Student Competition for the President's Prize, P-IE: Pollinators

Monday, December 14, 2009: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM
Room 203, Second Floor (Convention Center)
Moderator:
Gary Brewer


8:35 AM
Effects of pollinators and head feeding insects on sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) fitness
Kentaro Miwa, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ; Gary Brewer, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
8:59 AM
Native bees in Wisconsin cranberry across a landscape gradient
Hannah R. Gaines, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin-Madison
9:11 AM
Sublethal effects of pesticide residues in honey bee comb on worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)
Judy Y. Wu, University of Minnesota ; Carol M. Anelli, Washington State University ; Walter S. Sheppard, Washington State University
9:23 AM
9:35 AM
Native bee and honey bee foraging in Oregon cranberry
Melissa McKenney, Oregon State University ; Sujaya Rao, Oregon State University ; William P. Stephen, Oregon State University
9:47 AM
Impacts of agricultural intensification on native bee diversity and abundance in Massachusetts cranberry bogs
Molly M. Notestine, University of Massachusetts ; Anne Averill, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
9:59 AM
Larval ejection behavior in native bumble bee colonies
Kimberly Skyrm, Oregon State University ; Sujaya Rao, Oregon State University ; William Stephen, Oregon State University
10:11 AM
Sublethal effects of pesticide combinations on Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Daniel Schmehl, Pennsylvania State University ; Wanyi Zhu, Pennsylvania State University ; Jim Frazier, Pennsylvania State University
10:23 AM
Interactions between mites and Nosema in Pacific Northwest honey bees
Matthew D. Smart, University of Minnesota ; Walter S. Sheppard, Washington State University