PBT: Apiculture and Ecology

Moderator(s)

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  Andony Melathopoulos

  Pollinator Health Extension Specialist
  Department of Horticulture
  Oregon State University
  Corvallis, Oregon
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  Fernan Perez-Galvez

  Department of Entomology
  University of Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:42 PM MT

  Bumble bee queen pheromones are context-dependent
  

  Presenting Author: Margarita Orlova – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Etya Amsalem – Pennsylvania State University
• 1:42 PM – 1:54 PM MT

  Does persistence of toxic insecticide residues on field-weathered foliage correspond to the actual dissipation of toxic residues to honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in the field?
  

  Presenting Author: Andony Melathopoulos – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Nicole Anderson – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Kristine Buckland – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Dani Lightle – Oregon State University
• 1:54 PM – 2:06 PM MT

  Drone honey bees are disproportionately sensitive to abiotic stressors relative to workers, despite expressing high levels of stress response proteins
  

  Presenting Author: Alison McAfee – University of British Columbia

  Co-Author: Bradley Metz – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Joseph Milone – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: David R. Tarpy – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Leonard Foster – University of British Columbia
• 2:06 PM – 2:18 PM MT

  Factors contributing to the remarkable size variability of Varroa destructor in U.S. managed honey bee populations
  

  Presenting Author: Krisztina Christmon – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Dennis vanEngelsdorp – University of Maryland
• 2:18 PM – 2:30 PM MT

  Microbiome changes are associated with behavioral maturation in the honey bee, Apis mellifera
  

  Presenting Author: Cassondra Vernier – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Amy C. Cash-Ahmed – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Gene E. Robinson – University of Illinois
• 2:30 PM – 2:42 PM MT

  Break
• 2:42 PM – 2:54 PM MT

  Seasonal variability in physiology and behavior affect the impact of fungicide exposure on honey bee (Apis mellifera) health
  

  Presenting Author: Adrian L. Fisher, II – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Brian H. Smith – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Jordan Robert Glass – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Cahit Ozturk – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Jennifer H. Fewell – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Jon F. Harrison – Arizona State University
• 2:54 PM – 3:06 PM MT

  Social interactions facilitate collective thermoregulatory fanning behavior in honey bees
  

  Presenting Author: Chelsea Cook – Marquette University
• 3:06 PM – 3:18 PM MT

  Sublethal effects of thiamethoxam soil treatment on the development and reproduction of small hive beetle (Aethina tumida Murray)
  

  Presenting Author: Audrey B. Sheridan – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Lars Straub – University of Bern

  Co-Author: Jeffrey Harris – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Gaëtan Glauser – University of Neuchâtel

  Co-Author: Armelle Jeannine Vallat-Michel – University of Neuchâtel

  Co-Author: Peter Neumann – University of Bern
• 3:18 PM – 3:30 PM MT

  Honeybee gut microbiome and its effects on social behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Justine B. Nguyen – Marquette University

  Co-Author: Chelsea Cook – Marquette University
• 3:30 PM – 3:42 PM MT

  Vitamin C: A friend of bees
  

  Presenting Author: Katya M. Busenitz – Ecdysis Foundation

  Co-Author: Jonathan G. Lundgren – Ecdysis Foundation
• 3:42 PM – 3:54 PM MT

  Break
• 3:54 PM – 4:06 PM MT

  Motion-detection computational approach to time-to-knockdown bioassay scoring
  

  Presenting Author: Fernan R. Perez-Galvez – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Nicholas M. Teets – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: David Awde – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Yuta Kawarasaki – Miami University
• 4:06 PM – 4:18 PM MT

  Ant macronutrient preferences in the field
  

  Presenting Author: Pierre Lesne – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Spencer Behmer – Texas A&M University
• 4:18 PM – 4:30 PM MT

  Mating effect on expression of odorant receptors in the female abdomen tip of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
  

  Presenting Author: William B. Walker, III – USDA-ARS
• 4:42 PM – 4:54 PM MT

  Bacterial symbionts of Reticulitermes flavipes have inherent pesticide tolerance
  

  Presenting Author: Brittany F. Peterson – Southern Illinois University

  Co-Author: Alison Blanton – Southern Illinois University