Grad 10-min Competition: P-IE, Social Insects

Moderator(s)

• WB

  Wizzie Brown, BCE

  Department of Entomology, AgriLife Research
  Texas A&M University
  Austin, Texas
• MS

  Michelle Smith, BCE-Emeritus

  Retired
  Corteva Agriscience
  Westfield, Indiana

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 10:42 AM MST

  A multidisciplinary approach to campus conservation: UW-Madison's bee campus initiative
  

  Presenting Author: Victoria Salerno (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: James D. Crall – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Russell L. Groves, Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin
• 10:42 AM – 10:54 AM MST

  Evaluating the effect of population size and clustering behavior on winter survival in honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera L.)
  

  Presenting Author: Shelby Ann Kittle – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Autumn Smart – University of Nebraska

  Co-Author: Judy Wu-Smart – University of Nebraska
• 10:54 AM – 11:06 AM MST

  Evaluating wild bumble bee colony performance across urban and rural landscapes
  

  Presenting Author: Laura Lukens – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: John Mola – Colorado State University
• 11:06 AM – 11:18 AM MST

  Examining host plant use and ant mutualists of the treehopper Entylia carinata
  

  Presenting Author: Rebecca Carranza – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Andrew Suarez – University of Illinois
• 11:18 AM – 11:30 AM MST

  How can green infrastructure affect bumble bee colony health and success?
  

  Presenting Author: Dante J. Centuori (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Michelle Pham – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Mary Margaret Gardiner (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: James P. Strange (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University
• 11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

  Invasive arboreal ants and beleaguered butterflies: Assessing predator-prey interactions using a new ex situ methodology
  

  Presenting Author: Miles Maxcer – University of Florida
• 11:42 AM – 11:54 AM MST

  Social information use by bumble bees across trophic guilds
  

  Presenting Author: Marie Muniz – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Elinor M. Lichtenberg – University of North Texas
• 11:54 AM – 12:06 PM MST

  Understanding the role social wasps play in facilitating cluster rot infections in vineyards
  

  Presenting Author: Fatma Ezzahra Besbes (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Christelle Guedot – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Leslie Holland – USDA-ARS