{"id":119106,"date":"2025-01-10T12:50:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;eventDate=2026-03-27#038;eventDate=2026-02-06#038;eventDate=2025-06-04#038;p=106787"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:03:19","slug":"science-today-march-2026-2026-03-06-2026-03-27","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-today-march-2026-2026-03-06-2026-03-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Science TODAY: Floral Pharmacies for Bees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>plants that reduce disease prevalence and transmission in bee communities<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-119094 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-1024x769.png\" alt=\"Photo of a globe-shaped theater taken from the ceiling looking down with people standing on balconies and seated on the main floor. A presenter stages on a small stage with a large image of a frog projected behind the stage.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-500x375.png 500w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DailyPlanetTheaterintheRound.png 1506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Topic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-paragraph\">Infectious diseases are a major driver of bee declines, but the plants we choose for our gardens and pollinator habitats may help reduce disease prevalence and transmission. This talk will share current research from NCSU evaluating how medicinal plant diets can be used to reduce disease in an important pollinator community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Expert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>April Sharp, PhD candidate in Biological Sciences at North Carolina State University<\/p>\n<p><em>Go inside the globe of the SECU Daily Planet Theater for live presentations and interactive shows led by scientists and educators. Meet researchers, witness live demonstrations, and engage in Q&amp;A sessions with experts. With ever-changing topics and guests, there\u2019s always something new and exciting to learn.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>plants that reduce disease prevalence and transmission in bee communities Today&#8217;s Topic Infectious diseases are a major driver of bee declines, but the plants we choose for our gardens and pollinator habitats may help reduce disease prevalence and transmission. This talk will share current research from NCSU evaluating how medicinal plant diets can be used&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/event\/science-today-march-2026-2026-03-06-2026-03-27\/\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[3,4,5,12,13,15,25,47,247],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119106"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119850,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/119106\/revisions\/119850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119106"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=119106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}