Our yearly meeting (American Bee Research Conference) was held last week Jan 7-8, 2021. It was a wonderful 2 days of 40+ presentations, including 2 plenaries from internationally renowned bee scientists. We would like to Announce the Winners of the Student Competitions.
Winners of the PhD student presentations:
Harper McMinn-Sauder; (The Ohio State University), Using colony weight monitoring to identify flowers important for honey production in the Ohio agroecosystem
Bradley D. Ohlinger; (Virginia Tech), Dancing bees communicate monthly fluctuations in forage availability in a mixed-use landscape in Virginia
Winners of the Undergraduate/Master’s student presentations:
Emily Walker; (The Ohio State University), Acute Toxic Effects of Insecticide-Fungicide-Adjuvant Combinations on Honey bees
Mary Silliman; (Virginia Tech), Row crops provide mid-summer forage for honey bees
Winners of the lightening talk presentations:
Connor A. Auth; (Washington State University), Plausibility of novel honey bee semen cryopreservation methods
Courtney Brummel; (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Developing Integrated Pollination Conservation and Research Efforts at Kimmel Orchard
Each student winner for the regular talks will receive $200. Each student winner for the Lightening Talks will receive $50. We thank everyone for their participation and especially the students for their outstanding presentations.
Judy Wu-Smart, AAPA President
Margarita López-Uribe, AAPA Vice President
Maggie Couvillon, AAPA Secretary/Treasurer
Judges:
Dr. Priyadarshini Chakrabarti Basu
Dr. Autumn Smart
Dr. Brian D. Eitzer
Dr. Thomas Webster
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