[Pollinator] Free webinar series on crop pollination starts Jan 24

[Katharina Ullmann]

Hello!

A number of researchers associated with the Integrated Crop Pollination
Project will present a webinar series on crop pollination! See press
release below or visit the webinar series registration page
<http://articles.extension.org/pages/74051/2017-bee-health-webinar-series:-ensuring-crop-pollination-in-us-specialty-crops>
at Bee Health eXtension.org.

Please share with your networks!

Thank you,
Katharina



*Experts to present webinar series on crop pollination*

The majority of U.S. specialty crop growers depend on bees for pollination
of their crops. Growers know that without adequate pollination, they would
not be profitable. But what are the best pollination strategies for fruit,
vegetable, and nut crops? What farm management practices can growers use to
support bees and the crop pollination they provide? Experts in crop
pollination working under the Integrated Crop Pollination Project will
present on these topics and will report on their recent research in this
project as part of a webinar series titled: Ensuring crop pollination in US
specialty crops
<http://articles.extension.org/pages/74051/2017-bee-health-webinar-series:-ensuring-crop-pollination-in-us-specialty-crops>.
The webinar series will examine the role of wild bees, honey bees and other
managed bees in supporting crop pollination and yield in almond, blueberry,
tree fruit, pumpkin, and watermelon.

These webinars will all be 45-60 minutes long, with time for questions and
discussion with the presenter afterwards. Registered attendees will receive
a link to the slides and a recording afterwards.

The register, click on the link for each webinar that you are interested in
attending.

·         January 24, 2017, 2pm EST: E
<https://learn.extension.org/events/2925>nsuring almond pollination
<https://learn.extension.org/events/2939> (Theresa Pitts-Singer
<https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/logan-ut/pollinating-insect-biology-management-systematics-research/people/dr-theresa-pitts-singer/>,
USDA-ARS and Utah State University)

·         January 31, 2017, 2pm EST: Pollinating highbush blueberries: bees
bring bigger berries <https://learn.extension.org/events/2925> (R
<https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Pages/Vail.aspx>ufus Isaacs
<http://www.ent.msu.edu/directory/rufus_isaacs>, Michigan State University)

·         February 14, 2017, 2pm EST: Pollinating apples and cherries east
of the Rockies <https://learn.extension.org/events/2936> (Julianna Wilson
<http://www.ent.msu.edu/directory/julianna_wilson>, Michigan State
University)

·         February 28, 2017 2pm EST: On-farm pollinator benefits for
watermelon pollination <https://learn.extension.org/events/2952> (N
<http://enpp.auburn.edu/people/derrick-k-mathias/>eal Williams
<http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/Faculty/Neal_M_Williams/>, University of
California, Davis)

·         March 21, 2017, 2pm EST: E
<https://learn.extension.org/events/2845>nsuring pumpkin pollination
<https://learn.extension.org/events/2937> (Shelby Fleischer
<http://ento.psu.edu/directory/sjf4>, Pennsylvania State University)

·         March 28, 2017, 2pm EST: H
<https://learn.extension.org/events/2844>ow to manage solitary orchard bees
for crop pollination <https://learn.extension.org/events/2938> (Theresa
Pitts-Singer
<https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/logan-ut/pollinating-insect-biology-management-systematics-research/people/dr-theresa-pitts-singer/>,
USDA-ARS and Utah State University)

The webinar series will be hosted by eXtension.org
<http://articles.extension.org/bee_health>, an on-line co-operative
extension network, and can be accessed by anyone with an internet
connection. To learn more about the webinar series, visit the Bee Health
eXtension.org website
<http://articles.extension.org/pages/74051/2017-bee-health-webinar-series:-ensuring-crop-pollination-in-us-specialty-crops>
or
email icpbees at msu.edu. Certified Crop Advisor CEU credits applied for.
Funding for the webinar series is provided by the Integrated Crop
Pollination Project, a USDA-NIFA Specialty Crop Research Initiative Grant (
#2012-51181-20105).




-- 
*Katharina Ullmann, PhD*
National Crop Pollination Specialist
Tel: (530) 302-5504


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