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09 - Graduate Poster Competition: P-IE - Honey Bees and Related Pollinators

Monday, November 16, 2015: 8:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall BC (Convention Center)


Occurrence of Nosema ceranae in Arkansas honey bees
Dylan Cleary, University of Arkansas ; Allen L. Szalanski, University of Arkansas ; Donald C. Steinkraus, University of Arkansas
Bee diversity and pollen foraging specificity in cultivated highbush blueberry (Ericaceae: Vaccinium corymbosum L.) plantings in Rhode Island
Zachary Scott, University of Rhode Island ; Howard Ginsberg, USGS, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center ; Steven Alm, University of Rhode Island ; Mark Mello, University of Rhode Island ; Rebecca Wicks, University of Rhode Island
Attractiveness of potentially beneficial flowering plants to natural enemies
Elsaid Elnabawy, Kagoshima University ; Katsuo Tsuda, Kagoshima University ; Yositaka Sakamaki, Kagoshima University
Pollinators, pumpkins and primers, oh my! a preliminary exploration of wild Bombus impatiens population trends in Pennsylvania
R. Carley Miller, Pennsylvania State University ; Anna Devin Taylor, University of West Alabama ; Shelby J. Fleischer, Pennsylvania State University ; James Strange, USDA - ARS ; Amber D. Tripodi, USDA - ARS
Foraging activity and pollination by managed colonies of Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
Knute Gundersen, Michigan State University ; Jason Gibbs, Michigan State University ; Cecily Kowitz, Michigan State University ; Katherine Odanaka, Michigan State University ; Gabriela Quinlan, Michigan State University ; Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University
The response of three distinct pollinators to alfalfa floral volatile emissions
Rosabeth Link, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Johanne Brunet, University of Wisconsin
Bumble bees do it better: the importance of wild bees for the pollination of Haskap crops
S. Frier, Royal Saskatchewan Museum ; Christopher Somers, University of Regina ; Cory Sheffield, Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Local and landscape level relationships of habitat type and insect pollinator communities in an urban center on the Southern High Plains (Texas, USA)
Alicia Patridge, Texas Tech University ; Samuel Discua Duarte, Texas Tech University ; Chynthia McKenney, Texas Tech University ; Scott Longing, Texas Tech University
Impact of soybean on wild and managed bee health within a landscape context
Ashley St. Clair, Iowa State University ; Ge Zhang, Iowa State University ; Shelby Pritchard, Iowa State University ; Matt O'Neal, Iowa State University ; Amy L. Toth, Iowa State University ; Adam Dolezal, Iowa State University
A comparative study of pollinator diversity among perennial irrigated crops and adjacent habitats in eastern Washington
Courtney Grula, Washington State University ; Douglas Walsh, Washington State University