Entomological Society of America On-Demand 10-Minute Poster Session Available Wednesday, November 11, 2020 Click HERE and search for ‘Grula’ to access the session on November 11th Telomere dynamics during development and overwintering in solitary bees Adult insects have relatively short lifespans and show declines in performance with age, but the mechanisms that underlie these age-associated…

‘Never stop learning and always be curious.’ Claire Campion is a first year student in the Dillon Lab working toward her master’s degree at the University of Wyoming. She has been part of the ICE Network throughout her undergraduate studies at North Dakota State University. At NDSU, she studied effects of agrochemicals on reproductive physiology…

Franz Scherping is a PhD student at North Dakota State University.  With expertise in wildlife research, data management and analysis, Franz brings experience in both environmental monitoring and wildlife handling.  His current research involves the use of genomic databases to analyze genomic datasets with the interest of studying genotypes and the regulation of genes and…

Garett P. Slater, George D. Yocum and Julia H. Bowsher In species that care for their young, provisioning has profound effects on offspring fitness. Provisioning is important in honeybees because nutritional cues determine whether a female becomes a reproductive queen or sterile worker. A qualitative difference between the larval diets of queens and workers is…