By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Service Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener

Western bumble bee on yellow flower
Western Bumblebee Photo: Stephen Ausmus, Agriculture Research Service, USDA

The ABCs of plants for Bees! (Abi Saeed, Gardenprofessors.com) https://bit.ly/3tiYmyx

Surfing the “green wave.”  Is it spring yet where you are? How can you tell? (Pam Knox, Gardenprofessors.org) https://bit.ly/3wbT9dy

An Introduction to growing under lights. (By Miri Talabac, UMD) https://bit.ly/3qaAnzo


VIDEOS from NPIC (National Pesticide Information Center, OSU)

Bacillus thuringiensis:   https://bit.ly/3Ji4EDT

Spinosad:  https://bit.ly/3CW6mIY

What does it mean when food is organic?:  https://bit.ly/3ivh2oB


Dorsal view of Giant Asian Hornet
Giant Asian Hornet, Oregon Department of Agriculture

How to make irresistible traps for Asian giant hornets using sex.  “Traps placed near nests in China attracted thousands of males.” (Erin Garcia de Jesús, Sciencenews.org) https://bit.ly/3MYPndF


Insects on a Plane: How Eusocial Ants, Bees, and Wasps Deal With Viruses. (Melissa Mayer, entomologytoday.org) https://bit.ly/3Jhfhqt


Mosquito on skin.
Mosquito, National Pesticide Information Center, OSU

Mosquitoes may be attracted to certain colours. (Cassandra Edmunds, theconversation.com) https://bit.ly/3wdbaIo

Hidden Diversity: When One Wasp Species is Actually 16. (Entomology today) https://bit.ly/3th6teR

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