This week, students with Oregon State University’s Bee School took a break in the OSU Pollinator Gardens on their last day of class (they were working on the Apidae) to ask questions of native bee biologist Sam Droege. ...
Andony Melathopoulos |
Jul 2018 |
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What winged wonder zooms forward and backward at speeds of up to 75 beats per second? The sharply iridescent hummingbird zooms by in a whir, searching for nectar to sip with its long, tubular tongue.
Jul 2018 |
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Large flies buzz and annoy, clustering together around windows and knocking into lampshades. These are cluster flies — noisy but harmless flies that enter homes through cracks and gaps.
Oregon ranks third for pears grown in the U.S. with 25% of the total grown. Bartlett, Comice and d'Anjou are the main cultivars grown in the state. There are 11,300 acres of pears grown in the Mid-Columbia region and ...