Ten-Minute Papers, P-IE Section: Pollinators

Tuesday, November 12, 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Meeting Room 16 A (Austin Convention Center)
Moderators:
Rosalind James
Preston Schrader


8:00 AM
Contingency planning for small hive beetle Aethina tumida in the U.K.: Using entomopathogenic nematodes as control agents against larvae
Andrew Cuthbertson, The Food and Environment Research Agency ; James Mathers, The Food and Environment Research Agency ; Lisa Blackburn, The Food and Environment Research Agency ; Gay Marris, The Food and Environment Research Agency ; Mike Brown, The Food and Environment Research Agency ; Giles Budge, The Food and Environment Research Agency
8:12 AM
The integrated crop pollination project: Pollination status of Michigan highbush blueberry
Jason Gibbs, Michigan State University ; Keith Mason, Michigan State University ; Knute Gundersen, Michigan State University ; Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University
8:24 AM
Ecuador: A ‘gold mine’ for pollinator explorations!
Sujaya Rao, Oregon State University
8:36 AM
Pollen preference and nesting of a native bee, Osmia lignaria, in Eastern orchards
Mark Kraemer, Virginia State University ; Francoise Favi, Virginia State University
8:48 AM
Determination of exposure levels of honey bees foraging on flowers of mature citrus trees previously treated with imidacloprid
Frank J. Byrne, University of California ; Kirk Visscher, University of California ; Bill Leimkuehler, Bayer CropScience ; David Fischer, Bayer CropScience ; Elizabeth E. Grafton-Cardwell, University of California ; Joseph G. Morse, University of California, Riverside
9:12 AM
Competition between honey bees (Apis mellifera) and bumble bees (Bombus spp.) foraging on lavender
Nicholas Balfour, University of Sussex ; Sam Gandy, University of Sussex ; Francis Ratnieks, University of Sussex
9:24 AM
The role of flowering oilseed biofuel crops in pest control and pollination ecosystem services
Jonathan Lundgren, USDA Agricultural Research Service ; Kristine Nemec, USDA-ARS
9:36 AM
The mining bee, Andrena crataegi, a potential new commericial pollinator
Mark A. Schlueter, Georgia Gwinnett College ; Nicholas G. Stewart, Georgia Gwinnett College
9:48 AM
Drone-worker heritability of oxidative stress resistance in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
Ming Huang, North Carolina State University ; Michael Simone-Finstrom, North Carolina State University ; Micheline Strand, Chemical and Biological Defense Laboratories (CBD) ; David R. Tarpy, North Carolina State University ; Olav Rueppell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
10:00 AM
Break
10:10 AM
Assessment of diversity, abundance, and pollination efforts of native bees in urban forest fragments
David Gardner, University of Delaware ; Deborah A. Delaney, University of Delaware
10:22 AM
Mechanisms of parasite resistance in honey bees: Interactions among individual and social immune defenses
Michael Simone-Finstrom, North Carolina State University ; David R. Tarpy, North Carolina State University
10:34 AM
Management practices and honey bee stress: Effects of migratory beekeeping on longevity and oxidative stress
Michael Simone-Finstrom, North Carolina State University ; Ming Huang, North Carolina State University ; Olav Rueppell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro ; Micheline Strand, Chemical and Biological Defense Laboratories (CBD) ; David R. Tarpy, North Carolina State University
10:46 AM
Withdrawn
11:10 AM
Comparative studies of mating and virus loads in multiple populations of the Eastern honey bee, Apis cerana
Olav Rueppell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro ; Michael Simone-Finstrom, North Carolina State University ; Dominick DeFelice, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
11:22 AM
Factors influencing the establishment of the dance floor in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies
Darrell Moore, East Tennessee State University ; Chelsea Corrigan, East Tennessee State University ; Robert Reyes, East Tennessee State University ; Ashley E. Wagner, East Tennessee State University ; Adam White, East Tennessee State University ; Jordan Brison, East Tennessee State University ; Alyssa Williams, East Tennessee State University ; Edith Seier, East Tennessee State University ; Michele L. Joyner, East Tennessee State University
11:34 AM
Novel defense by Asian honey bees (Apis cerana) to attacks by social wasps (Vespa spp)
Gard W. Otis, University of Guelph ; Heather Mattila, Wellesley College ; Hanh Duc Pham, University of Guelph ; Lien Nguyen, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources ; Olivia Knight, University of Guelph
11:46 AM
Division of labors shifts in response to brood age in Apis mellifera
Kirsten Traynor, Arizona State University ; Robert Page, Arizona State University