The Art of Integrating and Overcoming Stress Factors in Osmia Species

Organizer(s)

• MC

  Makaylee Crone

  PhD Candidate
  Department of Entomology
  Pennsylvania State University
  University Park, Pennsylvania
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  Jenna Walters

  PhD candidate
  Entomology & Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
  Michigan State University
  East Lansing, Michigan

This symposium will address sources of stress for different Osmia sp. from a global perspective, and how we as researchers can help to better support these species. Join us for presentations on nutrition, pesticides, and bee management.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Makaylee K. Crone – Pennsylvania State University
• 1:35 PM – 2:00 PM PT

  Nutritional stress exacerbates impact of a insecticide on solitary bees' behavior, reproduction and survival in a semi-field study
  

  Presenting Author: Anina C. Knauer – Agroscope
• 2:00 PM – 2:25 PM PT

  Does extreme heat alter the nutrition of pollen? Implications of heat-driven nutritional stress on Osmia development
  

  Presenting Author: Jenna Walters – Michigan State University
• 2:25 PM – 2:45 PM PT

  Break
• 2:45 PM – 3:10 PM PT

  Does mother know best? How plant preference influences pollen nutrition in Osmia cornifrons
  

  Presenting Author: Makaylee K. Crone – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-author: Codey Mathis (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Natalie Boyle – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: David J. Biddinger – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-author: Sarah Goslee – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Christina M. Grozinger – Pennsylvania State University
• 3:10 PM – 3:35 PM PT

  Sublethal behavioral impacts of resource limitation and insecticide exposure reinforce negative fitness outcomes for solitary bees
  

  Presenting Author: Clara Stuligross – University of California

  Co-author: Grace Genevieve Melone – University of Wisconsin

  Co-author: Li Wang – University of California

  Co-author: Neal M. Williams – University of California
• 3:35 PM – 3:55 PM PT

  Break
• 3:55 PM – 4:20 PM PT

  The need for an evolutionary approach to understanding the impact of pesticides on solitary bees
  

  Presenting Author: Lars Straub – University of Bern
• 4:20 PM – 4:45 PM PT

  Clear as mud: Soil foraging preferences of Osmia cornifrons adults
  

  Presenting Author: Natalie Boyle – Pennsylvania State University
• 4:45 PM – 5:10 PM PT

  Looking in from the outside: How external microbial symbionts impact larval fitness in Osmia sp.
  

  Presenting Author: Prarthana Dharampal (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Shawn A. Steffan – University of Wisconsin
• 5:10 PM – 5:15 PM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Makaylee K. Crone – Pennsylvania State University