![]() ![]() ![]() Black plastic and constant tillage prevents ground nesting bees from establishing a nest. Large fields of cannabis can replace bee habitat. Cannabis growers can, and do, effect bee health. This means there can be little fear of pollination and the crop going to seed. It’s not necessarily a negative to the grower to have bees around their crop - the bees are harvesting pollen and putting it in their pollen baskets (without visiting the female plants, as their is no nectar) and flying away. Female plants DO NOT have nectar, and cannabis honey isn’t really a thing (unless to physically soak the flowers in honey, but that’s an infusion, not an actual bee product). If you’re growing for CBD, or THC, you probably don’t have many (or any) male plants. ![]() This pollen (as long as it’s pesticide-free) can actually be beneficial for the bees. If you are growing hemp for food/fiber, you probably have pollen-producing male plants. Honey bees harvest wax cuticles from the plants, as well as pollen (from male plants). Creating individual and group action items. Group-thinking up possible solutions, andģ. Defining the issues between cannabis growers and beekeepers,Ģ. “yeah, I see them all the time, they’re everywhere!”Īfter a full house, and a lively discussion, on:ġ. ![]() Growers, themselves, are also adamantly attached to their experiences of “never seeing a bee” on their plants, vs. When I ask the “experts” from the Oregon Department of Agriculture if honey bees visit cannabis, I get about a 50/50 hard yes vs. But nothing on pollinator interactions in “real world” scenarios. Seeing as how cannabis isn’t legal on a country-wide scale, universities who receive federal funding aren’t able to freely study the plant and it’s interactions to the environment. Particularly because there isn’t a lot of data out there. These are both complicated questions with a lot of unknowns. The question(s) of the hour are – do bees visit cannabis and are weed growers killing all the bees? I believe the reason I came on their radar was because of a symposium that I had previously organized here in Southern Oregon, attempting to bring growers, beekeepers, county officials, and the Oregon Department of Agriculture together around the topic. I’m not a grower, or a user, and the cannabis industry is about as foreign to me as Jupiter, but I love organizing community around helping bees, so I gave it a “yes.” I was asked to provide some information about cannabis and bees, and facilitate a discussion between beekeepers and cannabis growers. The following three analyses are performed: Pesticide screening, heavy metal testing, and microbiological testing (bacterial contamination and mold).This May I got to venture into the “belly of the beast” of the cannabis industry in the US: Humboldt, California. Regular field and laboratory analyses are performed to guarantee and maintain the best possible quality. The care taken in the selection of the varieties guarantees that we receive quality raw materials of the highest and most consistent purity as the basis for the production of our CBD extracts. From these we gain offshoots, which we use for the production of our high-quality raw materials. From hundreds of plants, the best are selected by means of content analysis and strict selection, which are transferred to controlled cultivation. We do not expose our plants to harmful pesticides. The cultivation of the flowers is done in a resource-saving way by means of modern drip irrigation systems. They come 100% from our own breeding and are tested both by us and independent laboratories for their suitability and quality. At NECTAR, quality begins with the careful selection of plants. ![]()
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