Summer 2013 Research

Dr. Bryan Bishop

Ross Thompson

“Native Pollinator Study”

 

In 2007, non-native honeybees began experiencing massive die-offs in what has since been termed Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).  Native pollinator health has been a concern for many years, but with the onset of CCD in honeybees, the health of native populations of pollinators has taken on even more urgency.  My research is focusing on these native pollinators, in particular native bees.  We will be using the restored prairie and shoreline at the Long Lake Field Station, Dr. Peter Schultz’s restored prairie, and possibly a third restored prairie to survey the native bees present as well as conduct pollinator visitation rate studies.  Depending on time we may also survey another area of Bluestem prairie.  GPS and GIS will be used to map significant patches of flowers and measure distances from potential nesting sites to foraging areas

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