Nash Turley

Postdoctoral Researcher

Huck Affiliations

News Articles Featuring Nash Turley

Backyard bee watchers, photographers help discover multiple new species in Pa.

A Penn State study, whose results were recently published in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America, involved 26 trained volunteers. The collection effort, supplemented by photos submitted in the app iNaturalist, resulted in eight bee species being recorded in Pennsylvania for the first time.

New bees species discovered in Pennsylvania, giving scientists hope

Two years ago, Pennsylvania State University gathered 26 volunteers for a unique bee monitoring program in Pennsylvania, and the results of the program are finally available to the public. To the researchers' delight, six of the bee species that were monitored were entered into public record for the first time.

Six new types of bees found in Pennsylvania for the first time

Between August 2021 and December 2022, PSU gathered 26 extensively trained volunteers, many master gardeners, and collected more than 9,000 bees across 31 Pennsylvania counties. The results, published in July in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America, had scientists excited when they discovered six species of bees that had never been recorded in Pennsylvania.

Penn State Master Gardeners honored internationally for bee monitoring work

Penn State Extension Master Gardeners triumphed at the International Master Gardener Conference held June 18-22 in Overland Park, Kansas, earning first place in the research category of the David Gibby Search for Excellence Awards for their exceptional volunteer work and dedication to bee monitoring.

Organic beekeeping rivals conventional methods for bee health, productivity

Honey bee colonies managed using organic methods were as healthy and productive as those managed in conventional systems, while avoiding the use of synthetic pesticides to control pests and pathogens inside the hive, according to newly published research led by Penn State entomologists.

Study suggests one-third of wild bee species in Pa. have declined in abundance

Over a six-year period in southcentral Pennsylvania, measures of biodiversity among wild bee communities declined and one-third of species experienced decreases in abundance, according to a Penn State-led team of researchers.