Lab News
Research News
Below are some highlights of recent activities in the lab.
Undergrad research
http://cornellsun.com/blog/2015/02/10/peer-review-graham-montgomery-15-investigates-bee-genus-history/Cornell Daily Sun, 10 February, 2015. Article on Graham Montgomery’s work on Rediviva bees.
Bryan Danforth was recently awarded the Thomas Say award from the ESA for significant work in the fields of insect systematics, morphology, or evolution.
Climate change and orchid bees
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2014/03/dry-future-climate-could-reduce-orchid-bee-habitatCornell Chronicle, 20 March, 2014. Article on Margarita Lopez-Uribe’s work on orchid bees.
Northeast Pollinator Partnership
http://cornellcals.tumblr.com/post/79277276520/new-project-aims-to-promote-home-grown-appleCALS News, 24 October, 2011. New project aim to promote home-grown apple pollinators.
Pollen or pollinators — which came first?
https://www.danforthlab.entomology.cornell.edu/files/all/beesangiosperms_currbiol2012.pdfReport on Cardinal & Danforth 2013 published in Current Biology.
Impact of CCD on local farmers and beekeepers
http://www.innovationtrail.org/post/farmers-and-beekeepers-respond-colony-collapseWSKG radio report on the impact of CCD on Finger Lakes beekeepers and farmers.
All abuzz…
http://cornellalumnimagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1300&Itemid=56&ed=28Cornell Alumni Magazine, 1 March, 2012. Cornell entomologists ponder the pollinators.
Cornell Chronicle, 11 December, 2011. Native bees and climate change.
Jason Gibbs and a new bee species from the Big Apple
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/bees/New York Times, 10 November, 2011. City Bees Newly Discovered, Yet Here All Along.
Cornell Chronicle, 24 October, 2011. Native bees and apple pollination. Click here to read the article.
PhD position available in bee biology
https://www.danforthlab.entomology.cornell.edu/phd-position-available-in-bee-biology/PhD position available in bee biology
CALS News, 17 November, 2010. Bee database creates buzz.
Cornell Chronicle, 14 September, 2010. History of ‘cuckoo bees’ needs a rewrite, study reports.
Cornell Daily Sun, 8 September, 2010. The Mysterious Collapse of the American Honeybee.
Cornell Chronicle, 24 July, 2010. New $1.5 million bee database will help track declines, pollination and more.
Sophie Cardinal finishes her PhD!
https://www.danforthlab.entomology.cornell.edu/sophie-cardinal-finishes-her-phd/Congratulations to Sophie!
Margarita Lopez-Uribe passes her A-exam!
https://www.danforthlab.entomology.cornell.edu/margarita-lopez-uribe-passes-her-a-exam/Congratulations to Margarita!
Protecting our diverse native bee fauna
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009907250301The Ithaca journal recently published a short editorial on the importance of native bees in agricultural pollination.
I was recently interviewed on the Leonard Lopate show (a local NPR affiliate in NY City) on a program on bees and colony collapse disorder.
Margarita Lopez-Uribe recently obtained a grant to conduct field work on orchid bees in Ecuador from the Lewis and Clark Fund for Research and Exploration.
Empire State Native Pollinator Survey
Our lab is involved in a state-wide survey of bees and other pollinators as part of an effort led by the NY Natural Heritage Program to develop an “Empire State Native Pollinator Survey”. The goal of the Empire State Native Pollinator Survey is to determine the conservation status of a wide array of native insect pollinators in nonagricultural habitats, including bees.
The project will involve extensive surveys throughout NY state to help determine the conservation status of the most important pollinators in the state, with a focus on Andrena, Megachile, Melissodes, Macropis, and Bombus. In addition to the extensive surveys we will be conducting targeted habitat surveys, focused on habitats that are rare of threatened and targeted species surveys, focused on specific taxa including oil bees in the genus Macropis and bumble bees. The project will have a significant “citizen science” component.