HONEY BEE POLLINATION ECOLOGY - To determine factors affecting the pollination ecology of honey bees in an effort to enhance honey bee pollination efficiency. Four Projects in this area.

2009-2010: James D. Ellis, Principle Investigator & Straughn Farms, Inc.

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT CONTROL OF HONEY BEE PESTS/DISEASE - To develop sustainable solutions to control honey bee pests and diseases and understand the proximal cause of colony collapse disorder (CCD). Fourteen projects in this area.

Current - 2013. See individual projects for details.

LETHAL AND SUBLETHAL EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES ON HONEY BEES - (1) To develop assays that can be used to determine the effects of pesticides on developing and mature bee honey bees, and (2) To identify these effects. Four projects in this area.

2009-2010: See individual projects for details.

NATIVE POLLINATOR CONSERVATION - To study the impact of native pollinators on U.S. agriculture and their habitat and to understand native pollinator general biology with an intent to develop targeted conservation practices. Nine projects in this area.

Current - 2013. See individual projects for details.

AFRICANIZED HONEY BEES - To mitigate the spread and impact of Africanized bees in Florida and the Southeastern U.S. Two projects in this area.

2008-2009: Co-PI (Principle Investigator) with David DeJong, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

DEVELOPMENT OF SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HONEY BEES AND THEIR NEST INVADERS - To determine how complex behavioral interactions develop between honey bees and their nest invaders with a long term goal of developing novel control approaches. Nine projects in this area.

2008-2011: Edward Atkinson, Ph.D student