The Arkansas 4-H Governor's Award is the highest honor a 4-H'er can receive. Our finalists have done fantastic work in their community and are setting themself up for a lifetime of success!

The award includes a $3,000 college scholarship, a silver tray, and their name added to the permanent display at the C.A. Vines Arkansas 4-H Center in Little Rock.

Find general tips on planting, fall garden prep, and garden clean-up.

You can also download our home garden fact sheets.

For specific questions about planting in your area, please reach out to your local county agent.

Honey bees in some areas of Arkansas have a direct genetic link to the first European honeybees brought to America in the 17th century!

Research to identify the distribution of pathogens in managed honey bee colonies throughout the state uncovered this hidden genetic history.

Honey bees were first imported from Europe in the 1600s by immigrants who treasured their honey and agricultural value. Those early honeybees, often called European dark honey bees or 'German' honey bees, were darker in color than the more familiar, yellow-striped bees that are common today.

Want to help bees?

Homeowners can plant a mixture of flower types for bees and other pollinators. Visit our honey bee-friendly and butterfly gardening web pages to get started.

We also offer resources for beekeepers.

Red means stop. Green means go. But to bees, colors reveal a smorgasbord of available food sources. Color helps them identify flowers from which they can collect nectar for food. For this reason, monitoring traps are often brightly colored to attract and collect bee specimens for study.

Many research goals require trapping bees. For example, Dr. Neel's lab is currently sampling and documenting native bee species in six ecoregions of Arkansas.

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