Landscape Ecology of Insects
Gratton lab work in Iceland on annual midge emergence and land-lake linkages was the topic of a recent University of Maryland blog post. Thanks to the Department of Entomology at UMD for this great feature! http://entomology.umd.edu/news/iceland-the-land-of-fire-and-ice-and-midges-oh-my
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
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!
Click the link below to see the PDF of the poster Jeremy presented at this year’s meeting of the Entomological Society of America.
Work by Jeremy Hemberger and Claudio was featured in a nice article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. It was subsequently picked up by WPR. See the links below for the original articles! http://www.wpr.org/usda-hopes-expand-honey-bee-habitats-wisconsin http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/uw-madison-scientists-seek-alternatives-to-cranberry-pollination-b99306192z1-266945911.html