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Solitary nesting bees, like this native leafcutter bee, will get better houses that will augment their numbers through a University of Manitoba open competition.

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Top Crop Manager: The latest buzz around wild bees. Move over honey bees.

October 9, 2024 — 
The latest buzz around wild bees. Move over honey bees.

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Ruth Bonneville / Free Press Thilina Hettiarachchi is internationally

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Winnipeg Free Press: Bee’s needs Entomology student’s research, photography aims to help save ‘one of the most important’ bugs on the planet

September 17, 2024 — 
Bee’s needs Entomology student’s research, photography aims to help save ‘one of the most important’ bugs on the planet

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Associate Professor, Curator, Roughley Museum of Entomology, Jason Gibbs

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Now Toronto: ‘Healthy addition to a balanced diet,’ Canadian entomologist explains why eating fish flies could be good for the environment

August 2, 2024 — 
‘Healthy addition to a balanced diet,’ Canadian entomologist explains why eating fish flies could be good for the environment

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Jason Gibbs shows a case of beetles, collected from around the world

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

CTV Winnipeg: Manitoba warns fruit growers about invasive pest

July 24, 2024 — 
Manitoba warns fruit growers about invasive pest

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Kyle Bobiwash smiles wide in front of cedar bushes.

Research and International

Meet Kyle Bobiwash, 2023 Rh Award Winner in the Interdisciplinary category

May 24, 2024 — 
Dr. Kyle Bobiwash is the 2023 recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award in the Interdisciplinary category.

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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

CTV Saskatoon: Saskatoon exterminator says cockroaches live ‘everywhere you go’

April 17, 2024 — 
Saskatoon exterminator says cockroaches live 'everywhere you go'

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