Ecophysiology of Social Insects

Organizer(s)

• JB

  Jelena Bujan

  Research Associate
  Ruder Boskovic Institute
  Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
• VG

  Victor Gonzalez (he/him/his)

  University of Kansas
  Lawrence, Kansas
• 

  Karl Roeder

  Research Entomologist
  USDA-ARS
  Brookings, South Dakota

Attendees will learn about recent findings and innovative methods on social insect ecophysiology across various taxonomic, geographic, and biological scales of organization. Specifically, what physiological traits are important for understanding how insects interact and respond to environmental change. A mini-poster session and break-out groups will occur to discuss emerging topics.

Presentations:

• 9:30 AM - 9:35 AM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Karl Adam Roeder – USDA-ARS
• 9:35 AM - 9:50 AM Pacific

  Colonial thermoregulation and its limits during heat waves for honey bees
  

  Presenting Author: Jon Harrison – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Jun Chen (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Cahit Ozturk – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Adrian Fisher – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Jordan Robert Glass – University of Wyoming

  Co-Author: Brian Smith – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Jennifer Fewell – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Yun Kang – Arizona State University
• 9:50 AM - 10:05 AM Pacific

  Can sick bees take the heat? Assessing how trypanosome infection influences pollinator thermal tolerance
  

  Presenting Author: Julie Cruz – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Rudolf Schilder – The Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Margarita Lopez-Uribe – Pennsylvania State University
• 10:05 AM - 10:20 AM Pacific

  The fuzz factor: How pile presence and color, along with wing-generated airflow, shape bumble bee thermal balance
  

  Presenting Author: Jordan Robert Glass – University of Wyoming

  Co-Author: Hannah Vanderlinden – University of Wyoming

  Co-Author: Camden Foley – University of Wyoming

  Co-Author: Michael Dillon – University of Wyoming
• 10:20 AM - 10:35 AM Pacific

  Thermal tolerance and desiccation resistance of Bombus impatiens
  

  Presenting Author: Jamieson Botsch – Austin Peay State University

  Co-Author: Jesse Daniels – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Karl Adam Roeder – USDA-ARS
• 10:35 AM - 10:50 AM Pacific

  The cost of staying cool: Water balance and desiccation in a small-bodied bee
  

  Presenting Author: Meredith G. Johnson (she/her/hers) – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Christopher Waylett – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Lukas John Sokalski – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Joseph Rinehart – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Julia Bowsher – North Dakota State University

  Co-Author: Kendra J. Greenlee (she/her/hers) – North Dakota State University
• 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM Pacific

  Poster session and break
• 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM Pacific

  Ecophysiology of highly eusocial bees
  

  Presenting Author: Victor Hugo Gonzalez (he/him/his) – University of Kansas

  Co-Author: Anna Dreusicke – University of Iowa

  Co-Author: Claus Rasmussen – Aarhus University
• 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM Pacific

  Effects of desiccation on managed and native bee species
  

  Presenting Author: Karl Adam Roeder – USDA-ARS
• 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM Pacific

  Thermal constraints and climate-driven habitat loss in nocturnal tropical bees
  

  Presenting Author: Liam Wrixon – University of Kansas
• 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM Pacific

  Thermal performance curves for eusocial insects: Individual and group responses to temperature in bumble bees
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Dillon – University of Wyoming
• 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM Pacific

  Thermal tolerance in the cellophane bee Colletes inaequalis reflects early spring adaptation and is independent of body size and sex
  

  Presenting Author: Andres F. Herrera-Motta (he/him/his) – University of Kansas

  Co-Author: Natalie Diane Herbison – University of Kansas

  Co-Author: Kennan Oyen – Animal Diseases Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Deborah Smith – University of Kansas

  Co-Author: Victor Hugo Gonzalez (he/him/his) – University of Kansas
• 10:50 AM - 11:20 AM Pacific

  Using 3D modeling to evaluate body size metrics in bee ecophysiological studies
  

  Presenting Author: Isabella Manning – University of Kansas

  Co-Author: Victor Hugo Gonzalez (he/him/his) – University of Kansas

  Co-Author: Abigail Youngblood – University of California

  Co-Author: Charles Thrift (he/him/his) – University of California
• 11:20 AM - 11:35 AM Pacific

  Seasonality, microclimate, or macroclimate: What governs the plasticity of ant thermal tolerance?
  

  Presenting Author: Jelena Bujan – Ruder Boskovic Institute

  Co-Author: Lina Bajic – Ruder Boskovic Institut

  Co-Author: Antonia Smolic – Ruder Boskovic Institute

  Co-Author: Marko Bracic – Ruder Boskovic Institute
• 11:35 AM - 11:50 AM Pacific

  Temporal plasticity of thermal tolerance in ants
  

  Presenting Author: Diane Roeder – Augustana University

  Co-Author: Anna Paraskevopoulos – University of Colorado

  Co-Author: Karl Adam Roeder – USDA-ARS
• 11:50 AM - 12:05 PM Pacific

  Within-colony variation in thermal performance among eusocial Hymenoptera: Lessons from ants, bees, and paper wasps
  

  Presenting Author: Kaitlin M. Baudier – University of Southern Mississippi

  Co-Author: Kristin M. Robinson (she/her/hers) – University of Southern Mississippi
• 12:05 PM - 12:20 PM Pacific

  Is bigger better: Re-assessing the effects of body size on bee climate responses
  

  Presenting Author: Clint Penick – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Theresa Wolff – Auburn University
• 12:20 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Karl Adam Roeder – USDA-ARS