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Six Graduate Students Win Entomology Awards

Six graduate students in the Department of Entomology have received Robert van den Bosch Scholarships offered by the Center for Biological Control at UC Berkeley. The scholarships, which range from $5,000 to $20,000, may be used for graduate student salary, tuition and fees, laboratory help, supplies or travel for research. The six students are: Erich...
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Flowers Can Endanger Bees

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Despite their beauty, flowers can pose a grave danger to bees by providing a platform of parasites to visiting bees, a team of researchers has determined. “Flowers are hotspots for parasite spread between and within pollinator populations,” said Peter Graystock , a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Entomology at the University...
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