Pollinator conservation
@ UW-Eau Claire

Hello - Laura and Jensen here!  We are a part of the Biology Research Scholars Program at UW-Eau Claire where we get to understand the processes of research with a faculty mentor [Dr. Bernauer-the best!]. This past summer we looked into the difference between Honeybee and Bumblebee foraging behaviors including buzz pollination, flowers visited per minute, stigmal contact, and temperature effects at the Wisconsin Cranberry research station near Black River Falls.  We were able

In early November, five members of the Bernauer lab headed to Portland, OR, to present at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America meeting. For all of us, this was our first visit to the Pacific Northwest, and we were excited to visit a new state! On Saturday, we woke up (very) early to head to the airport in Minneapolis where we quickly began running into other conference goers (the giveaways were insect-inspired apparel and/or seeing a poster tube being ca

Hello! Kinsley and Orlean here,  We are the bumble bee surveying team here with updates about how our research went over the summer in...