8:30 – 9:00 AM  Christina Grozinger Penn State University

                             Leveraging technology for pollinator management and conservation

9:00 – 9:20 AM Diane Debinski Montana State University

                           Declines and variation in butterfly species richness and community composition

                            in a montane protected area after 35 years

10:30 – 10:50 AM  Naomi Kaku Montana State University

                                 Impacts of octopamine signaling in virus infected honey bees

10:50 – 11:10 AM  Avi Eliyahu University of Arizona

                                 miRNA sequencing reveals a putative RNAi-based defense against parasitoids

                                  in sympatric social and solitary bees

11:10 – 11:30 AM  Caroline Chessher The University of Texas at Austin

                        Wild bumble bee lineage survival in response to pathogen infection and medicinal floral resources

11:30 – 11:50 AM  Kiranmayee Bhimavarapu College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University

                                 Environmental antimicrobial resistance threats to pollinators

11:50 – 12:10 PM Nina Sokolov University of California, Berkeley

              The pathogen community of the imperiled western bumble bee (Bombus occidentalis) in the Sierra Nevada

Pollinator Natural History and Behavior (afternoon)  Chair - Natalie Boyle,

                                                                                                      Co-Chair - Margarita Lopez-Uribe

1:30 – 2:00 PM  Brock Harpur Purdue University

                    Jelly on the Brain: Regulation of gene expression, metabolism, and behavioral state by a novel protein

2:00 – 2:20 PM  Emma Briggs University of Georgia

                      Vertical stratification of cavity-nesting pollinator communities within streamside management zones

2:20 – 2:40 PM  Lindsie McCabe USDA ARS Pollinating Insects Research Unit

                            Changes in leafcutting bee mortality and behavior along a latitudinal gradient

2:40 – 3:00 PM Jordan Kueneman Cornell University

                            Scaling Ground-Nesting Bee Ecology and Conservation Through Community Science

3:50 – 4:10 PM Behnaz Balmaki Texas Woman's University

                           Revealing Long-Term Pollination Patterns through Pollen Archives of Natural History Museums

4:10 – 4:30 PM  Zachary Huang Michigan State University

                             Reflex Hierarchy in Apis mellifera: Dorsal Orientation Overrides Altitude Control

8:30 – 9:20 AM  Scott McArt Cornell University

                            How pollinator scientists can (and should!) inform good pesticide policies

9:20 – 9:50 AM  Judy Wu-Smart University of Nebraska-Lincoln

                            Pollinator Losses and One Health Risks from Pesticide Treated Seed Waste Disposal

9:50 – 10:10 AM  Hunter Charles Montana State University

                               Differential impacts of immune stimulating compounds on deformed wing

                               and sacbrood virus abundance in honey bees

10:30 – 10:50 AM  Ian Collins University of Georgia

                         Preventing and controlling small hive beetles using chlorantraniliprole to promote supplementary

                         pollen and protein feeding as a cornerstone of improving honey bee health in the Southeast

10:50 – 11:10 AM  Frederic McCune Université Laval

                               Flowers under surveillance: measuring pesticide residues in pollen and nectar

                               to improve pollinator exposure assessment

11:10 – 11:30 AM Daniel Schmehl Bayer CropScience

                               Strengthening the link between honey bee laboratory data and colony health outcomes

11:30 – 11:50 AM  Anupreksha Jain University of Wisconsin-Madison

                        Bumble bee behavior under naturally varying temperatures and diverse pesticide exposure scenarios

1:30 – 2:00 PM  Andony Melathopoulos Oregon State University

                            Right plant, right bee: Matching bees to flowering plants with data from Bee Atlases

2:00 – 2:20 PM  Jacob Decker Southern Illinois University

                    Using remotely sensed imagery to develop habitat metrics that assess the quality of pollinator habitat

2:20 – 2:40 PM  Sabrina Adler The Pennsylvania State University

                            PolliSense: A Vision-Based Assessment of Pollinator Habitat Quality

2:40 – 3:00 PM  Lilia Stemet University of Arkansas at Monticello

                     Ten years of bee data from restored habitats reveal upward trends in abundance and diversity,

                      while successional shifts to later bloom phenologies miss important early spring pollinators

3:30 – 3:50 PM Yael Mandelik The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

                       Passive vs. Active Restoration of Pollination Systems: Linking Wild Bee Communities

                        and Interaction Networks in Mediterranean Sandy Dunes

3:50 – 4:10 PM  Cayley Faurot-Daniels Montana State University

             Testing environmental DNA metabarcoding of wildflower-associated insect DNA: A case study of butterflies

4:10 – 4:30 PM  Jaya Sravanthi Mokkapati Pennsylvania State University

                     Pollen macronutrients shape bee foraging decisions and resilience to pesticide stress

4:30 – 4:50 PM  M. Fernanda Rojas-Campos Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica

                            Stingless bee carrion use along a gradient of forest cover and floral resource availability

4:50 – 5:10 PM  Brandon Hopkins Washington State University

                             Micronutrient Needs and Long-Term Impact of Pollen Replacing Feed

                             on Honeybee Colonies in Stressful Field Conditions

8:30 – 9:20 AM  Rebecca Irwin NC State University & Rocky Mtn Biological Lab

                          Effects of climate change on bee phenology and abundance: Insights from a long(ish) term study

9:20 – 9:40 AM  Michelle Toshack Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

                            Building a Foundation for Bumble Bee Conservation: The Bumble Bee Atlas as a

                            Community Science Framework for Broad-Scale Data Collection

9:40 – 10:00 AM Valérie Fournier Université Laval

              Enhancing pollinator habitats for resilient fruit production: Insights from 15 years of research in Québec

10:20 – 10:40 AM  Laura Figueroa University of Massachusetts Amherst

                                 Pollinator contribution to crop yield and quantity: a meta-analysis

10:40 – 11:00 AM  Margarita López-Uribe Penn State University

                                 Ecological and Evolutionary Responses of Bees to Agriculture: Insights from Squash Bees

11:00 – 11:20 AM Lily Fulton University of Georgia Frequent

                              Fire Supports Ground-Nesting Bees and Wasps in Florida Longleaf Pine Flatwoods

2:00 – 2:30 PM  Mace Vaughan Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

                     Innovations in Incentivizing Adoption and Longterm Management of Pollinator Conservation on Farms

2:30 – 2:50 PM  Ana Cabrera Bayer CropScience

                            Comparative pesticide risk between honey bees and mason bees: What we know so far

2:50 – 3:10 PM  Robyn Underwood The Pennsylvania State University

                            A decade of research on organic apiculture and implications for USDA certification

3:10 – 3:30 PM  Melanie Kirby Adaptive Bee Breeders Alliance

                            Flower Path Conservancy Community Driven Advocacy and Field Research

                            supporting adaptive resilience and future-forward conservation through consilience

4:00 – 4:20 PM Izzy Hill Project Apis m

                           The Bee Health Regulatory Consortium: Accelerating Regulatory Approval and Access

                            to Bee-Safe Products to Support Honey Bee Health

4:20 – 4:40 PM Elinor Lichtenberg University of North Texas

                            Differential rangeland management shifts plant-pollinator interactions

4:40 – 5:00 PM Laura Burkle Montana State University 

                           Environmental drivers of bee community composition in Yellowstone National Park