Nash Turley
Postdoctoral Researcher
Huck Affiliations
News Articles Featuring Nash Turley
Sep 27, 2024
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.
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Sep 26, 2024
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.
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Sep 26, 2024
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.
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Jul 11, 2023
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.
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Apr 19, 2023
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.
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Aug 29, 2022
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.
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