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Acute exposure to sublethal doses of neonicotinoid insecticides increases heat tolerance in honey bees by Gonzalez, Victor H, Hranitz, John M, McGonigle, Mercedes B, Manweiler, Rachel E, Smith, Deborah R, Barthell, John F

“…The European honey bee, Apis mellifera L., is the single most valuable managed pollinator in the world. Poor colony health or unusually high colony losses of…”
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Thermal tolerance varies with dim‐light foraging and elevation in large carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) by Gonzalez, Victor H., Hranitz, John M., Percival, Catherine R., Pulley, Kristen L., Tapsak, Stephen T., Tscheulin, Thomas, Petanidou, Theodora, Barthell, John F.

“…1. Thermal tolerance has a strong predictive power for understanding the ecology and distribution of organisms, as well as their responses to changes in land…”
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Effect of pan trap size on the diversity of sampled bees and abundance of bycatch by Gonzalez, Victor H., Osborn, Alina L., Brown, Emily R., Pavlick, Cody R., Enríquez, Eunice, Tscheulin, Thomas, Petanidou, Theodora, Hranitz, John M., Barthell, John F.

“…Monitoring pollinator health and pollination is among the top priorities to safeguard pollinators and secure pollinator services. Assessments of sampling…”
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Pan traps and bee body size in unmanaged urban habitats by Gonzalez, Victor H, Park, Kristen E, Çakmak, Ibrahim, Hranitz, John M, Barthell, John F

“…Pan traps are among the most popular methods employed to survey bees and changes in some functional traits, such as body size, are increasingly used to…”
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Alignment through Community: The Case of a Metropolitan University and the Greater Oklahoma City Hispanic Chamber of Commerce by Barthell, John F., Castillo, David, Rentería Mendoza, Liliana, Macey, J. David, Simmons, Charlotte K.

“…The University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) is a public metropolitan university that has developed a highly collaborative relationship with the Greater Oklahoma…”
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Feature-positive and feature-negative learning in honey bees by Abramson, Charles I, Cakmak, Ibrahim, Duell, Meghan E, Bates-Albers, Leah M, Zuniga, Enoc M, Pendegraft, Loma, Barnett, Amanda, Cowo, Carmen L, Warren, Joshua J, Albritton-Ford, Aaron C, Barthell, John F, Hranitz, John M, Wells, Harrington

“…Honey bees (Apis mellifera anatolica) were subjected to sequential trials where they were given the choice between a feature-positive and a feature-negative…”
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Attractiveness of the dark central floret in wild carrots: do umbel size and height matter? by Gonzalez, Victor Hugo, Cruz, Peter, Folks, Nadiyah, Sarah Anderson, Sarah, Travis, Dillon, Hranitz, John, Barthell, John

“…The function of the dark central floret (DCF) in the wild carrot, Daucus carota L. (Apiaceae), is uncertain. It has been suggested that it is a vestigial…”
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Broadening Campus Participation in Undergraduate Research through the Office of High-Impact Practices by Springer, Michael S, Barthell, John F, Simmons, Charlotte K, Jackson-Hardwick, Dana, Wilson, Gregory M

“…The clear and tangible benefits attributed to taking part in undergraduate research and creative experiences are leading colleges and universities to seek ways…”
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Different solutions by bees to a foraging problem by Cakmak, Ibrahim, Sanderson, Charlotte, Blocker, Tomica D., Lisa Pham, L., Checotah, Sky, Norman, Ashley A., Harader-Pate, Brice K., Tyler Reidenbaugh, R., Nenchev, Peter, Barthell, John F., Wells, Harrington

“…Honeybees ( Apis mellifera) were used as a model insect system to explore how foragers solve problems involving cost as well as reward. Reward difference was…”
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Foraging Response of Turkish Honey Bee Subspecies to Flower Color Choices and Reward Consistency by Cakmak, Ibrahim, Song, Daniel S, Mixson, T. Andrew, Serrano, Eduardo, Clement, Meredith L, Savitski, Amy, Johnson, Ge'Andra, Giray, Tugrul, Abramson, Charles I, Barthell, John F, Wells, Harrington

“…Foraging behavior of Apis mellifera caucasica, A.m. carnica and A.m. syriaca in Turkey was studied for intrinsic subspecies-based differences. Models of…”
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Nest Site Selection Influences Mortality and Stress Responses in Developmental Stages of Megachile apicalis Spinola (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) by Hranitz, John M, Barthell, John F, Thorp, Robbin W, Overall, Lisa M, Griffith, Justin L

“…We examined stress responses and survival in developmental stages of the invasive solitary bee Megachile apicalis Spinola during two nesting seasons in the…”
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Learning and Memory During Foraging of The Blue Orchard Bee, Osmia lignaria Say (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) by Amaya-Márquez, Marisol, Hill, Peggy S. M., Barthell, John F., Pham, L. Lisa, Doty, Dale R., Wells, Harrington

“…Social bees have been widely used as model systems for studying learning and memory. Much less is known about these phenomena in solitary bees, in spite of the…”
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Necrophagy in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.); A Forensic Application of Scent Foraging Behavior by Morice, Brian D., Lord, Wayne D., Barthell, John F., Jourdan, Thomas H., Morris, Tracy L.

“…Scent training and field detection trials were conducted to determine if honey bee (Apis mellifera) foraging behavior could be employed as a practical…”
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A Decade of Progress: Lessons Learned in Developing the UCO Downtown by Barthell, John F, Simmons, Charlotte K, Youngblood, Karen

“…For over a decade, the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) has been engaged in defining its role within the Oklahoma City (OKC) Metropolitan Area. By 2013, an…”
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Size Variation and Aggression among Male Xylocopa virginica (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) at a Nesting Site in Central Oklahoma by Barthell, John F., Baird, Troy A.

“…We studied aggression and size variation among males in the carpenter bee Xylocopa virginica (L.) at a nesting site in Central Oklahoma. Male size (estimated…”
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Bee visitors of Centaurea solstitialis L. (Asteraceae) in an urban environment in northwestern Turkey by Gonzalez, Victor H., Olsen, Alena, Mallula, Maija, Tosunoglu, Aycan, Çakmak, Ibrahim, Hranitz, John, Barthell, John

“…Information on the pollination ecology and floral visitors of the noxious weed Centaurea solstitialis is available for several populations in its invasive…”
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Promotion of Seed Set in Yellow Star-Thistle by Honey Bees: Evidence of an Invasive Mutualism by Barthell, John F., Randall, John M., Thorp, Robbin W., Wenner, Adrian M.

“…We examined the role of nonnative honey bees (Apis mellifera) as pollinators of the invasive, nonnative plant species yellow star-thistle (Centaurea…”
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Ecological research: Long-term studies to gauge effects of invading bees by Robbin W. Thorp, Gordon Frankie, John Barthell, David Gordon, Linda Newstrom, Terry Griswold, Justin Schmidt, Steve Thoenes

“…The expected invasion of the United States by Africanized honey bees has inspired long-term studies documenting the ecological importance of native and…”
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Monitoring solitary bees in modified wildland habitats: implications for bee ecology and conservation by Frankie, G.W. (CNR University of California, Berkeley, CA.), Thorp, R.W, Newstrom-Lloyd, L.E, Rizzardi, M.A, Barthell, J.F, Griswold, T.L, Kim, J.Y, Kappagoda, S

“…The long-term goal of this study was to use solitary bees to assess the impact of advancing Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier) on…”
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Invader effects in a community of cavity nesting megachilid bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) by Barthell, J.F. (University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK.), Frankie, G.W, Thorp, B.W

“…Temporal and spatial characteristics of a community of cavity nesting megachilid bee species and their introduced competitors were examined at a site in the…”
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