05/21/2026
The semester is winding down, but our busy work continues. Students and faculty in the biology department are just about to launch into the summer research mode. Yesterday, a group of students visited the entomology collection at Iowa State University and helped with databasing specimens in the collection, some of which were collected in 1925! Databasing historical insect collections is critical for us to understand the distribution of insect pollinators in Iowa and their range shift over the years, and so we can better protect these animals' future, which is critical to the fruit and vegetable production in the state. This is part of the ongoing "Bees of Iowa" project that is led by our graduate student Trevor Greene.
