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Instead of #NoMowMay let’s #PlantMayFlowers, a better way to help pollinators this spring!
Learn more: pollinators.psu.edu/news/pla…
Instead of #NoMowMay let’s #PlantMayFlowers, a better way to help pollinators this spring!
Learn more: pollinators.psu.edu/news/pla…
Instead of #NoMowMay let’s #PlantMayFlowers, a better way to help pollinators this spring!
Learn more: pollinators.psu.edu/news/pla…
Instead of #NoMowMay let’s #PlantMayFlowers, a better way to help pollinators this spring!
Learn more: pollinators.psu.edu/news/pla…
Congrats to our students as they embark on research and education projects aimed at improving pollinator health 🐝
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#PlantMayFlowers is a better way to help pollinators this spring! Learn more ⬇️
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📷: Andy Stephenson
We believe that anyone can help #pollinators! 🌸
We stopped by Radio Park Elementary last week with all the supplies needed to help fourth grade students sow #milkweed seeds. With their care, the #schoolgarden will is a safe haven for #monarch #butterflies, #bees, & more!
Free Webinar Feb 28! 🐝🌸
Join us for an exclusive look behind the scenes of the Blooms for Mason Bees project. Meet the scientists, ask questions, and uncover new information about bees and pollinators.
register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
With support from SARE, the Osmia Bee Company is designing a seed mix to support springtime pollinators — particularly mason bees. vimeo.com/892417216
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🌸🍯Did you know that honey can vary in color, taste & medicinal properties based on the flowers 🐝 forage on? @penn_state's @PSUPollinators uses DNA metabarcoding to identify these floral sources at the genus level from honey & pollen samples! Learn more: psu.edu/news/agricultural-sc…
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New paper, new knowledge 🐝 Nice study led by @LauraJonesEco published in @Ecol_Evol We quantified heat tolerance and pathogen infections in 14 populations of squash #bee populations and found that... 🧵
@agsciences @huckinstitutes @USDA_NIFA @NSF
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This is one of many STEM activities that we have created with @pennstateCSATS . If you are a family living in the Centre County region, check out this program!
No matter where you live, you can access our entire K-5 curriculum online: csats.psu.edu/ag-seedlings
Do you know any 6-9yo KIDS who love flowers and plants? Learn about the role of bilateral symmetry in their success and how pollinators are attracted to certain colors and symmetrical patterns, Sunday at 2:30pm. Visit schlowlibrary.org/events/241… to register. Thanks @pennstateCSATS!
PSU Pollinators retweeted
Exciting news! We will be offering a Beekeeping Basis Course in Spanish through @psuextension. Please share widely with anyone interested. It is free if you register before February 15 @Analyssi @MSUEntomology @tamuentomology @UMNBeeLab_Squad @UFEntNem lopezuribelab.com/2024/01/20…
Our tastiest outreach event returns! @PennStateDining
🗓️ Thursday Jan 25th, 11 am to 2 pm
📍 Pollock Dining Commons- Leaf Station
Why are bees making less honey? Study reveals clues in five decades of data 🍯
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New year, new news! 🦋📰
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Don't even bother digging out your leaf blower this fall- leave the leaves for pollinators! 🦋nytimes.com/2023/10/19/us/ra…
PSU Pollinators retweeted
🐝 Using a $3M @NSF grant, researchers will spearhead a new initiative to create novel monitoring systems for insect populations, many of which are experiencing dramatic changes across the globe due to changes in land use, pollution and climate change.
➡️ bit.ly/3RAbnjv
ALT InsectEye, camera-based, non-lethal monitoring system for flying insects, set up outdoors for monitoring
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More pumpkins, more squash bees 🎃🐝 beenews.newsx.agency/america…
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Honey bees may inherit altruistic behavior from their mothers psu.ag/46KuVWU
Have you tried out Beescape yet? This mapping tool is for everyone! It allows users to highlight a particular location or area and get information about the habitat quality for #bees.🐝
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#beescape #pennstate #research #pollinators
