Landscape Ecology of Insects
We have put together a special page for pollinator specific resources! This page points farmers, other scientists, and anyone interested in pollinator protection to a collection of resources available both online, and in-text that can help YOU protect bees regardless of where you live! Check it out here!
Check out the nice article that the GLBRC Communications folks put together regarding a recent Gratton Lab paper about ecosystem service tradeoffs that come with working perennial energy crops into agricultural landscapes.
Gratton lab member Rachel Mallinger has created an online WI Wild Bee Guide for native bee species commonly found in the spring and early summer. The guide allows users to identify bee species using picture matching or a dichotomous key. The guide’s purpose is two-fold: allow people to identify bees themselves and act as a citizen-science tool …
Here is a nicely done piece by Eleanor Nelson of WPR and QuestScience on some of the bee work we do in the lab. http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/what-can-insects-teach-us-about-sustainability/ This was accompanied by a lovely video as well. Watch Meet the Natives: Wild Bees on PBS. See more from QUEST. I am sure we will be getting emails and …
This past week was the 2013 Wisconsin State Fair. It had near record high attendance, with over million visitors over 11 days (eating a total of 387,000 cream puffs!). One of them was me (Kaitlin), and it was my first time at any state or county fair. It was great, and I already can’t wait …