Empowering Wild Bee Microbiome Research and Working Toward Phyllosphere Management

Organizer(s)

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  Makaylee Crone (they/them/theirs)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Department of Biology
  York University
  Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada
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  Phuong Nguyen (she/her/hers)

  PhD Student
  Department of Biology
  York University
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This session will discuss topics related to wild bee microbiomes, including environmental factors that influence microbiomes, microbiomes in previously undescribed taxa, microbial phylogenies, and microbial effects on cognition and behavior. Each talk will also include phyllosphere management strategies to better conserve microbial communities.

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 2:03 PM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Makaylee Keao Crone (they/them/theirs) – York University
• 2:03 PM – 2:25 PM MST

  A review of wild bee microbiomes and immunity
  

  Presenting Author: Makaylee Keao Crone (they/them/theirs) – York University

  Co-Author: Jay Evans (he/him/his) – USDA
• 2:25 PM – 2:47 PM MST

  Microbial acquisition and interactions in the blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria)
  

  Presenting Author: Alexia Martin (she/her/hers) – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Clara Stuligross – University of California

  Co-Author: Neal M. Williams – University of California

  Co-Author: Helen Noroian – University of California

  Co-Author: Grace Genevieve Melone – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Rachel Vannette (she/her/hers) – University of California
• 2:47 PM – 2:58 PM MST

  Break
• 2:58 PM – 3:20 PM MST

  Acidophilic bacteria in flowers and bees: Transmission, phenology, and ecotoxicology
  

  Presenting Author: Quinn McFrederick – University of California

  Co-Author: Hoang Vuong – University of California

  Co-Author: Lyna Ngor (she/her/hers) – University of California

  Co-Author: Magda Paola Argueta Guzman (she/her/hers) – University of California, Merced

  Co-Author: Helen Vo – University of California
• 3:20 PM – 3:42 PM MST

  Carpenter bee microbiomes are distinctive and related to microbiomes of honey bees and bumble bees
  

  Presenting Author: Jo Anne Holley – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Anna Pham – University of Texas

  Co-Author: Nancy A. A. Moran – University of Texas
• 3:42 PM – 3:53 PM MST

  Break
• 3:53 PM – 4:15 PM MST

  Microbiomes impact wild bee development and associate with social role
  

  Presenting Author: Phuong Nguyen (she/her/hers) – York University

  Co-Author: Sandra Rehan (she/her/hers) – York University
• 4:15 PM – 4:37 PM MST

  Environmental interlopers in the bumble bee gut microbiome: Ecology and roles in bee health
  

  Presenting Author: Tobin Hammer – University of California

  Co-Author: Kristal Watrous – University of California

  Co-Author: Jonathan Berenguer Uhuad Koch – USDA-ARS
• 4:37 PM – 4:59 PM MST

  Vulture bee microbiomes: Who, what, and possibly why
  

  Presenting Author: Laura Figueroa – University of Massachussetts

  Co-Author: Jessica Maccaro – University of California

  Co-Author: Quinn McFrederick – University of California
• 4:59 PM – 5:00 PM MST

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Makaylee Keao Crone (they/them/theirs) – York University