Investigating the effects of insecticide exposure, pathogens, and heat stress on bee diversity, abundance, and health (Old ID 28974)
Role
Chief Investigator
Description
Bees are threatened by multiple stressors including insecticide exposure, disease, loss of habitat, and climate change. Studies investigating stressors facing Australian bees are becoming more common, but many knowledge gaps still exist and while some studies document the effects of stressors in isolation, they stop short of investigating the effects of stressors in combination. My project will investigate how the stressors of insecticide exposure, pathogens and heat stress affect native bee diversity, abundance, and health, as well as investigate whether bee hotels cause increased pathogen and parasitism prevalence, and predation rates in native bees.
Date
01 Apr 2023 - 30 Apr 2025
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
insecticide;pathogen;native bee;agriculture;threats;diversity
Funding Body
Skyrail Rainforest Foundation
Amount
9892
Project Team
Lori Lach;Peter Yeeles