A5051701898- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Plant and animal studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education
Washington State University
2022-2023
Honey bee queens are the most critical individuals of a complex eusocial society. Queen banking is storage individually in cages and placed colony to be cared for by worker bees. producers bank excess as seasonal demand subsides summer provide an on-demand supply beekeepers. This approach, however, might threatened wildfires, decreased forage availability, climate change. For this study, we compared current outdoor queen practices northern California with indoor temperature-controlled...
Abstract The 2021 Student Debates of the Entomological Society America (ESA) were held at Annual Meeting in Denver, CO. event was organized by Subcommittee (SDS) Affairs Committee (SAC). theme “Transforming Entomology to Adapt Global Concerns”, with 3 topics. Each topic had an unbiased introduction and 2 teams. debate topics (i) Nonnative insect is ethical approach for counteracting proliferation overpopulation consumers, (ii) What best technology control undesirable pests urban agricultural...
Indoor storage of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) during winter months has been practiced for decades to protect colonies from the adverse effects long, harsh months. Beekeepers have recently employed indoor reduce labor, feeding costs, theft, and woodenware degradation. Despite growing number stored indoors, national survey results still reveal high losses. Varroa mites (Varroa destructor Anderson Trueman) are most critical threat colony survival health because they contribute transmission...