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Planting for Pollinators

The ARS Bee Research Lab maintains a Pollinator Garden as an educational tool.

A scientist adds mulch to black-eyed Susan flowers in the Pollinator Garden

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A bottle of cedarwood oil and white cedarwood oil emulsion.
insects

Cedar’s Hidden Potential

ARS research finds cedarwood oil has potential as a natural pest-control agent and wood treatment.
The research site 10 years later, in May 2018, is dominated by a healthy mix of Siberian wheatgrass, bluebunch wheatgrass, and Sherman big bluegrass
natural resources

Cheating Cheatgrass

Controlling cheatgrass to restore rangelands, reduce wildfires and increase sustainable grazing resources.
natural resources

Healthier Waterways, Healthier You

ARS researchers studied bacterial levels in the waters collected by the Upper Oconee Watershed Network.

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A parasitic phorid fly attempts to lay an egg into a fire ant worker.
insects

Natural Enemies Close In on Fire Ants

Hunting for natural enemies of the red imported fire ant is paying off.
Jamie Flood updating Wikipedia entries about the special collections of Dr. Hazel Stiebling and watercolorist, Deborah Passmore .
general

National Agricultural Library Welcomes Wikipedian-in-Residence

The Library will host a public edit-a-thon on September 20 in Beltsville, MD
The Robot Hexapod (RHEX) with several different sensor attachments
natural resources

Gone with the Wind?

How a robot may show us why soils are disappearing.
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