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BREAKING NEWS! Neonicotinoids banned in New York State  The New York State Legislature has passed the Birds and Bees Protection Act, which limits the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, commonly referred to as neonics. This bill is the first...

This post references our new article in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Hot and sour: parasite adaptations to honey bee body temperature and pH (https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1517). 

You can find the preprint on Biorxiv (https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.03.447385) and a video summary...

Dr, Evan Palmer-Young, October 28, 2021

This post references our Biorxiv preprint on sunflowers, honey bees, and Varroa mites:

Mites alight! Sunflower crop area and pollen supplementation enhance honey bee resistance to Varroa destructor

Evan...

Dr. Sean Leonard

Dr. Sean Leonard is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studies honey bees and their gut bacteria. He completed his Ph.D. thesis in 2020, "Engineering the gut microbiome of honey bees," under the co-supervision of Dr. Nancy Moran...