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Undergraduates Blossom Researching Bees in Summer STEM Experience

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Nov 22, 2024

STEPS Joins Forces with Water Resource Recovery Facilities to Develop Innovative Data-Driven Management Solutions
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Nov 12, 2024

Paddleboarding for Pollen

Can certain diets keep bees healthy? That’s what applied ecology graduate student April Sharp aims to find out by studying Crithidia bombi, a fecal-orally transmitted parasite that may contribute to worldwide bee declines. 
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Oct 28, 2024

Flexing for Mussels

Funding from N.C. Department of Transportation helps research to protect endangered freshwater shellfish. 
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Oct 28, 2024

Zom-bees, Mummies and Vampire Mites: Three Tales of Haunted Hives

David Tarpy and Brad Metz in Applied Ecology reveal three spooky enemies of the western honey bee, including zombifying parasites, mummifying fungi and vampire mites. 
Ants on a plant in Peru.

Oct 14, 2024

Study Finds Mutualistic Relationships Changing With Climate

As temperatures heat up, the beneficial relationship between certain ants and plants in Peru cools down. 
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Oct 14, 2024

NC State Breaks Ground on New Apiculture Research Facility

The future for bees is brighter with the recent groundbreaking of NC State University’s new 5,000-square-foot apiculture research facility. 
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Oct 9, 2024

Creating Cultural Connections Through Aquatic Ecology

Applied Ecology Professor Alonso Ramirez has built a welcoming community for Latino students and researchers through ongoing research and initiatives. 

Oct 7, 2024

How a Common Economic Theory Could Help Save Endangered Frogs

A new study applies modern portfolio theory to provide conservation investment strategies to protect coquí llanero populations in Puerto Rico. 
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Aug 21, 2024

Buoying Kenyan Aquaculture

Applied Ecology Professor Harry Daniels hopes to support the budding aquaculture industry in Kenya through a growing partnership. 

Aug 15, 2024

Undergraduates Blossom Researching Bees in Summer STEM Experience

Eleven undergraduate researchers with diverse academic backgrounds came to NC State University from colleges across the country for BeeMORE (Bees and Microbes in Organized Research Experiences), a nine-week summer research program.…