Wild bees a key topic at MSU’s Pollination Forum

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Project ICP research partners and advisory board members gathered at Michigan State University for their 2016 Annual Meeting, and held a Pollination Forum for the general public on November 28th.

The Integrated Crop Pollination Project held a Pollination Forum for the general public at Michigan State University on November 28th. Speakers included keynote speaker Marla Spivak (University of Minnesota), as well as Project ICP research and outreach partners Theresa Pitts-Singer (USDA-ARS), Kelly Garbach (Point Blue Conservation Science), Mace Vaughan (The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation), and Rufus Isaacs (Michigan State University).

The forum was featured in this review in Michigan Farm News, “Wild bees key topic at MSU’s Pollination Forum.” Topics covered at the forum included the many issues facing bees and the solutions being developed to support crop pollination.