Spring pollinator symposium buzzes into MSU’s Asbjornson Hall
Following the afternoon events of the SustainabiliBASH, the Montana State University Pollinator Health Center will host a Pollinator Symposium on Thursday, April 18th. The evening gathering will follow the bash from 6–8pm in Inspiration Hall of the new Asbjornson Hall on MSU’s campus.
This event will feature short research talks by MSU graduate students, pollinator films, and a Q&A session with local bee experts including Michelle Flennken, co-director of the Pollinator Center, and Casey Delphia, native and wild bee expert. Free and open to the public.
MSU’s Pollinator Health Center brings together faculty from disciplines across MSU as well as expertise from federal and state agencies to examine: the molecular mechanisms of pollinator host-pathogen interactions; plant-pollinator biodiversity and ecosystem function; pollinator identification in the Rocky Mountain West; pollination services; pollinator losses and conservation; the impacts of chemicals (including pesticides) on pollinator health; and ecological drivers of plant-pollinator biodiversity and ecosystem function across spatiotemporal scales. Learn more by visiting www.montana.edu/pollinators. •