WSU starts sperm bank for honeybees PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) -- There's a lot of buzz at Washington State University over work to develop the first sperm bank for honeybees. Entomologist Steve Sheppard and his crew are using liquid nitrogen to preserve bee semen. The goal is to preserve and improve the stock of honeybees and to prevent subspecies from extinction. Honeybees are serious business. Washington's $1 billion apple crop, for ...
June 16, 2013 - KGW NewsChannel 8 Portland
Washington State U starts sperm bank for honeybees PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — There's a lot of buzz at Washington State University over work to develop the first sperm bank for honeybees. Entomologist Steve Sheppard and his crew are using liquid nitrogen to preserve bee semen. The goal is to preserve and improve the stock of honeybees and to prevent subspecies from extinction.
June 16, 2013 - The Wenatchee World
Watch out for ticks this year The unsettlingly creepy feeling of a small, blood-sucking arachnid making its way up a leg might become more common this summer, according to South Dakota State University Extension urban entomologist Buyung Hadi.
June 16, 2013 - The Argus Leader