Undergraduate research award creates buzz around Penn State pollinator studies
4/17/19
Undergraduate research aimed at supporting pollinator health is flourishing at Penn State's Center for Pollinator Research, thanks to philanthropic support.
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Introducing Beescape: A new online tool and community to support bees
4/1/19
Beescape.org provides a tool for beekeepers, gardeners, growers and land managers to assess the quality of their landscapes for supporting managed honey bees and wild bees. It was developed through a partnership led by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, Center for Pollinator Research and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.
Entry gate will invite visitors to explore, experience the Pollinators’ Garden
2/6/19
The Pollinators’ Garden in The Arboretum at Penn State will have an entryway that invites visitors to explore and experience pollinators in their natural habitat, thanks to the students of Penn State’s class of 2019. Over the past two years, the Arboretum has partnered with the Center for Pollinator Research on campus, and is finalizing a conceptual design that will improve and expand the Pollinators’ Garden to nearly triple its present size.
Penn State earns 'Bee Campus USA' certification
12/3/18
Penn State has become the 55th educational institution in the nation to be certified as an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, designed to marshal the strength of educational campuses for the benefit of pollinators.
Senior class chooses Pollinator's Garden Entry Gate as 2019 class gift
10/25/18
Penn State’s class of 2019 has chosen as its class gift legacy the Pollinators’ Garden Entry Gate at the Arboretum at Penn State.
Penn State Master Gardener programs promote pollinator populations
5/14/18
Penn State Extension Master Gardeners across the state are helping to restore bee populations through their Pollinator Preferences and Pollinator-Friendly Gardener Certification programs.
$2.1 million enables creation of decision-support tools for pollinator health
3/27/18
The Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State, in collaboration with researchers at the University of California, Davis; the University of Minnesota; and Dickinson College will receive more than $2 million from the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research and the United States Department of Agriculture to translate basic research into online decision support tools to help beekeepers and land managers maintain and expand populations of managed and wild bees.
Altoona professor leads group in maintaining the right-of-way in the right way
8/17/17
A group of faculty, students, energy providers, and vegetation-management companies are looking at how to best maintain right-of-ways under utilities to protect those utilities and promote wildlife at the same time.
It's all about balance at Sustainability Symposium
3/23/17
The Schuylkill Sustainability Symposium features student presenters; speakers from the Master Gardeners Extension interacting with students; representatives from the Department of Forestry, and special interest topics, like the Wassail.
Berks' bees and pollen variation subject of student’s independent study
10/5/16
What does the study of honey bees have to do with pollen variations and seasonal allergies? Science major Cassandra Darnell hopes to find out through an ongoing independent study she is conducting on the honey bees that she brought to Penn State Berks.
Penn State In The News: June 2016
7/8/16
Penn State appears in the news hundreds of times every day. Monthly, the University’s Office of Strategic Communications features national and international news coverage of the work and expertise of Penn State’s faculty, students and staff.
Bees' ability to forage decreases as air pollution increases
7/6/16
Air pollutants interact with and break down plant-emitted scent molecules, which insect pollinators use to locate needed food, according to a team of researchers led by Penn State. The pollution-modified plant odors can confuse bees and, as a result, bees' foraging time increases and pollination efficiency decreases. This happens because the chemical interactions decrease both the scent molecules' life spans and the distances they travel.
Penn State Berks to celebrate Sustainability Month with campus tours
4/14/16
The Penn State Berks Sustainability Team, led by Mahsa Kazempour, associate professor of science education, has a variety of activities and events in April for the campus' first Sustainability Month celebration. These activities and events, planned and coordinated by various faculty, staff and students, will focus on raising awareness and encouraging personal and community action.
Berks' bees subject of student’s independent study
4/14/16
During the month of April, science major Cassandra Darnell can be found setting up her honey bee boxes at Penn State Berks. For Darnell, the boxes are part of an ongoing independent study she is completing for her degree about the bees on the Berks campus. The bees will also provide benefits to the campus as pollinators.
Environmental science students complete sustainability projects
4/14/16
This spring, six groups of students in Mahsa Kazempour's BI SC 003 Environmental Science course at Penn State Berks have been working with John Rost, research technician for horticulture and turfgrass, on several projects related to pollinators and other sustainability efforts on campus.