Grad SysEB: Hymenoptera

Moderator(s)

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  Jacqueline Maille

  Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
  Department of Entomology
  Kansas State University
  Manhattan, Kansas

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MT

  A population study of the native ant Tapinoma sessile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) in eastern Tennessee using morphology, genomics and climate-elevational data
  

  Presenting Author: Gary L. Edwards – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: John K. Moulton – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: DeWayne Shoemaker – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Bode Olukolu – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Brian O'Meara – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: J. G. Chandler – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: K. M. M. Vail – University of Tennessee
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MT

  A revision of Kenyan Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) based on morphological and molecular data
  

  Presenting Author: Ilgoo Kang – Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

  Co-Author: Michael Sharkey – The Hymenoptera Institute

  Co-Author: Rodrigo Diaz – Louisiana State University
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MT

  Comparative quantification of honey bee (Apis mellifera) associated viruses in wild and managed colonies at the Welder Wildlife Refuge, TX
  

  Presenting Author: Myra Dickey – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Juliana Rangel – Texas A&M University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MT

  Determining the mechanism of honey bee (Apis mellifera) self-removal behavior as a potential social immune response
  

  Presenting Author: Jordan Twombly Ellis – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Juliana Rangel – Texas A&M University
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MT

  Movement of woodwasps in international invasion pathways
  

  Presenting Author: Kendra E. Wagner – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Samuel F. Ward – Mississippi State University

  Co-Author: Andrew M. Liebhold – USDA-Forest Service

  Co-Author: Eckehard G. Brockerhoff – Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

  Co-Author: Rebecca Turner – Scion

  Co-Author: John Riggins – Mississippi State University
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MT

  Native bee diversity in regenerative agroecosystems
  

  Presenting Author: Alex Michels – South Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Jonathan G. Lundgren – Ecdysis Foundation
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MT

  Scaling properties of honeycomb across bees and wasps
  

  Presenting Author: Grace Cope – Kennesaw State University

  Co-Author: Derek Goss – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Nikhilesh Chawla – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Alex Grishin – PADT, Inc.

  Co-Author: Dhruv Bhate – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Clint Penick – Kennesaw State University
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MT

  The genomics of environmental adaptation in a broadly distributed montane bumble bee, Bombus vancouverensis
  

  Presenting Author: Sam D. Heraghty – University of Alabama

  Co-Author: Jeff D. Lozier – University of Alabama

  Co-Author: Sarthok Rahman – University of Alabama
• 12:06 PM – 12:18 PM MT

  Use of fluorescent paint labeling to monitor the behavior of Varroa destructor mites during their dispersal phase in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies
  

  Presenting Author: Taylor Danielle Reams – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Juliana Rangel – Texas A&M University