Managed Bees and Wild Bees: When Does Competition Occur and How do We Mitigate Risk?

Organizer(s)

• MP

  Maureen Page

  Postdoc
  Entomology Department
  Cornell University
• 

  Kaitlin Deutsch (she/her/hers)

  PhD student
  Department of Entomology
  Cornell University
  Ithaca, New York

This symposium synthesizes evidence demonstrating impacts of managed bees on wild pollinators and aims to initiate a broader conversation about the responsible management of bees. Talks highlight how floral resource competition, disease spillover, and "misplaced" conservation strategies might impact wild bee and plant communities in agricultural, urban, and natural systems.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Kaitlin Deutsch (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
• 1:35 PM – 1:50 PM PT

  Bee reproduction on farms relative to honey bee hives, wildflower plantings, and seminatural habitat
  

  Presenting Author: Gina M. Angelella – USDA-ARS

  Co-author: McCullough Christopher – Washington State University

  Co-author: Megan O’Rourke – USDA-ARS
• 2:05 PM – 2:15 PM PT

  Break
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM PT

  Viral dynamics between migratory honey bees and native bees in an alpine wildflower system
  

  Presenting Author: Nina Sokolov – University of California

  Co-author: Mike Boots – University of California
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM PT

  Small but mite-y: Investigating the role of the Varroa mite in driving virus patterns in wild pollinators
  

  Presenting Author: Kaitlin Deutsch (she/her/hers) – Cornell University

  Co-author: Emma Harte – Cornell University

  Co-author: Paige Muñiz – Cornell University

  Co-author: Humberto Boncristiani – University of Florida

  Co-author: Scott McArt – Cornell University
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PT

  Panel discussion