ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition,P-IE-1

Monday, November 12, 2012: 8:10 AM-12:00 PM
Lecture Hall, Floor Two (Knoxville Convention Center)
Moderator:
Brian Bret


8:10 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:27 AM
Assessing the health of commercial honey bees (Apis mellifera) across varying agricultural landscapes
Matthew Smart, University of Minnesota ; Jeff Pettis, Bee Research Laboratory ; Ned Euliss, United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Widlife Research Center ; Marla Spivak, University of Minnesota
8:51 AM
Insect pollinators in soybean fields: Community identification and sampling method analysis
Kelly Ann Gill, Iowa State University ; Matthew E. O'Neal, Iowa State University
9:03 AM
Non-symmetric effect of exotic plant and insect species on floral visitation networks in simplified Hawaiian ecological communities
Jennifer L. Imamura, University of California ; George K. Roderick, University of California, Berkeley
9:15 AM
Assessing the pollination requirements of a perennial crop
Hannah R. Gaines, University of Wisconsin ; Claudio Gratton, University of Wisconsin
9:27 AM
Spatial distribution of Varroa destructor and bee brood within colonies of Apis mellifera
Jackson C. Means, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Carlyle C. Brewster, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Richard D. Fell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Loke T. Kok, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
9:39 AM
The effects of pesticide exposure on gene expression, chemical communication, and hormone production in honey bees
Daniel R. Schmehl, Pennsylvania State University ; Christina M. Grozinger, Pennsylvania State University ; Peter E. A. Teal, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; James H. Tumlinson, Pennsylvania State University
9:51 AM
Break
10:03 AM
Quantifying the influence of landscape composition on the pollination service supplied to pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo) in Ohio
Ben W. Phillips, Ohio State University ; Mary M. Gardiner, Ohio State University
10:15 AM
Assessing the importance of flowers and their scents in the host selection of the seed-feeding weevil (Mogulones borraginis)
Ikju Park, University of Idaho ; Mark Schwarzländer, University of Idaho ; Sanford D. Eigenbrode, University of Idaho
10:27 AM
Does floral farmscaping differentially affect a pest (Pieris rapae) and its parasitoids in broccoli?
Obinna Lebechukwu Aduba, University of Georgia ; John R. Ruberson, University of Georgia ; Peter G. Hartel, University of Georgia
10:39 AM
Pollinator preferences and their potential effects on floral trait diversity
Margaret W. Thairu, University of Wisconsin ; Johanne Brunet, USDA, Agricultural Research Service
10:51 AM
What’s the attraction?  Early season native bee visitation to a non-flowering shrub, Adenostoma fasciculatum, at Pinnacles national monument, California
Joan M. Meiners, Utah State University ; Terry L. Griswold, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Edward W. Evans, Utah State University
11:03 AM
Effects of landscape and farm management on wild pollinators of eastern apple orchards
Mia G. Park, Cornell University ; Bryan N. Danforth, Cornell University
11:15 AM
A preference for local foods: bumble bee foraging decisions in a Rocky Mountain meadow
Jane E. Ogilvie, University of Toronto ; Takashi T. Makino, Yamagata University ; James D. Thomson, University of Toronto
11:27 AM
Concluding Remarks