To obtain the biggest cherry harvest, trees should be pollinated by both honey bees and mason bees. This new study shows yet another benefit of biodiversity. To obtain the biggest cherry harvest, ...

This high-elevation orchard owned by Hood River Cherry company is one the last orchards in the Northwest to bloom. According to the Northwest Cherry Growers, pollination challenges and cold damage are ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Northern Michigan cherry farmers are not winging it when it comes to the health of their crops. As they prepare for the growing season, they bring in honey bees. With a short window to ...

OMAK, Wash. — Jim Freese grows apples, pears and cherries on 45 acres in the north-central part of this state, on sagebrush-studded land his grandfather bought in 1910. Walking among trees laden with ...

For the growing and harvesting of cherries, timing is everything — and for the past two seasons, extreme weather has struck at the worst times for Yakima Valley cherry growers. A record-setting heat ...

A new report warns of a massive pollination shortfall in Australia this year as varroa mite wipes out hives and forces beekeepers out.

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Rain is pelting the cherry orchards at Wunsch Farms on ...

To obtain the biggest cherry harvest, trees should be pollinated by both honey bees and mason bees. A new study led by a researcher at the University of Gothenburg shows yet another benefit of ...

In some orchards, when temperatures prime for bee flight finally arrived, the window for blossom pollination had already closed. B. J. Thurlby, president of Northwest Cherry Growers, says the ...

HOOD RIVER, Oregon — Grower Brad Fowler walked into the cherry orchard on yet another May day when the temperatures struggled to climb above 50 degrees and a chill wind swept through the long rows of ...