Randall P Cass
Bee Extension Specialist
Area of Expertise:
Honey bees, Native bees, Pollinators
pollinators
What do you call monarch butterflies in Australia?
Show:
Soybean Pest Podcast
Season:
6
Episode:
24
Description:
Today, Matt and Erin talk about the upcoming ESA meeting (Entomological Society of America) in Minneapolis next month. It's not too late to register for the meeting: http://entsoc.org/entomology2015. Matt also highlights an upcoming seminar about monarch butterflies in the ISU entomology department. Dr. Meron Zalucki, University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences, Australia, is presenting on November 9. Come to listen in person or watch at your convenience here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyJpsN5fR8Ia2WJNllyvB1Q.
The ISU Monarch Consortium is hosting Dr. Zalucki and have other research and outreach projects: http://monarch.ent.iastate.edu/.
File:
Category:
The pros of conservation
Show:
Soybean Pest Podcast
Season:
6
Episode:
18
Description:
In this episode, Matt and Erin transition from providing weekly field crop pest updates to other topics of interest. They discuss the new assessment form provided by the Xerces Society to help farmers understand the value of beneficial insect conservation. Find the form here: http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/HAG_BeneficialInsects_June2015_web.pdf
Category:
Survey of soybean insect pollinators: community identification and sampling method analysis
Investigators: Dr. Matthew E. O'Neal and Joe Wheelock Read more about Survey of soybean insect pollinators: community identification and sampling method analysis
Optimizing buffer strips for insect-derived ecosystem services
Investigator: Dr. Matthew O'Neal Read more about Optimizing buffer strips for insect-derived ecosystem services
