entomology

CARLISLE (AP) — Nearly 60,000 bees have been stolen from a grocery store company's field in Pennsylvania, the company said. The bees were said to be s...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A Penn State-led team of researchers will use a newly awarded $682,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Inst...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A ground-nesting bee family — commonly known as miner bees — could play a heightened role in rebuilding black cherry populations in ...

OPPOSITE : Kevin Abbott gave us a call about a wooly bear caterpillar he saw that contradicts the one seen by John DePetro. “I saw one crawling across...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — As a gauge against the ongoing decline of bee populations, the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners are helping to create Pennsylv...

Although many homeowners have reported a greatly diminished population of the spotted lanternfly around their properties, the invaders from Asia known...

TAR SPOT: Tar spot, a fungal leaf disease, was positively identified in a cornfield in Lancaster County this week. First discovered in Pennsylvania in...

ROOTWORM: The Penn State Extension offered some planting and bug tips as the growing season locally winds down. With rootworm adults emerging from cor...

BEES: The decline of bees and other pollinator populations threatens our global food security. Pollinators contribute to ecosystem health and a sustai...

AUSTIN — Visit Sinnemahoning State Park for a weekend of family fun. Wade into the wild world of crayfish, make a butterfly craft and watch a butterfl...

SOCIAL WASPS: The most common social wasps in Pennsylvania include paper wasps (Polistes species), yellowjackets (Vespula species), bald-faced hornets...

REMOVING WASPS: When social wasps pose a danger to their human neighbors, simple measures are available to reduce risk. Typically, bees or wasps becom...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) began its 2021 Black Fly Suppression Program this week. The program involve...

President Holly Spittler opened the general meeting of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) by thanking Ann Cavallero and Emily Zinsner...

HARRISBURG — Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding on Wednesday encouraged business travelers to join more than 1.2 million people at 26,000-plus comp...

Cameron County has been added to Pennsylvania’s spotted lanternfly quarantine zone. The county was one of eight added to the list this year, Agricultu...

SPRING FORWARD: The time is almost here to set the clocks an hour ahead for daylight saving time; March 14 at 2 a.m. to be exact. We change the clocks...

UNIVERSITY PARK — As the spotted lanternfly extension associate in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, Heather Leach often receives calls a...

Celebrate Labor Day weekend with an outdoor program at Sinnemahoning State Park. Programs include monarch butterfly tagging, local history presentatio...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Surinder Chopra, professor of maize genetics in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been awarded funding from the U.S...