Session: Applied Ecology and Evolution of Social Insects (2016 Southeastern Branch Meeting)

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Applied Ecology and Evolution of Social Insects

Wednesday, March 16, 2016: 8:00 AM-10:30 AM

Hannover Ballroom I (Sheraton Raleigh Hotel)

Organizers:

David Tarpy
Olav Rueppell

8:00 AM

165

Physiological Insights into Form and Function in Honey Bees

Miguel Corona, USDA-ARS Bee Research lab.

8:15 AM

166

Transcriptomic and Methylomic Analysis of Lethal IAPV Infection in Honey Bee Pupae

Hongmei Li-Byarlay, North Carolina State University ; Humberto F. Boncristiani, University of North Carolina, Greensboro ; Micheline Strand, Chemical and Biological Defense Laboratories ; David Tarpy, North Carolina State University ; Olav Rueppell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

8:30 AM

167

Floral Pharmacies for Social Insects

Rebecca E. Irwin, North Carolina State University ; Lynn S. Adler, University of Massachusetts

8:45 AM

168

Tracking Where Social Insect and Human Food Webs Intersect in Urban Environments

Clint Penick, North Carolina State University ; Amy Savage, North Carolina State University ; Steven Frank, North Carolina State University ; David Tarpy, North Carolina State University ; Rob R. Dunn, North Carolina State University

9:00 AM

169

Pathogen Webs of Managed Honey Bee Colonies

David Tarpy, North Carolina State University

9:15 AM

170

The Interactions of Worker Preferences and Queen Quality on the Outcome of Queen Replacement in Colonies of the Honey Bee, Apis mellifera

Kathryn Long, University of North Carolina ; Tuan Cao, University of North Carolina ; Jennifer Keller, North Carolina State University ; David Tarpy, North Carolina State University ; Stanley Schneider, University of North Carolina

9:30 AM

171

Hygienic Behavior in Honey Bees is Triggered by a Breed-Specific Brood Signal

Kaira Wagoner, University of North Carolina at Greensboro ; Olav Rueppell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

9:45 AM

172

Systemic Melanization in Apis mellifera, New Syndrome or a Neglected Symptom from a Well-Know Pathogen?

Humberto F. Boncristiani, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

10:00 AM

173

Geographic and Transgenerational Patterns of Immune Expression in Bumble Bees

Seth Barribeau, East Carolina University