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MANTLE participates in Haunted-U

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Student Funds Available for Research and Outreach

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Adding fall blooming plants may help both managed and wild bees in cities

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NC State student reflects on Penn State's 2024 Ecospatial Summit

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Student Spotlight on INSECT NET trainee Tyler Seutter

Ceroptres promethea is one of the newly identified and named gall wasps.

From Catwoman to Han Solo, newly discovered wasps named after famous thieves

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Penn State researchers earn funding for sustainable weed and insect management

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Penn State Extension Master Gardeners shine as leaders at national conference

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Landscape solutions for managing disease in bumble bees

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The Way To Bee Podcast featuring Kate Anton and Dr. Michael Skvarla

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Two Bees in a Podcast featuring Dr. Christina Grozinger

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Volunteers record bee biodiversity and discover new species in Pennsylvania

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Honey bees may play role in spreading viruses to wild bumble bees

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Arboretum at Penn State’s Pollinator and Bird Garden wins international award

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Combining pest treatments may be key to helping honey bees survive the winter

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Penn State pollinator experts author a new book that explores the lives of bees

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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance

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Schreyer Scholar’s lessons in music extend beyond the classroom

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#PlantMayFlowers

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Apes Valentes and Dutch Gold Research Award Recipients Announced

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Penn State Extension to offer ‘Beekeeping Around the World’ webinar series

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Penn State students taste pollen smoothies, honey, and lemon grasshoppers

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Penn State entomologists appointed to national committee on pollinator research

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CPR seeking applications for 2024 Apes Valentes Student Awards and the Dutch Gold Honey Undergraduate Award for summer research and other projects in pollinator biology and health

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A Quick Lesson on the Birds and the (Mason) Bees

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Why are bees making less honey? Study reveals clues in five decades of data

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Music, theater students team with Center for Pollinator Research on project

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Penn State students secure first place at national entomology games

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Center for Pollinator Research launches pollen identification service

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Dangerous bee virus less deadly in at least one US forest, researchers find

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Honey bees may inherit altruistic behavior from their mothers

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A Summer in the Pollinator and Bird Garden

a bee hotel, a wooden structure filled with empty tubes and wood blocks with drilled holes sits alongside a walking path in a garden bed at The Arboretum at Penn State

New updates come to 'Beescape,' an online tool for supporting pollinators

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Penn State receives $3M grant to address insect biodiversity crisis

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Workshop empowers beekeepers to breed more resilient honey bees

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Happy National Honey Bee Day!

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Elementary curriculum on Pennsylvania pollinators and agriculture available to educators

Screenshot of the Beescape interface with the point icon circled.

Online landscape quality assessment tool receives updates

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Penn State Master Gardeners honored internationally for bee monitoring work

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Penn State hosts international pollinator conference- Penn State Today

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An Essential U.S. Pesticide Database is Disappearing

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Creating Networks at the 2023 International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy

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Celebrate National Pollinator Week

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Listen: The Spotted Lantern Fly and Bad Honey with Dr. Robyn Underwood

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Support Pollinators This Season #PlantMayFlowers

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Penn State PA Beekeeping Management Survey now open!

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Organic beekeeping rivals conventional methods for bee health, productivity

Photograph of Dr. Grozinger wearing beekeeping veil while holding a frame of honey bees.

Grozinger receives 2023 President’s Award for Excellence Academic Integration

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Recipients of the 2023 Apes Valentes Summer Research Awards

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Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Dutch Gold Honey Undergraduate Scholarship!

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Applications now being accepted for the 2023 Apes Valentes Student Award!

A green sweat bee (Augochlora pura) forages on goldenrod flowers.

Study suggests one-third of wild bee species in Pa. have declined in abundance

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International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health, Policy slated for 2023

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Master Gardener puppet show pairs pollinator education with catchy tunes

Bumble bee pollinating a purple flower

New clues about how carbon dioxide affects bumble bee reproduction