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science for data collection in various ways. As a 501(c) (3) non-profit, BIP focuses on improving honey bee colony health through data-driven activities. BIP’s annual Loss and Management Survey provides information about national trends of colony health. For commercial operations we offer diagnostic services to help provide rapid disease and pest monitoring so beekeepers can make management decisions shortly after problems are discovered. In the same vein, backyard beekeepers can use our sampling kits to detect emerging problems in their hives through our Sentinel Apiary Program. Beekeepers and growers are often remarkable citizen scientists. Many farmers keep meticulous records of the weather, inputs, pests, prices, so many that companies emerged and found a marketable niche in selling electronic record-keeping systems to agricultural businesses. Beekeepers often track similar variables throughout the years. There are beekeepers in backyard, sideliner and commercial outfits, that have tracked the blooming periods of several flowering plants, bushes and trees stretching back decades. We are at a time when there are so many data sets captured on anything from torn off corners of feed bags to high-end and powerful computerized analysis 471 Industrial Ave. • Ripon, CA 95366 • 209.599.6118 • www.jackrabbit.bz Protect your investment from rodent damage with the safe, efficient and effective CO-Jack carbon monoxide delivery system Highly visible white smoke enables you to detect and plug connected openings Protect Your Investment The Cold Air Drain selectively extracts cold air in low-lying, frost prone accumulation areas and expels it up to 300 feet above the inversion layer. Control rodent population with the CO-Jack Contact Us Today for a FREE Frost Analysis! Contact Us Today for More Information. Prevent Frost Damage with the Cold Air Drain Collecting samples for BIP’s Sentinel Apiary Program. 2 7 M A R C H – A P R I L 2 0 2 0