Final ICP Newsletter Released The Project ICP team has released a summary newsletter to highlight some of the findings of this USDA-NIFA funded project. Inside you’ll find summaries of our research and extension work, some news from our team members,…
New Video: Managing Blue Orchard Bees for Almond Pollination
June 30, 2017 — A growing number of specialty crop growers are using alternative managed bees, including the cavity-nesting blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria), to supplement or replace managed honey bee pollination of their crops. Researchers on the Integrated Crop…
New Video Series: Planting Flowering Habitat for Bees
For release March 13, 2017 — Many specialty crop growers are looking to incorporate pollinator habitat plantings on their farms to support bees, crop pollination, and yields. A new video series produced by the Integrated Crop Pollination Project will guide…
Meet Nikki Rothwell, ICP Researcher and Cidermaker
Michigan State University AgBioResearch recently profiled Dr. Nikki Rothwell, coordinator of the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center, Project ICP researcher working on cherry pollination, and award-winning cidermaker. Dr. Rothwell has been at the MSU research center since 2004, and works closely with…
Wild bees a key topic at MSU’s Pollination Forum
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…
The Integrated Crop Pollination Project featured on radio station WKAR in Michigan!
Public radio station WKAR interviewed Prof. Rufus Isaacs (MSU), the Principle Investigator of the Integrated Crop Pollination Project! In this interview Rufus talks about his research and how to support crop pollinators. http://wkar.org/post/build-habitat-and-they-will-come-msu-research-aims-bring-bees-back-midwest-farms#stream/0
ICP Researcher Develops New Tools for Survey Data
Project ICP researcher Kelly Garbach (Point Blue Conservation Science, formerly Loyola University-Chicago), in collaboration with Geoffrey Morgan (Carnegie Mellon University), has developed two publicly-available, open-source programs for anonymizing and cleaning up data from large surveys. As part of the Integrated Crop…
Great story on the Integrated Crop Pollination Project by MSU Today
“MSU Today” published a story with an overview of what researchers on the Integrated Crop Pollination Project are learning about specialty crop pollination in the United States. Read the full story here.
New Study Compares Blueberry Pollination in Different North American Growing Regions
Highbush blueberries grown in different regions of North America are pollinated by markedly different communities of bees, with economically important pollination deficits in blueberries grown outside of the natural range of its wild relatives, according to a new study published today in PLOS ONE. The team of Project ICP…
New video: The Benefits of Planting Flowers for Bees
How can we help bees and ensure that farmers continue to get consistent, reliable pollination? A new video produced by the Integrated Crop Pollination Project explores one solution that’s gaining support around the world: adding wildflowers to field edges. Planting flowers, especially…