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1 week ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Scott Weybright |RJ Wolcott |Steve Nakata |Devin Rokyta
PULLMAN, Wash. — Scientists have unveiled a new food source designed to sustain honey bee colonies indefinitely without natural pollen. Published April 16 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the research from Washington State University and APIX Biosciences NV in Belgium details successful trials where nutritionally stressed colonies, deployed for commercial crop pollination in Washington state, thrived on the new food source.
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1 month ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Scott Weybright |Steve Nakata |Addy Hatch |Devin Rokyta
Commercial honey bee colony losses in the U.S. could reach 60 to 70% in 2025, according to entomologists at Washington State University. Over the past decade, annual losses have typically ranged between 40 and 50%.
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1 month ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Scott Weybright |Devin Rokyta |Tina Hilding |Voiland College
Toby Watanabe came to Washington State University to study apparel design, hoping to eventually pursue a career in the outdoor apparel industry. A recent study tour of Chinese manufacturing facilities and university was an unexpected bonus to his college experience. “The department here is great, but I didn’t think I would have an opportunity like this,” said Watanabe, who came to WSU from Oahu, Hawaii.
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2 months ago | 
news.wsu.edu | Scott Weybright |Levi McGarry |Devin Rokyta
PULLMAN, Wash. — Foods that evoke a sense of nostalgia and comfort and have good texture variety are important considerations in prepared meals aimed at older adults, according to new Washington State University research. “We want to help the prepared food industry produce appetizing, healthy meals for older adults,” said Carolyn Ross, professor in WSU’s School of Food Science.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
news.wsu.edu | Scott Weybright |RJ Wolcott |Sara Zaske |Phyllis Shier
Priya Chakrabarti Basu discovered her love for honey bees studying zoology as a graduate student in her native India. Honey bees, however, were not a common topic of research in her home country. Her faculty advisors were actually an ecologist and a molecular cardiologist.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Scott Weybright |Tina Hilding |Voiland College |Karen Hunt
Incarcerated individuals have few personal rights, but one they do retain is the ability to create advance directive plans for their health care. Unfortunately, few know that this is the case. A new project led by a Washington State University graduate student will educate more incarcerated people about their options as they approach the end of their lives.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
m.farms.com | Scott Weybright
By Scott WeybrightA new study at Washington State University will look at a variety of soil health changes in lands enrolled in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). WSU scientists will use a USDA Farm Service Agency grant to track soil health, wheat yields, and soil microbiology for lands used in CRP, a voluntary program that encourages farmers and landowners to convert highly erodible and other environmentally sensitive acreage to vegetative cover.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Scott Weybright |Connie Young |Tina Hilding |Voiland College
Dr. Wigglesworth is an internationally known scientist, but could he have killed Elinor Rickardsen? Or could Jeeves, the friendly server, have dispatched the wealthy heiress? No, it’s not a true crime podcast: This is a graded project at Washington State University. Students in Entomology 103 are using forensic entomology techniques to solve the mystery this week for an assignment. Next week, the rest of the WSU community can also participate.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
m.farms.com | Scott Weybright
By Scott WeybrightCougar Gold cheese and ice cream from Ferdinand’s Ice Cream Shoppe rely on one thing above all others: milk. Most of that milk comes from WSU’s Knott Dairy Center, where roughly 160 lactating cows are milked every day. That dairy farm was built over 60 years ago and the infrastructure is pushing its serviceable life. Thanks to support from the Washington State Legislature, part of the dairy is being modernized, benefiting students, employees, cheese fans, and the cows themselves.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
news.wsu.edu | Scott Weybright |Isaac Donovan |WSU College |Lacey Desserault
Cougar Gold cheese and ice cream from Ferdinand’s Ice Cream Shoppe rely on one thing above all others: milk. Most of that milk comes from WSU’s Knott Dairy Center, where roughly 160 lactating cows are milked every day. That dairy farm was built over 60 years ago and the infrastructure is pushing its serviceable life. Thanks to support from the Washington State Legislature, part of the dairy is being modernized, benefiting students, employees, cheese fans, and the cows themselves.
