Berry Crops Entomology at MSU

05/11/2024

Thanks for having us at the event today, to share some bee facts and conservation tips!

04/30/2024

Bloom came early this year, but the wild bees were ready. This Andrena miner bee was busy collecting pollen and pollinating blueberries in SW Michigan yesterday afternoon.

04/03/2023

The bee science presentation by Ronnie, Jenna, Ila, and Taylor was a big hit at the MSU Science Festival over the weekend.

People of all ages can dip their toes into the scientific side of life at the Michigan State University Steam Expo. Steam stands for science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics.

08/16/2022

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/spotted-lanternfly-detected-in-michigan-whats-next-for-fruit-hop-growers

None found in fruit crops, but be on the lookout for spotted lanternfly this fall.

06/08/2022

This Deep Look video is an amazing set of close-up footage from KQED showing how SWD infests berries and the wasp that we hope will soon limit the pests' populations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJsI50wQELU

05/16/2022

Blueberry pollination season is here

03/01/2022

https://www.goodfruit.com/spotted-wing-drosophila-resistance-its-getting-worrisome/ A good write-up about SWD resistance research, featuring our colleagues at UC Davis.

Entomology researcher Joanna Chiu picks out females

12/25/2021

Celebrating the season with a tasty English trifle, and giving thanks to the farmers, farmworkers, and of course the pollinators that made this possible. Our best wishes for 2022!

12/06/2021

Thanks to Phil Korson of Clearview Orchards, for hosting the pollinator ecology and management students over the weekend. We learned a lot about how they conserve and manage bees as part of their overall farm business.

08/13/2021

End of summer lunch at Crane's for our amazing research assistants working at the Fennville station. Some going back to college, others looking for grad school and/or research positions. If you're recruiting a student interested in crops, IPM, insects, ecology, and management, please let me know!

08/04/2021

Heading into August and today the lab was buzzing. Graduate student Ronnie Miller (R) was setting up some bumble bee experiments helped by our other new grad student, Lauren Goldstein (L), while summer research technician Sierra Avendt and I provided bee wrangling support. Graduate student Jenna Walters was processing her samples from spring pollination trials, while lab technicians Jackie Perkins and Andrew Jones cranked through more blueberry samples. That's Fletcher Robbins in the back processing SWD samples from blueberry farms. Science!!

04/21/2021

Lab outing this weekend! Were going to get the Happy Little Trees 5k completed, in support of Michigan State Parks.