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Urban Bees

Physiological and genomic indicators of stress in bumble bees

I am studying how bumble bees are affected by various kinds of anthropogenic landscape use changes by comparing gene expression and physiology between bees collected across and urban-agricultural-rural gradient. Work on this project began May 2018.

Current state of project

First field season: May- September 2018. Both early and late colony collections are completed from Washington, D.C. sites. Late colony collections for Alabama sites ongoing.

To date: nearly 1000 specimens have been collected.

I have also found collaborators interested in adding: drone fertility, virus detection, nutritional ecology, and palynology dimensions to the project!

RNA extractions and biochemical analyses will begin shortly.

    Questions, comments, or thoughts? Drop me a line.

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