Search Results - "Clair, Ashley L."

Native habitat mitigates feast–famine conditions faced by honey bees in an agricultural landscape by Dolezal, Adam G., St. Clair, Ashley L., Zhang, Ge, Toth, Amy L., O’Neal, Matthew E.

“…Intensive agriculture can contribute to pollinator decline, exemplified by alarmingly high annual losses of honey bee colonies in regions dominated by annual…”
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Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidea) Pollen Forage in a Highly Cultivated Agroecosystem: Limited Diet Diversity and Its Relationship to Virus Resistance by Zhang, Ge, St. Clair, Ashley L, Dolezal, Adam, Toth, Amy L, O'Neal, Matthew

“…Intensified agriculture reduces natural and seminatural habitats and plant diversity, reducing forage available to honey bees (Apis mellifera L. [Hymenoptera:…”
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Honey bee hive covers reduce food consumption and colony mortality during overwintering by St Clair, Ashley L, Beach, Nathanael J, Dolezal, Adam G

“…Beekeepers regularly employ management practices to mitigate losses during the winter, often considered the most difficult time during a colony life cycle…”
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Diversified Farming in a Monoculture Landscape: Effects on Honey Bee Health and Wild Bee Communities by St. Clair, Ashley L, Zhang, Ge, Dolezal, Adam G, O'Neal, Matthew E, Toth, Amy L

“…In the last century, a global transformation of Earth's surface has occurred due to human activity with extensive agriculture replacing natural ecosystems…”
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Can Native Plants Mitigate Climate-related Forage Dearth for Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)? by Zhang, Ge, St. Clair, Ashley L, Dolezal, Adam G, Toth, Amy L, O'Neal, Matthew E

“…Extreme weather events, like high temperatures and droughts, are predicted to become common with climate change, and may negatively impact plant growth. How…”
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Native vegetation embedded in landscapes dominated by corn and soybean improves honey bee health and productivity by Zhang, Ge, Murray, Caroline J., St. Clair, Ashley L., Cass, Randall P., Dolezal, Adam G., Schulte, Lisa A., Toth, Amy L., O'Neal, Matthew E.

“…Balancing demand for food while supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services in landscapes committed to crop production may require integrating conservation…”
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Do Viruses From Managed Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Endanger Wild Bees in Native Prairies? by Pritchard, Zoe A., Hendriksma, Harmen P., Clair, Ashley L., Stein, David S., Dolezal, Adam G., O'Neal, Matthew E., Toth, Amy L.

“…Populations of wild and managed pollinators are declining in North America, and causes include increases in disease pressure and decreases in flowering…”
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North American Prairie Is a Source of Pollen for Managed Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) by Zhang, Ge, St Clair, Ashley L, Dolezal, Adam G, Toth, Amy L, O'Neal, Matthew E

“…Prairie was a dominant habitat within large portions of North America before European settlement. Conversion of prairies to farmland resulted in the loss of a…”
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Pan Traps for Tracking Honey Bee Activity-Density: A Case Study in Soybeans by St. Clair, Ashley L., Dolezal, Adam G., O’Neal, Matthew E., Toth, Amy L.

“…To study how honey bees utilize forage resources and guide pollination management plans in crops, a multitude of methods have been developed, but most are time…”
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Access to prairie pollen affects honey bee queen fecundity in the field and lab by St. Clair, Ashley L., Suresh, Sreelakshmi, Dolezal, Adam G.

“…Beekeepers experience high annual losses of colonies, with environmental stressors like pathogens, reduced forage, and pesticides as contributors. Some…”
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Agroecosystem landscape diversity shapes wild bee communities independent of managed honey bee presence by St. Clair, Ashley L., Zhang, Ge, Dolezal, Adam G., O’Neal, Matthew E., Toth, Amy L.

“…Large scale agricultural production can lead to a reduction in availability of habitat used by wild bees for nesting and forage and has been implicated in…”
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