Charles Nicholson, a graduate student working for Project ICP and Taylor Ricketts’ lab, received an NSF Graduate Student Research Fellowship. Click here to read more about Charles’ accomplishment.
Blue Orchard Bee As Alternative Pollinator
Call it mason bee or blue orchard bee. Osmia lignaria is known by a few names, but it may soon be serving a singular purpose as a valuable alternative pollinator in almond orchards, particularly for smaller growers. Read more about…
Fruit Grower News
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Project ICP Newsletter January 2015
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Beekeeping Operation Acquired by Paramount Farming
Paramount Farms, a leading almond and pistachio grower, has made significant efforts to make sure that bees will be available for California almond growers. For more information about Paramount Farms recent efforts, click here.
Researchers to Highlight Advances in Specialty Crop Pollination at Portland Meeting
PORTLAND – Leading scientists from around the country are convening in Portland, Oregon to present research addressing how farmers can improve pollination and increase yields in specialty crops. A symposium, “Broadening the Horizons for Pollination of US Specialty Crops” will…
ICP Project Member Wins Prestigious Pritzlaff Conservation Award
The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is pleased to announce the winner of the 2014 Honorable John C. Pritzlaff Conservation Award, Dr. Claire Kremen, from the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at U.C. Berkeley. Dr. Kremen is recognized world-wide…
Project ICP Newsletter January 2014
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Plan Bee
Honeybees have been the first choice of growers across the United States to pollinate crops and improve the quality of their yields for nearly four centuries. Imported from Europe in the early years of North American colonization, honeybees became a…
MSU Pollination Project Expands to Investigate an Alternative Pollinator
In northern Michigan, spring still seems like a ways off, but the MSU Integrated Crop Pollination team is preparing for bloom in cherry. This season, we will be expanding our project to include using the alternative pollinator, Osmia cornifrons, horn-faced…