GreenLight COO Carole Cobb explains our mission to protect honeybees and feed the world in this film in collaboration with BNP Paribas Group #AgeOfChange bbc.com/storyworks/age…

Today we release my new book “Pests and Pestilence: the management of invasive species, pests and disease in New Zealand”, available at tinyurl.com/4d6bcc6e Lessons from the past, with future pest and disease management needs. Thanks Te Herenga Waka University Press & WellingtonUni

Antoine Felden on RNZ tonight talking about honey bee health and virus-virus interactions. A virus in parasitic varroa mites might be of benefit to bees rnz.co.nz/national/progr… Work with Emily Remnant

New in Ecological Applications: Can immune #GeneSilencing via dsRNA feeding promote pathogenic viruses to control the globally invasive Argentine ant? doi.org/10.1002/eap.27… W/ #OpenData in Dryad & Zenodo #NextGenerationPestControl Antoine Felden Jana Dobelmann Phil Lester

@peterkdearden : "I think the way ahead is to stop worrying about how something was made, but worry about what it does."

To all maize and sweetcorn growers please be aware.

Please RT! Myrmecological News - Best Paper Award 2022: Follow the link for details and to vote for your favourite paper 2022! The prize for the authors: A waiver for Article Processing Charge (700 EUR) for one contribution to be used within 2 years’ time. umfrage.uibk.ac.at/limesurvey/all…

In Entomological Society of New Zealand NZ Bug of the Year you can uplift your favourite exoskeletoned, multilegged champion from the 24 nominees. Learn more about the nominees here: bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz Voting opened now! Winner announced 14 Feb 2023.

Insect decline can be expected to lead to songbird decline. Ecological research sometimes states the obvious, but this one's important, in the face of potentially large insect declines: the amount of available insect food limits songbird breeding success. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

4th NZ Honeybee Research Symposium coming up 28th June. Abstracts and schedule now on-line - still time to hear the latest research going on in NZ. bit.ly/4thNZHBRSsched… Thanks to the great team Phil Lester BPSC Ashley Plant & Food Research and Claire/Evan Ministry for Primary Industries

New in Ecological Applications: Gene drives for invasive wasp control: Extinction is unlikely, with suppression dependent on dispersal and growth rates doi.org/10.1002/eap.29… With #OpenData in Figshare #InvasiveSpeciesManagement #CRISPR #Vespula Phil Lester

Australia abandons efforts to eradicate deadly parasite varroa mite after 15 months buff.ly/48nOAxC

I followed Massey’s planned sciences restructure closely after it was first flagged just before Covid hit three years ago. This time, Professor Dianne Brunton told me today, the plans are “much more brutal”. nzherald.co.nz/nz/significant…

Postdoc wanted in sunny Dunedin in the @peterkdearden Lab. Help develop genetic solutions to the control of invasive eusocial wasps. Skills in developmental biology and genetic transformation techniques preferred. otago.taleo.net/careersection/…

Happy #WorldBeeDay! 🐝🐝

RNA interference as a next‐generation control method for suppressing Varroa destructor reproduction in honey bee (Apis mellifera) hives - McGruddy - Pest Management Science - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

A novel antibody treatment reduces deformed wing virus loads in the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) | mSphere journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms…