Diverse Perspectives on Pollinator Stressors

Organizer(s)

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  Kelsey Graham

  Research Entomologist
  Pollinating Insect Research Unit- ARS
  USDA-ARS
  Logan, Utah
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  Theresa Pitts-Singer

  Research Entomologist
  Pollinating Insects Research Unit, ARS
  USDA-ARS
  Logan, Utah
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  Lindsie McCabe (she/her/hers)

  Research Entomologist
  Pollinating Insect Research Unit- ARS
  USDA-ARS Pollinating Insect Research Unit
  Logan, Utah

This symposium will explore how a multitude of environmental stressors (biotic and abiotic) coupled with cultural and management viewpoints change the trajectory for bee pollinators. Talks in this symposium will highlight diverse perspectives from beekeepers, growers, land managers, and researchers.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:50 PM PT

  Pollinator research priorities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth Hill – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Theresa Pitts-Singer – USDA-ARS
• 1:50 PM – 2:10 PM PT

  Pesticide exposure is a landscape - not farm-scale problem for managed bees
  

  Presenting Author: Kelsey K. Graham – USDA-ARS
• 2:10 PM – 2:30 PM PT

  Integrated pest and pollinator management in alfalfa seed production: The good, the bad, and the ugly
  

  Presenting Author: Amber Vinchesi-Vahl – University of California Cooperative Extension

  Co-Author: Doug Walsh – Washington State University
• 2:30 PM – 2:50 PM PT

  Combined impacts of pesticide and resource stressors on wild bees: Multi-scale challenges and mitigation
  

  Presenting Author: Neal M. Williams – University of California

  Co-author: Clara Stuligross – University of California

  Co-Author: Maj Rundlöf – Lund University

  Co-Author: Eric V. Lonsdorf – University of Minnesota

  Co-author: Rosemary Malfi – Northeast Organic Farming Association

  Co-Author: Charlie C. Nicholson – Lund University
• 2:50 PM – 3:10 PM PT

  Adaptive processes in agricultural pollinators: The case study of the squash bee Eucera pruinosa
  

  Presenting Author: Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-author: Avehi Singh (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Nathaniel Pope – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-author: Laura Jones – Pennsylvania State University
• 3:10 PM – 3:20 PM PT

  Break
• 3:20 PM – 3:40 PM PT

  Co-introductions of managed bees and their diseases contribute to native bee species declines
  

  Presenting Author: Kathryn A. LeCroy (she/her/hers) – Cornell University

  Co-author: Tobias G. Mueller – Cornell University

  Co-author: Chris Allgyer – Virginia Master Naturalist Program

  Co-author: Paxton Allgyer – Virginia Master Naturalist Program

  Co-author: Gena Kiser – Virginia Master Naturalist Program

  Co-author: Phillip Meeks – Wise County Virginia Cooperative Extension Agency

  Co-author: Elizabeth Walker – Virginia Master Naturalist Program

  Co-Author: Tory Hendry – Cornell University

  Co-author: Scott McArt – Cornell University
• 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM PT

  Honey bee impacts from bacterial diseases and conflicts around the use of antibiotics
  

  Presenting Author: Meghan Milbrath – Michigan State University

  Co-author: Peter Fowler – Michigan State University
• 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM PT

  Industrial agriculture is bad for bees: Confronting sticky issues to support food systems change
  

  Presenting Author: Maggie Shanahan – University of Minnesota
• 4:20 PM – 4:40 PM PT

  Oregon's Seed Producer Bee Protection Protocols: Dispatch from the trenches
  

  Presenting Author: Andony Melathopoulos – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Nicole Anderson – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Kristie Buckland – Oregon State University

  Co-author: Dani Lightle – Oregon State University
• 4:40 PM – 5:00 PM PT

  Stressful Interactions: Effects of climate stressors on bee pollination
  

  Presenting Author: Lindsie M. McCabe (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
• 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM PT

  Discussion