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Bee Informed: Appreciate the Little Things (Microbes) in Life, What's Being Done to Save the Bees, and the Humble Moth
Each month our Bee Informed Blog highlights current news, science, and research related to solitary bee conservation, food insecurity, and sustainability.1. How One Entomologist Learned to Appreciate the Little Things (Microbes) in Life(Entomology Today, by Jacqueline Serrano, Ph.D.) The Entomological Society of America’s Early Career Professionals (ECP) Committee, highlights outstanding ECPs that are doing great work in the profession.During his Ph.D. work at the University of California, River
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Jun 21st 2023
Bee Informed: Eliminating the Varroa Mite, Native Grasses to Revitalize Your Yard, Solitary Wasps, and Increased Pathogens in Urban Bees
Each month our Bee Informed Blog highlights current news, science, and research related to solitary bee conservation, food insecurity, and sustainability.1. Australia is in a unique position to eliminate the bee-killing Varroa mite. Here’s what happens if we don’t(The Conversation) Varroa mites – notorious honey bee parasites – have recently reached Australian shores, detected at the Port of Newcastle in New South Wales last year. If they establish here, there would be significant implications f
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Jun 5th 2023
Bee Informed: Celebrate Earth Day with a Bee Walk, Squash Bees are Spreading across North America, and Mapping People's Knowledge of Bees
Each month our Bee Informed Blog highlights current news, science, and research related to solitary bee conservation, food insecurity, and sustainability.1. Celebrate Earth Day with a bee walk(Environment America, By Steven Blackledge) Earth Day—April 22nd—is a day to not only celebrate our planet but also to take part in environmental education and activism to build a greener, healthier world. And what better way to help the planet than by helping the fuzzy little critters whose hard work holds
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Apr 10th 2023
Bee Informed: Unusual Bee Species, Takeaways From California's Native Plant Conference, and An Introduction to Our Native Bees
Each month our Bee Informed Blog highlights current news, science, and research related to solitary bee conservation, food insecurity, and sustainability.1. "New unusual bee species discovered with dog-like snout"(Phys.org) A new native bee species with a dog-like "snout" has been discovered in Perth bushland though Curtin-led research that sheds new light on our most important pollinators.Published in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research, author Dr. Kit Prendergast, from the Curtin School of Mol
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Nov 9th 2022
Strange Occurrences This Harvesting Season
During the 2022 harvesting season, some mason bee raisers in the pacific northwest noticed that a few mason bees had already emerged from their cocoons. Early emergence tells us that the bees have already consumed most of their stored fats (energy), which usually doesn't occur until spring.The early emergence of mason bees is likely due to the higher-than-average, extended summer temperatures we had in the summer and fall of 2022. When we have higher-than-average summer temperatures, the speed o
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Oct 30th 2022