Korie is a undergraduate in Dr. Kendra Greenlee’s lab as well as a USDA-ARS Pathways intern. Korie is currently working on the thermal tolerance of Megachile rotundata, the alfalfa leafcutting bee. She wants to understand how heat stress during development stages impacts the physiology and survival of the bee. Korie is always looking to learn…

Upcoming Talk by Courtney Grula St. Louis, Missouri The influence of body size on metabolic rate in Megachile rotundata Monday, November 18th, 11:10am-11:20am America’s Center – Room 267 Megachile rotundata is a commercially-reared, solitary, pollinator used in alfalfa seed production. Adult body size in these solitary bees is variable because it is determined by the…

Ph.D. Student Courtney is a PhD student in Dr. Julia Bowsher’s lab studying  two species of solitary bees, Megachile rotundata, alfalfa leafcutting bee and Osmia lignaria, blue orchard bee. Her expertise is in nutrition and development of solitary bees. Currently, she is working on determining how insect nutritional quantity affects rate of development and how…

The goal of the Insect Cryobiology and Ecophysiology (ICE) Network is to understand how bees overcome harsh winter conditions to successfully emerge and reproduce in spring. North American bees spend most of their lives overwintering in a physiological state that protects them from the damage caused by low temperatures and conserves resources necessary for reproduction…