Biology and Conservation of Solitary, Ground-nesting Bees

Organizer(s)

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  Bryan Danforth

  Professor
  Entomology
  Cornell University
  Ithaca, New York
• MU

  Michael Ulyshen

  Research Entomologist
  Southern Research Station
  USDA-Forest Service
  Athens, Georgia
• AH

  Alexandra Harmon-Threatt

  Associate Professor
  University of Illinois
  Urbana, Illinois

Solitary, ground-nesting bees comprise the vast majority of bee species, and yet we know surprisingly little about their biology and conservation. This symposium brings together speakers from diverse backgrounds to present the latest information on nesting biology, threats (habitat loss, pesticides, pathogens), foraging and dispersal, conservation, and community science.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Bryan N. Danforth – Cornell University
• 1:35 PM – 1:47 PM MST

  Chasing a little-known fairy bee (Perdita meconis) in a dynamic desert landscape
  

  Presenting Author: Terry Griswold – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Ann Mull (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Sarit Chanprame (she/her/hers) – Utah State University

  Co-Author: Colin McKensie (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Colleen Meidt – Utah State University

  Co-Author: Joe Wilson (he/him/his) – Utah State University

  Co-Author: Kelsey K. Graham – USDA-ARS
• 1:47 PM – 1:59 PM MST

  Nesting habits predict rarity of North American leaf-cutter bees (genus Megachile)
  

  Presenting Author: Keng-Lou James Hung (he/him/his) – University of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Mary Powley (she/her/hers) – University of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Victor Gonzalez (he/him/his) – University of Kansas

  Co-Author: John S. Ascher (he/him/his) – National Univerisity of Singapore

  Co-Author: Terry Griswold – USDA-ARS
• 1:59 PM – 2:11 PM MST

  A tourist's guide to the microbiome of the bee brood cell mini-ecosystem
  

  Presenting Author: Jordan Kueneman (he/him/his) – Cornell University

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

  Co-Author: Quinn McFrederick – University of California

  Co-Author: Bryan N. Danforth – Cornell University
• 2:11 PM – 2:23 PM MST

  Host-parasite interactions between Xenoglossa pruinosa (Apidae: Eucerini) and Triepeolus remigatus (Apidae: Epeolini) are characterized by tolerance and avoidance
  

  Presenting Author: Stephania Sandoval Arango (she/her/hers) – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Thomas C. Baker – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Margarita M. López-Uribe, Ph.D. – The Pennsylvania State University
• 2:23 PM – 2:35 PM MST

  Abundance and richness of ground nesting bees and wasps increases with fire frequency in Florida longleaf pine flatwoods
  

  Presenting Author: Lily J.G Fulton (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Rachel E. Mallinger – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Michael Ulyshen – USDA-Forest Service

  Co-Author: Dorota Porazinska – University of Florida
• 2:35 PM – 2:47 PM MST

  Solitary bees can disperse farther than they forage
  

  Presenting Author: Nicholas Dorian – Chicago Botanic Garden

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Crone (she/her/hers) – University of California
• 2:47 PM – 3:02 PM MST

  Break
• 3:02 PM – 3:14 PM MST

  Pesticide hazard for ground nesting solitary bee species associated with North American agroecosystems
  

  Presenting Author: Susan Chan (she/her/hers) – University of Guelph

  Co-Author: Sabrina Rondeau (she/her/hers) – University of Guelph

  Co-Author: Alana Pindar – Cape Breton University

  Co-Author: Nigel Raine (he/him/his) – University of Guelph
• 3:14 PM – 3:26 PM MST

  Exploring the vulnerability of ground-nesting bees to climate change
  

  Presenting Author: Víctor Hugo González (he/him/his) – University of Kansas
• 3:26 PM – 3:38 PM MST

  Solitary bees provide a framework for pollinator conservation using status assessments
  

  Presenting Author: Tara Cornelisse – NatureServe

  Co-Author: Bruce Young (he/him/his) – NatureServe

  Co-Author: Dale Schweitzer (he/him/his) – NatureServe

  Co-Author: Terry Griswold – USDA-ARS
• 3:38 PM – 3:50 PM MST

  Enhancing ground-nesting bee habitat through substrate manipulations across an urban gradient
  

  Presenting Author: Amber Fredenburg (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University

  Co-Author: Karen Goodell (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
• 3:50 PM – 4:02 PM MST

  Identifying and creating on-farm nesting habitat for blueberry specialist pollinators
  

  Presenting Author: Hannah K. Levenson (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University
• 4:02 PM – 4:14 PM MST

  Rapid recovery and long-term abundance trends in ground-nesting bee populations in restored landfill sites
  

  Presenting Author: Miriam H. Richards (she/her/hers) – Brock University
• 4:14 PM – 4:30 PM MST

  Break
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Poster session
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  An inconspicuous bond: Bison and aculeate wasps linked through disturbance in tallgrass-prairie
  

  Presenting Author: Joshua Klostermann – University of Missouri
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Assessing location, habitat, and substrate preferences for native sunflower bees in California
  

  Presenting Author: Neal M. Williams – University of California
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Bees display limited acclimation capacity for heat tolerance
  

  Presenting Author: Natalie Herbison – University of Kansas
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Cedar glade bee communities and their interactions with endemic flowering plants
  

  Presenting Author: Samuel Wilhelm (he/him/his) – University of Tennessee
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Do burns benefit bees? A landscape-scale fire experiment in western Minnesota prairie
  

  Presenting Author: Ian Roberts (he/him/his) – Northwestern University
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Emergence dynamics, sex ratio, and parasitism rates in Andrena regularis, an early spring, solitary, ground-nesting bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Andrenidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Bryan N. Danforth – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Steven Hoge (he/him/his) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Rachel Fordyce (she/her/hers) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Maria Van Dyke (she/her/hers) – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Jordan Kueneman (he/him/his) – Cornell University
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Evaluating the effect of tillage regime on ground nesting bee incidence, abundance, and diversity in the Southeastern United States
  

  Presenting Author: Anthony Cuminale – Auburn University
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Follow the pollen: The pollen budget of Cucurbita pepo and Xenoglossa pruinosa
  

  Presenting Author: Nigel Raine (he/him/his) – University of Guelph
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Forest bees need compositionally diverse canopies
  

  Presenting Author: Clayton Traylor – Temple University
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Harnessing community science to conserve and study ground-nesting bee aggregations
  

  Presenting Author: Cassidy Dobler (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  History and extent of prescribed fire influence ground nesting bee diversity
  

  Presenting Author: Miriam Edelkind-Vealey – University of Georgia
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Importance of above- and below-ground habitat features for ground-nesting bees
  

  Presenting Author: Elinor M. Lichtenberg – University of North Texas
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Microbial metamorphosis: Symbiotic bacteria and fungi proliferate in diapause and may enhance overwintering survival in a solitary bee
  

  Presenting Author: Shawn Christensen (he/him/his) – University of California
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Native grass and forb restoration on monotypic crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum) pasture increases pollinator abundance and ground-nesting bees
  

  Presenting Author: Joshua W. Campbell – USDA-ARS
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Patterns of nest-site selection by Colletes thoracicus within a forested watershed
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Ulyshen – USDA-Forest Service

  Co-Author: Clayton Traylor – Temple University

  Co-Author: Bryan N. Danforth – Cornell University
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Population genomics of Nomia melanderi, the world's most intensively ground nesting bee
  

  Presenting Author: Jonathan Berenguer Uhuad Koch – USDA-ARS
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  The bee fauna of the Sam Houston State University Piney Woods Environmental Research Laboratory (Walker County, Texas): A multi-year survey using multiple methods
  

  Presenting Author: John Pascarella (he/him/his) – Sam Houston State University
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  The effects of long term neonicotinoid and fungicide exposure on ground nesting bee communities
  

  Presenting Author: Alexandra Harmon-Threatt – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Anthony Yannarell – University of Illinois
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Untangling the impacts of kleptoparasitism on bee health and behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Erika Dalliance (they/them/theirs) – University of Tennessee
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Using early successional habitat along transmission line rights-of-way to understand the ecology of the Nearctic Melitta species M. eickworti
  

  Presenting Author: Jacob Keller (he/him/his) – State University of New York - Environmental Science and Forestry