Talks:

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Friday:​

The IA Beekeeper Tech Team? How a state-funded program could help Iowa beekeepers

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Saturday:​

Neonicotinoid insecticides: Tales from the science-industry-policy interface

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Bio

Scott McArt:

assistant professor, entomology, Cornell University

 

Academic background: B.A., environmental and evolutionary biology, Dartmouth College, 2001; MSc, biology, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 2006; Ph.D., entomology, Cornell, 2012

 

Current research projects? Most of our research is focused on pesticide and pathogen stress experienced by wild and managed bees. Current projects in the lab include 1) Combining empirical data with network modeling to understand pathogen transmission in complex plant-pollinator networks, 2) Evaluating the relative importance of multiple factors (pesticides, pathogens, diet, landscape variables) on bumble bee and honey bee colony performance, 3) Assessing the impact of fungicides on bumble bee and honey bee health and performance, and 4) Understanding how pesticides and pathogens influence the delivery of pollination services to agriculturally important NY crops.