University of Wisconsin–Madison

Author: hemberger

Citizen Science with Pollinators!

The Wisconsin chapter of the Society of Conservation Biology is organizing a citizen science program examining wild bees in the Lakeshore Nature preserve of the UW campus.  The project will begin with a kickoff event June 14th at the Arboretum, which will focus on the field methods being used in this work, as well as …

Live on Larry Meiller!

  Claudio and Jeremy were featured in a live interview on Wisconsin Public Radio’s (WPR) Larry Meiller show.  Their visit included discussions about pollinator health and status, and Jeremy’s work with tracking bumblebees using radio tags. Check out the links below to listen to the show! http://www.wpr.org/shows/tagging-bees-support-pollinators http://www.wpr.org/listen/731116

BeeCam is live!

We now have a livestream to one of our research bumblebee colonies!  Please visit the following to see them hard at work.  A simple Livestream account or log in via Facebook is necessary to view, but it’s worth it, trust us!

Jeremy’s ESA 2014 Poster

Click the link below to see the PDF of the poster Jeremy presented at this year’s meeting of the Entomological Society of America.

Former lab member ESA fellow!

Congratulations to former Ph.D student and now post-doc at University of Kentucky, Jamin Dreyer, for receiving the Entomological Society of America’s Science Policy Fellowship.  See details on the program and the announcement below: http://www.entsoc.org/sci-pol/esa-science-policy-class-of-2014 http://www.entsoc.org/sci-pol/esa-science-policy-fellows-program