Tree fruit growers in the Pacific Northwest can expect an adequate supply of bees for pollination in 2007, says a commercial beekeeper. “I doubt there will be a short supply in 2007,” predicted Jeff Lunden, scientific assistant at Washington State University’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center at Prosser. Lunden is also a tree fruit grower and owner of Corral Creek Pollinators in Benton City, Washington. Lunden shared some of the challenges faced by beekeepers and discussed practical pollination parameters during the annual meeting of the Cherry Institute held in Yakima, Washington. Varroa mite continues to be a problem for […]