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

Monday, November 17, 2008: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM

Room A12, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Moderators:

Emily Coll
Theresa L. Pitts-Singer

8:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:35 AM

0381

Evidence for pollen as a route of virus transmission in the pollinator community

Rajwinder Singh, Pennsylvania State University; Abby Kalkstein, Pennsylvania State University; Diana Cox-Foster, Pennsylvania State University; Edwin Rajotte, Pennsylvania State University; Nancy Ostiguy, Pennsylvania 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

8:47 AM

0382

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

Audio File

8:59 AM

0383

Reproductive parameters of citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso)

Rebeccah A. Waterworth, University of California; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California, Riverside; J. Steven McElfresh, University of California; Ian M. Wright, University of California-Riverside

9:11 AM

0384

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

Audio File

9:23 AM

0385

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

9:35 AM

Break

9:47 AM

0386

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

9:59 AM

0387

Controlling Varora destructor in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies with limited acaricide application

Holly Wantuch, Virginia Tech; David Tarpy, North Carolina State University

Audio File

10:11 AM

0388

Mapping sleep behavior in a society of insects: Spatial and temporal analysis of worker honey bee sleep

Barrett Anthony Klein, University of Texas-Austin; Martin Stiegler, University of Würzburg; Arno Klein, Columbia University; Jürgen Tautz, University of Würzburg

Audio File Audio File

10:23 AM

0389

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 C. Nieh, University of California, San Diego

10:35 AM

0390

The effects of temperature on the developmental rates of black soldier flies

Leslie Holmes, University of Windsor; Sherah L. VanLaerhoven, University of Windsor

Audio File

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