Managed Bees and Wild Bees: When Does Competition Occur and How do We Mitigate Risk? On-Demand Presentations

Organizer(s)

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  Kaitlin Deutsch (she/her/hers)

  PhD student
  Department of Entomology
  Cornell University
  Ithaca, New York
• MP

  Maureen Page

  Postdoc
  Entomology Department
  Cornell University

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:

• On Demand

  Fire leads to initial decline in feral honeybees, increase in native bumble bees and their preferred forage plants
  

  Presenting Author: Diane M. Thomson (she/her/hers) – Scripps and Pitzer Colleges