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entomologist

en tuh mo luh juhst

  • n  a zoologist who studies insects

  • Holman met Franois Huber, a pioneering blind entomologist who, like Holman, had managed to carve out a career despite his disability.
  • Jason Byrd, a well-known forensic entomologist, says that body farms are becoming more important as stranger-on-stranger crime is on the increase.
  • The bugs are great "hitchhikers," says Fred Rozo, an associate certified entomologist at Western Exterminator Pest Control in Southern California.
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  • 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

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