Research Activities

• Evolutionary biology of honey bees
• Pollination ecology
• Population genetics of honey bees in the Unites States
• Genetic characterization of unmanaged honey bee populations
• savethehives.com Feral Bee Project
• theantherspromise.com online library of bee-collected and flower-produced pollen

Professional Affiliations

• Entomological Society of America
• International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI)
• Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAAREC)

Graduate Student Projects

• Menz, John- In progress.  Removing Obstacles to Genetic Host Resistance in the US Beekeeping Industry.  Expected 2020.
• Afraa Al Hchaimi- M.S. Entomology. 2018
• Evans, Kathleen-  An integrated IPM Program Using Non-chemical Controls to Manage Parasites in Honey Bee Colonies. M.S. in Entomology. Expected 2014.
• Gardner, David-  Assessment of Native Pollinator Health and Diversity in Urban Forest Fragments. M.S. in Entomology. Expected 2014
• Cass, Owen-  Determining the ecological role of flowering plants as nutritional forage for pollinators: You are what you eat! M.S. in Entomology. Expected 2014
• Darger, Katherine- Delineating levels of Africanization in unmanaged honey bee populations along the east coast. M. S. Entomology. 2013
• Marchese, Jacquelyn- Development of best management practices for the management of commercial bumble bees in vegetable and fruit crops in Delaware. M.S. Entomology. 2013

Undergraduate Student Projects

• Sammarco, Ben-  Effects of Simulated Honey Bee Hyperpolyandry in Colony Health.  2019
• Stoltz, Christian-  Utilizing Digital Scale Technology to Track Hive Productivity and Health.  2018