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Bee Foraging Chronically Impaired by Pesticide Exposure

November 3, 2014  |  Vermont Center for Ecostudies

A study co-authored by a University of Guelph scientist that involved fitting bumblebees with tiny radio frequency tags shows long-term exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide hampers bees’ ability to forage…

Plight of the Pollinators on UVM Extension’s ‘Across The Fence’

February 12, 2014  |  Kent McFarland

Recently, VCE biologist Kent McFarland was on Across the Fence, produced by the University of Vermont Extension. They have been on-air on WCAX-TV since 1955, the longest-running, locally-produced television program in the…

December eNews

December 6, 2013  |  Bryan Pfeiffer

The December edition of VCE’s eNews features snowy owls arriving, peregrine falcons dying, and vernal pools being conserved. If you’re not already an email subscriber, you can join with a…

Bumble Bees in Peril

December 2, 2013  |  Bryan Pfeiffer

Unprecedented search by VCE reveals four species either extinct or declining More than one-quarter of Vermont’s bumble bee species, which are vital crop pollinators, have either vanished or are in…

VCE Presents 2013 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award

October 1, 2013  |  Chris Rimmer

Dave Hoag, a life-long resident of Grand Isle, is a man of few words but myriad natural history accomplishments. He’d rather talk about winged creatures than himself any day.

VCE Presents the 2012 Julie Nicholson Citizen Scientist Award

October 1, 2012  |  Vermont Center for Ecostudies

Citizen scientist Kevin Hemeon plans to continue his contributions to citizen science projects for as long as he can swing a net and hoist a pair of binoculars.