Secretary of Agriculture A. G. Kawamura looks at the enhanced line of stock with UC Davis bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Research
This section includes research projects at UC Davis. See also section on native bees. (Under construction)
Research Projects at UC Davis
- Overview of the current honey bee and native pollinator research emanating from UC Davis (Download PDF)
- Development of Reproductive Technologies to Facilitate
the Safe International Exchange of Genetics in the Honey Bee (National Honey Board Production Research)
--John Pollard, Claire Plante and Susan Cobey, UC Davis - Show Details -
Testing Protocols for the Safe International Exchange of Honey Bee Stocks to Enhance
Proven Commercial Lines Through Selection and Increased Genetic Diversity (National Honey Board Production Research)
--John Pollard, Claire Plante and Susan Cobey, UC Davis - Show Details - Effects of Contact and Oral Exposure to Formulated CheckMate® LBAM-F and Unformulated LBAM Mating Pheromones on Honey Bees, Apis mellifera
(Hymenoptera: Apidae)
--Susan Monheit, John Muir Institute for the Environment, Center for Watershed Science, UC Davis; Eric Mussen, Harry Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, Department of Entomology; and Michael L. Johnson, John Muir Institute for the Environment, Center for Watershed Science, UC Davis - The role of landscape connectivity and configuration for pollinator persistence.
--Neal Williams, Claire Kremen, Laura Morandin, et al. - Hedge row restoration to enhance pollinations, pollination service and other beneficial insects
--Claire Kremen and Lora Morandin - Native plant forb mixes to promote pollinator health and pollination.
--Neal Williams - Stability/sustainability of crop pollination
--Neal Williams and Rachael Winfree (Rutgers) - Monitoring populations of endangered bumble bees
--Robbin Thorp - Vernal pool restoration.
--Robbin Thorp - Monitoring of insects at the Haagen-Dazs Honey Haven site
--Robbin Thorp
Pollination
- Native Bee Benefits pamphlet (Neal Williams, Emily McGlynn, Rachael Winfree)
Conservation
- Native bee monitoring protocols and discussion blog
--Katharina Ullmann