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Met with a DiverseCornBelt grower today who compared the implementation of on-farm diversification practices to Rodney Dangerfield’s famous Triple Lindy dive in Back to School. This officially made my year.

Tenure track position of Assistant Professor of Pollinator Ecology and Conservation at Iowa State! isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJobs/…

Be trained as a volunteer to survey, assess habitat and photograph bumble bees as part of a state-wide citizen science project. No experience required – only a love for pollinators! There are 5 opportunities to attend across #Indiana. Register at: bit.ly/3TYp4rR

Been a great few days discussing pests/pollinators with watermelon growers to establish IPPM field trials and then training volunteers for a new statewide bumble bee survey! 🐝🍉

Excited to see the publication of 'Advances in monitoring of native and invasive insect pests of crops' edited by Michelle Fountain Niab and me Harper Adams University and published by Burleigh Dodds. For more details please see: shop.bdspublishing.com/store/bds/deta…

Beekeeping can be economically rewarding, but a large percent of colonies are lost to pests. Brock @Harpur, assistant professor of Purdue Entomology, is using the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) New Innovator in Food & Agriculture Research Award to help solve this problem. ag.purdue.edu/news/2023/04/a…

New collaborative work just published with Betty Benrey & colleagues - squash domestication eliminated cucurbitacins from roots, making crops less attractive to striped cucumber beetle larvae doi.org/10.1007/s00425…

Come work with a great team! Clinical Assistant Professor of Entomology, Insect Diagnostician - Purdue University careers.entsoc.org/jobs/18546645/…

We have a new Research Postdoc position open! The incumbent will work on a new USDA grant about pollinator ecology, silflowers, and improving crop and honey production! If you are interested, pls DM me!!!

effect sizes are way better than p-values for synthesizing research findings -- but why? In this outtake, I try to make the case 👍 #Rstats #meta-analysis #Statistics See full Youtube video on what makes meta-analysis special here: youtu.be/3XkC_jetn-U

The bug in a teacup – Monitoring arthropod-plant associations with environmental DNA from dried plant material ow.ly/pl9W50JynSl #eDNA #arthropods #ecosystem #BiologyLetters #SEBconference

In the 1950s, Virginia Ferris was told by a professor to give up a fellowship at Cornell University so that a man could accept it … but she didn’t listen. She later became the first woman appointed to Purdue Agriculture faculty. Hear more on #ThisIsPurdue! stories.purdue.edu/podcast/purdue…

***New paper alert 📢 Happy to share Jacob Pecenka's 2nd PhD chapter, out in Scientific Reports, on how IPM affects pollinators in Midwestern US agroecosystems. This part focuses on the health of managed bees & diversity of 41 wild sp. acting as crop pollinators. rdcu.be/dgjjU

🚨 Postdoc & PHD position 🚨 🐝 Interested in pollinators and nutrition? The Rangel and Behmer lab have been awarded a 4-year USDA grant to study how nutrition and landscape changes interact to affect managed honey bees. Please contact me via DM for more details.

.Jacob Pecenka and Kaplan Lab describe the use of integrated pollinator management in crop management, which can provide a more pollinator-suitable environment nature.com/articles/s4159…

Kudos to @Biobest_Group Plant Products Inc. for being so receptive to our research and installing queen excluders on all bumble bee colonies sold within the USA. A win-win for 🐝 conservation and pollination! PovedaLab news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/0…

Responsible use of pesticides includes striving to avoid negative effects on bees and other pollinators. But a new study finds many common methods for minimizing pesticides' impact on bees—even some product-label guidelines—have minimal scientific backing. entomologytoday.org/2023/07/18/do-…

Arthropod Photo of the Week: July 19, 2023 Tobacco hornworm with parasitic wasp pupae Manduca sexta / Cotesia congregate Lepidoptera: Sphingidae / Hymenoptera: Braconidae By Jay Hirsh, Virginia, USA (bio.as.virginia.edu/people/jh6u

New global meta-analysis of the effects of animal #pollination on food crop quality 🌾 📝 The #SafeguardResearch is co-authored by project partners Elena Gazzea and Prof. Lorenzo Marini from Università di Padova and published in Nature Communications 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4146…

Dependency of Crops on Pollinators and Pollination Deficits: An Approach to Measurement Considering the Influence of Various Reproductive Traits mdpi.com/2421438 #mdpiagriculture via Agriculture MDPI