PSU Pollinators

The Center for Pollinator Research/Insect Biodiversity Center
Explore the Pollinator & Bird Garden in The Arboretum at Penn State 🐦🐝

[PSU Pollinators @PSUPollinators]

Instead of #NoMowMay let’s #PlantMayFlowers, a better way to help pollinators this spring!

Learn more: https://t.co/GPhDKkH8RC

[PSU Pollinators @PSUPollinators]

Instead of #NoMowMay let’s #PlantMayFlowers, a better way to help pollinators this spring!

Learn more: https://t.co/GPhDKkH8RC

[PSU Pollinators @PSUPollinators]

Instead of #NoMowMay let’s #PlantMayFlowers, a better way to help pollinators this spring!

Learn more: https://t.co/GPhDKkH8RC

[PSU Pollinators @PSUPollinators]

Instead of #NoMowMay let’s #PlantMayFlowers, a better way to help pollinators this spring!

Learn more: https://t.co/GPhDKkH8RC

[PSU Pollinators @PSUPollinators]

Congrats to our students as they embark on research and education projects aimed at improving pollinator health 🐝

https://t.co/GQ09QEWIp6

[PSU Pollinators @PSUPollinators]

#PlantMayFlowers is a better way to help pollinators this spring! Learn more ⬇️

https://t.co/GPhDKkGB24
📷: Andy Stephenson

[PSU Pollinators @PSUPollinators]

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!

[PSU Pollinators @PSUPollinators]

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: https://t.co/TuPJ6BgdER

[NCR-SARE @ncrsare]

With support from SARE, the Osmia Bee Company is designing a seed mix to support springtime pollinators — particularly mason bees. https://t.co/q9eSCfXTlr

[Astor Apiaries, Inc @astorapiaries]

🌸🍯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: https://t.co/wfyWVwp0YZ

[Margarita Lopez-Uribe @mmlopezu]

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

https://t.co/5cAburmPYX

[PSU Pollinators @PSUPollinators]

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: https://t.co/KdAHy1sxp6

[Schlow Centre Region Library @SchlowLibrary]

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 https://t.co/A24j7ZFw6Z to register. Thanks @pennstateCSATS!

[Margarita Lopez-Uribe @mmlopezu]

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 https://t.co/aM8TrmH4fl

[PSU Pollinators @PSUPollinators]

Our tastiest outreach event returns! @PennStateDining

🗓️ Thursday Jan 25th, 11 am to 2 pm
📍 Pollock Dining Commons- Leaf Station

[PSU Pollinators @PSUPollinators]

Why are bees making less honey? Study reveals clues in five decades of data 🍯
https://t.co/hXZ2hxwumi

[PSU Pollinators @PSUPollinators]

New year, new news! 🦋📰

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[PSU Pollinators @PSUPollinators]

Don't even bother digging out your leaf blower this fall- leave the leaves for pollinators! 🦋https://t.co/8jXGNr9eGq

[Penn State College of Engineering @PSUEngineering]

🐝 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.

➡️ https://t.co/OaUp6eOKYQ

[Margarita Lopez-Uribe @mmlopezu]

More pumpkins, more squash bees 🎃🐝 https://t.co/rsnat9BJVj

[Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences @agsciences]

Honey bees may inherit altruistic behavior from their mothers https://t.co/mKjo1coqJU

[PSU Pollinators @PSUPollinators]

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.🐝
https://t.co/EFYmfOCCLP
#beescape #pennstate #research #pollinators