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
8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM
Effects of pollinators and head feeding insects on sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) fitness
Kentaro Miwa, University of Nebraska; Gary Brewer, University of Nebraska
8:59 AM
Native bees in Wisconsin cranberry across a landscape gradient
Hannah R. Gaines, University of Wisconsin; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin
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
Break
9:35 AM
Native bee and honey bee foraging in Oregon cranberry
Melissa McKenney, Oregon State University; Sujaya Rao, Oregon State University; William 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
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 R. 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
10:35 AM
Concluding Remarks