), thinking they, too, were pollinators. But they were not interested in my tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, or herbs.
I saw several bumblebees, but no honeybees. Not one.
Farmers in the Valley should be raising hell about this.
Thanks for being here.

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