PSU Pollinators

Instead of #NoMowMay let’s #PlantMayFlowers, a better way to help pollinators this spring! Learn more: pollinators.psu.edu/news/plantmayf…

Instead of #NoMowMay let’s #PlantMayFlowers, a better way to help pollinators this spring! Learn more: pollinators.psu.edu/news/plantmayf…

Instead of #NoMowMay let’s #PlantMayFlowers, a better way to help pollinators this spring! Learn more: pollinators.psu.edu/news/plantmayf…

Instead of #NoMowMay let’s #PlantMayFlowers, a better way to help pollinators this spring! Learn more: pollinators.psu.edu/news/plantmayf…

Congrats to our students as they embark on research and education projects aimed at improving pollinator health 🐝 pollinators.psu.edu/news/apes-vale…

#PlantMayFlowers is a better way to help pollinators this spring! Learn more ⬇️ pollinators.psu.edu/news/plantmayf… 📷: 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/regist…

🌸🍯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/agricultu…

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 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

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

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/cur…

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 🍯 pollinators.psu.edu/news/why-are-b…

New year, new news! 🦋📰 Are you signed up for our newsletter? Get the latest scientific discoveries, university updates, and upcoming events in your inbox every other week! pollinators.psu.edu/about/newslett…

Don't even bother digging out your leaf blower this fall- leave the leaves for pollinators! 🦋nytimes.com/2023/10/19/us/…

🐝 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

More pumpkins, more squash bees 🎃🐝 beenews.newsx.agency/americans-love…

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.🐝 pollinators.psu.edu/news/new-updat… #beescape #pennstate #research #pollinators