August 2011

Assistantship Opportunities

PhD Assistantship for Integrated Pest Management on Hops Posted 11/25/2014 The Department of Entomology at Washington State University is offering a new graduate research assistantships for candidates interested in pursuing a PhD in Entomology starting as soon as January 1, 2015. This assistantship will offer full support for 4 years based upon a recently awarded…

Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Instruction

Richard S. Zack, associate professor of entomology and director of the M.T. James entomological collection, earned the 2010-2011 Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Instruction. He is best known for his creativity and energy in teaching one of the most popular undergraduate courses at WSU Entomology 101: Insects & People. It is a general education option…

Entomology 362

Fundamentals of Beekeeping (Beekeeping Lab) Credits: 1 Prerequisites: ENTOM 361 Instructor: W.S. Sheppard Text: None.   OBJECTIVES OF COURSE To provide the student with practical, hands-on experience in beekeeping. LABORATORY OUTLINE Number of Periods & Topic 1 Safe handling of honey bees, equipment setup, installation of honey bees 1 Colony inspection, population growth, nutritional requirements…

Entomology 361

Honey Bee Biology (Beekeeping) Credits:1 Prerequisites: None. Instructor: W. S. Sheppard Text: The Hive and the Honey Bee, Ed. Dadant and Sons, eds. Hamilton, IL 1992. OBJECTIVES OF COURSE To acquaint students with the insect sociality and its role in development of biological theory (kin selection, sociobiology, superorganism). To provide students with specific knowledge about…

Research Sheds New Light on Bee Health

CAHNRS Connections Magazine 2011, by Kacie McPartland, MNEC intern New research conducted at WSU is the first to demonstrate the sub-lethal effects of pesticide residue exposure on an insect largely responsible for a third of the human diet. Judy Wu, a former entomology graduate student at WSU and current Ph.D. student at the University of…