
Jeni gives seminar at WSU Entomology and receives a "sweet" gift!
Thank you Washington State University Department of Entomology for the invitation to give a Hyde Seminar talk (https://entomology.wsu.edu...

Congrats Shelby Fettig, M.S.!
Congratulations to Shelby for successfully defending her master's thesis! Shelby conducted a field experiment with honey bees and found...

Western Apicultural Society, nice to meet you!
I was pleased to join Dr. Michelle Taylor and present at the Western Apicultural Society mini-conference to over 400 attendees. Many...

ESA Conference - Virtual edition!
Dr. Walke presented at the virtual Ecological Society of America conference in August 2020. She presented her research on environmental...

Congrats Philip Campos, M.S.!
Congratulations to Philip for successfully defending his master's thesis today! He found that frogs infected with the chytrid fungus had...

What do Bees, Guts, Soil, and Cancer have in common? The Microbiome!
Dr. Walke was honored to be in such great company on a panel to discuss the role of the microbiome in Bees, Guts, Soil, and Cancer at a...

"Little bugs in the big bugs" - Dr. Walke presents research to the Backyard Beekeepers
Dr. Walke enjoyed engaging with the Backyard Beekeepers at their meeting in Deer Park, WA to talk about what the "little bugs" (AKA...

Microbe! 2019 San Francisco - grad student presents at the American Society for Microbiology meeting
Walke lab graduate student presents their research on the effects of diet and nutrition on the honey bee gut microbiome, health, and...

Salamander swabbing in Oregon!
I had a wonderful visit to Oregon to meet with collaborators and sample Taricha newts to test for Bd and Bsal. Don't forget your hard hats!

Treating bees for mites...a family affair
We did our spring treatment for Varroa mites at our two experimental apiaries. We used oxalic acid vapor, which involved using a car...