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10/26/2026

Join us for a Homecoming Tailgate hosted by Purdue Agriculture and Purdue Vet Med!

Stop by Memorial Mall (south end) on Saturday, November 7, 2026 anytime between 10am and noon, before the 12:30pm football kickoff against Maryland for a visit filled with Boilermaker spirit, great food, and departmental displays - including Entomology!🐝🦋🐛

Enjoy a catered meal from Shoup's Country Foods.

FREE to attend—please register in advance:
https://events.blackthorn.io/en/3ktO526/ag-vet-med-homecoming-tailgate-4a9GQp30Mr/overview

See you there & Boiler Up!

10/26/2026

10/22/2026

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Each summer, Purdue University’s honey bee colonies reward a season of work and research with a bounty of honey. Students and staff gather surplus honey from the research colonies, transport the frames to an off-site extraction facility and process the and bottle the harvest as Boiler Bee Honey. T...

10/13/2026

Purdue University’s College of Agriculture recognized nine alumni at the Distinguished Agriculture Alumni Award ceremony on Oct. 2, 2026.

09/26/2026

The results of our bioblitz are in!

Greater Lafayette Bloomington
Observations: 2,992 1,344
Species: 796 518
Observers: 157 114

The bee is staying in West Lafayette! Thanks to City of Bloomington, IN - Parks and Recreation and IUB Bee Campus for competing with us!

09/21/2026

Our department had a busy weekend! Dr. Andrew Johnston kicked off our BioBlitz competition with the City of Bloomington, IN - Parks and Recreation and Bee Campus IUB at Celery Bog.

Interested in joining? There are still plenty of ways to participate:

1) Any observation made in Tippecanoe County counts toward our score.
2) Join us at one of this week's campus events, or meet up for one final push before the competition ends at McAllister Park on Saturday!

Track our Progress at the Parks For Pollinators page: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/parks-for-pollinators-2026

09/19/2026

Come see us at the Indiana State Museum TinkerFest!

09/15/2026

Join us this weekend to kick off our Parks For Pollinators events! No fancy cameras required.

We will be at Celery Bog from 10am-12pm. Find all the details in the link below ⬇️

09/11/2026

Bee-hold! The BioBlitz trophy is currently living its best life in West Lafayette!
Help us keep this specimen in its rightful home (Sorry City of Bloomington, IN - Parks and Recreation 😉) and come out to our Parks for Pollinator BioBlitz events! Our first event is next Saturday, September 19th at Celery Bog from 10am-12pm. Check out the details in the link below.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1ERZu5YZ8n/

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901 W State St
West Lafayette, IN
47907

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+17654944554

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http://www.ag.purdue.edu/entm

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