*Wednesday, October 14, 2009*

University Park, Pa. -- Penn State research on honeybee health and Colony
Collapse Disorder (CCD) will receive a boost as a result of a $100,000 gift
from the E.B. O'Keeffe Foundation. The award will fund a competitive
graduate fellowship that will pair a student's area of study with a leading
researcher already working on that problem. The search for candidates will
be conducted nationally beginning this fall.
The foundation specifically targeted goal-oriented research in honeybee
decline, stipulating that studies supported by the gift should focus on
pesticide exposure, parasites and viruses affecting honeybee populations.
The foundation identified Penn State as a recipient based on its reputation
as a leader in this field.

The gift, according to Gary Felton, professor and head of entomology in Penn
State's College of Agricultural Sciences, is large enough to extend beyond
tuition costs to fund the actual research and enable the student to attend
meetings, purchase equipment and fund presentation of research results.

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