Cicadas Know How to End a Multiyear Lockdown Katherine J. Wu
A lot can change in 17 years. The last time the cicadas were here, the virus behind the SARS outbreak had finally retreated. George W. Bush was campaigning for his second presidential term, and Myspace had commenced its meteoric rise. Tobey Maguire was still the reigning Spider-Man. The year was 2004, and a roaring mass of red-eyed, black-bodied insects had just mated and died and left behind billions of baby bugs, heirs of the hallowed Brood X, to burrow into the soil for a lonely stint underground.
Now, as the world attempts to trounce a new SARS-like virus, these orphaned insects are resurfacing for their first taste of sunlight in nearly two decades. By mid-May or so, a dozen states in the Mid-Atlantic, South, and Midwest will be bombarded with teenage bugs, creaking out choruses of come-hither calls some as loud as lawn mowers and jonesing for sex. For a few short, glorious weeks, the newly liberate
Obituary: Dr. Leonard Ray Ramsey
Posted at 11:48 AM, Feb 08, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-08 13:48:01-05
Dr. Leonard Ray Ramsey went to be with his Lord on January 28, 2021, in Bozeman, Montana and was born in St. Ignatius, Montana, on September 5, 1953, to Jim and Helen Ramsey.
His family, including two older brothersâJohn and Ronâmoved to Missoula, where Len grew up and graduated with high honors from Sentinel High School in 1971. He graduated from the University of Montana with a degree in chemistry and a minor in medical sciences in 1975.
Len started dating Cindy Johnson when he was 16 and she was 14 when she asked him to the âFall Firesideâ high school dance. They were married in 1975, and just a year later, they both came to know Jesus as Lord and Savior.
MSU Extension co-hosts Michigan Beekeepers’ Association Virtual 2021 Spring Conference
February 2, 2021
The Michigan Beekeepers’ Association Spring Virtual Conference promises four days of content sure to interest beekeepers, people considering beekeeping, honey bee enthusiasts and hive product developers.
A beekeeper inspects a colony in an MSU Extension and Education Apiary. Photo by Dan Wyns.
Michigan State University Extension will co-host the Michigan Beekeepers’ Association’s Spring Conference held virtually March 3-6, 2021. Beekeepers and people interested in learning more about beekeeping, honey bees, hive products, drones, and bee-related arts and culture are welcome to attend. The Michigan Beekeepers’ Association celebrates its 156 years of serving Michigan beekeepers, and the association supports over 30 local beekeeping clubs in Michigan. Past conferences hosted by the Michigan Beekeepers’ Association have received over 600 attendees.