CFAES offers a handy identification guide to the bees of Ohio (pdf). It’s from the Agricultural Landscape Ecology Lab of Mary Gardiner, a CFAES bee expert and a speaker at the March 14-15 Power of Pollinators Short Course.
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ABCs of bee ID
Posted by Kurt Knebusch on February 25th, 2013
Can bumbles bounce … back? Workshop looks at health of native bees
Posted by Kurt Knebusch on February 25th, 2013
OARDC, CFAES’s research arm, will host The Power of Pollinators Short Course March 14-15. It’s a workshop on the biology, conservation, and identification of native bees (such as the bumble bee, for instance, shown here). It’s for anyone interested in bees, the work they do, and how we can help them, including farmers, gardeners, beekeepers, and naturalists. Details here. Register here.
Putting the b in sustainable
Posted by Kurt Knebusch on February 6th, 2013
Related to our previous post: USDA’s Agricultural Research Service says bee pollination is responsible every year for more than $15 billion in increased crop value. And about one out of every three bites of food you eat has benefitted directly or indirectly from honey bee pollination.
Ways to bee sustainable
Posted by Kurt Knebusch on February 6th, 2013
CFAES’s research arm, OARDC, hosts the largest educational beekeeping event of its kind in the U.S. March 1-2 in Wooster. The keynote talk, “Practical Natural Beekeeping,” is by University of Georgia honey bee researcher Jennifer Berry.
Speaking of bees
Posted by Kurt Knebusch on April 5th, 2012
Are you a reporter or blogger? Here’s who you can talk to in our college about honey bees, native pollinators, and the possible effects of insecticides (including neonicotinoids) on them.
‘Vital in healthy environments’: What does she see in bees?
Posted by Kurt Knebusch on January 12th, 2012
Denise Ellsworth joins our entomology department as program director for honey bee and native pollinator education. “These insects are crucial to our food supply and play a vital role in healthy environments,” she says. “I’ll be working to support and teach beekeepers, farmers, and gardeners through a variety of workshops, written materials, and electronic resources. Keeping honey bees and other pollinators healthy and protecting their habitat is critically important in Ohio.”
Tour today: Melon threat? Sustainable solutions
Posted by Kurt Knebusch on August 2nd, 2011
A free tour today at OARDC in Wooster features new, non-chemical, sustainable ways to fight a melon grower’s biggest nightmare. “Both organic and conventional muskmelon growers rank the cucumber beetle/bacterial wilt complex as their No. 1 problem,” says Celeste Welty, an OARDC and OSU Extension entomologist and one of the speakers. New research on trap crops and row covers is the focus. “On many sustainable farms, and particularly on organic farms, there’s interest in using any possible tactics other than pesticides,” Welty says, partly because of the chemicals’ threat to honey bees. It’s part of the 2011 Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series (pdf).
