2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section P-IE10. Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Evidence for pollen as a route of virus transmission in the pollinator community
Rajwinder Singh, Penn State University; Abby Kalkstein, Penn State University; Diana Cox-Foster, Penn State University; Edwin Rajotte, Penn State University; Nancy Ostiguy, Penn State University; Dennis VanEngelsdorp, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture; Edward C. Holmes, Pennsylvania State University; Claude dePamphilis, Pennsylvania State University; Rick Donovall, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

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The use of hen egg white lysozyme to control chalkbrood disease in honey bee colonies
Amanda Van Haga, University of Alberta; B. Andrew Keddie, University of Alberta; Stephen F. Pernal, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

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Reproductive parameters of citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso)
Rebeccah A. Waterworth, University of California - Riverside; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California - Riverside; J. Steven McElfresh, University of California - Riverside; Ian M. Wright, University of California - Riverside

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Persistent and reticent foraging strategies: Energy optimization in honey bee (Apis mellifera) nectar foraging
Byron N. Van Nest, East Tennessee State University; Darrell Moore, East Tennessee State University

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The foraging behavior of a native pollinator, Bombus vosnesenskii (Radoszkowski) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), in flowering red clover
Kimberly Skyrm, Oregon State University; Sujaya Rao, Oregon State University; William Stephen, Oregon State University

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Sublethal effects of imidacloprid and amitraz on Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) larval development and larval susceptibility to Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman (Mesostigmata: Varroidae)
Tricia Toth, University of Florida

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Controlling Varora destructor in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies with limited acaricide application
Holly Wantuch, North Carolina State University; David R. Tarpy, North Carolina State University

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Mapping sleep behavior in a society of insects: Spatial and temporal analysis of worker honey bee sleep
Barrett Anthony Klein, The University of Texas at Austin; Martin Stiegler, University of Würzburg; Arno Klein, Columbia University; Jürgen Tautz, University of Würzburg

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Optic flow misdirection experiments provide strong evidence for referential communication in a stingless bee (Melipona panamica)
Megan A. Eckles, University of California, San Diego; James Nieh, University of California, San Diego

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The effects of temperature on the developmental rates of black soldier flies
Leslie Holmes, University of Windsor; Sherah VanLaerhoven, University of Windsor

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