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New updates come to 'Beescape,' an online tool for supporting pollinators
New updates have come to 'Beescape,' an online tool created by a Penn State-led team for assessing the quality of landscapes for supporting bees and other pollinators.
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Wild pollinators of eastern apple orchards
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wild pollinators in eastern apple orchards and how to conserve them
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Pollinator project supports biodiversity at Penn State Orchard Road solar array
An innovative project is creating a buzz around Penn State’s University Park campus, especially among the many species of pollinators that call Centre County home.
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Pollinators and Pollination
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Habitat Management for Pollinators ver15Mar17
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Entomologist to examine how plant domestication influences pollinator evolution
A grant of nearly $1.4 million from the National Science Foundation will support Margarita López-Uribe, an entomologist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, in a study examining the influence of plant domestication on the ecology and evolution of wild pollinator species in agricultural landscapes.
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Penn State Extension educator secures grant to aid honey bees and beekeeping
A $217,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program will enable Robyn Underwood, apiculture educator with Penn State Extension, to develop an extension program on honey bee queen rearing and artificial insemination.
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Mining for knowledge: Scientists identify bee that can aid black cherry recovery
A ground-nesting bee family — commonly known as miner bees — could play a heightened role in rebuilding black cherry populations in Pennsylvania and beyond, according to Penn State entomologists who investigated pollinators’ contributions to the valuable hardwood species.
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Highlights of th 2013 International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy
By Peter Loring Borst
