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Diana  Cox-Foster
                        Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics Research

                        




                        
                        Research Leader
                        Phone: (435) 797-0530
                        
                        
                        Fax: (435) 797-0461(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            ProjectsBlue Orchard Bee (BOB) Response to Climate Change in Orchard Crops
                                                    Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (A)Accession Number: 441548Sustainable Crop Production and Wildland Preservation through the Management, Systematics, and Conservation of a Diversity of Bees
                                                    In-House Appropriated
                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 437810Recovery outline for the rusty patched bumble bee, 2018
                                                    Interagency Reimbursable Agreement
                                                                    (I)Accession Number: 437243Pollinator Surveys on National Forests in Region 4, Intermountain Region
                                                    Interagency Reimbursable Agreement
                                                                    (I)Accession Number: 441025Automated Pollinator Identification: Next-Generation Sensors for Species and Behavior
                                                    Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (N)Accession Number: 443929Collaborative Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Oversight and Research between Utah State University and ARS-Logan
                                                    Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (N)Accession Number: 444880Multi-Generational Adaptation of Blue Orchard Bees (Osmia Lignaria) in Response to Climate Change in Orchard Crops
                                                    Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (R)Accession Number: 441509Enhancing and Protecting Populations of Alfalfa Seed Pollinators
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 442075Quantifying Pesticide Transfer in Alfalfa Leafcutting and Blue Orchard Bee Nests
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 439076Advanced Monitoring of Established and Emerging Pathogens and Parasitoid Infections of Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee (Megachile rotundata)
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 437994Curation, Digitization, and Databasing of  Bee Specimens in the US National Pollinating Insects Collection
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 444883Ensuring healthy pollinators for crop production: Defining forage needs of bees, through examination of interactions of bee species and pollen use
                                                    Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (T)Accession Number: 438637Benefits for Bee Health and Diversity from Drought-Tolerant Plantings (“Bee Pasture”) for Drought-Stricken Areas in the West
                                                    Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (T)Accession Number: 442551**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Discovery of a critical time-point in the development and handling of an orchard pollinator, the blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria, Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Examination of hivetop incubator efficacy for emerging Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) and the impact on Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)McCabe, L.M., Cox-Foster, D.L., Pitts-Singer, T. 2023. Examination of hivetop incubator efficacy for emerging Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) and the impact on Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies. Journal of Economic Entomology. 116(2):359-367. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad002.Novel microsatellite markers for Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): A North American pollinator of agricultural crops and wildland plants
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Koch, J., Branstetter, M.G., Cox-Foster, D.L., Knoblett, J.N., Lindsay, T.T., Pitts Singer, T., Rohde, A.T., Strange, J.P., Tobin, K.B. 2023. Novel microsatellite markers for Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): A North American pollinator of agricultural crops and wildland plants. Journal of Insect Science. 23(1). Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieac077.Effects of provision type and pesticide exposure on the larval development of Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Kopit, A.M., Klinger, E., Cox-Foster, D.L., Ramirez, R.A., Pitts Singer, T. 2021. Effects of provision type and pesticide exposure on the larval development of Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Environmental Entomology. 51(1):240-251. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvab119.Genetic and usurpation data support high incidence of bumble bee nest invasion by socially parasitic bumble bee, Bombus insularis
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Koch, J., McCabe, L.M., Love, B.G., Cox-Foster, D.L. 2021. Genetic and usurpation data support high incidence of bumble bee nest invasion by socially parasitic bumble bee, Bombus insularis. Journal of Insect Science. 21(5):1-7. Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieab063.Toward a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees
                                                        

- (Review Article)Woodard, H.S., Federman, S., James, R.R., Danforth, B.N., Griswold, T.L., Inouye, D.W., Mcfrederick, Q.S., Morandin, L.A., Paul, D., Sellers, E., Strange, J.P., Vaughan, M., Williams, N.M., Branstetter, M.G., Burns, C., Cane, J.H., Cariveau, A., Cariveau, D., Childers, A.K., Childers, C., Cox-Foster, D.L., Evans, E., Graham, K., Hackett, K.J., Huntzinger, K., Irwin, R., Jha, S., Lawson, S., Lebuhn, G., Lopez-Uribe, M., Melathopoulos, A., Otto, C., Ponisio, L., Richardson, L., Rose, R., Singh, R., Steeger, T., Wehling, W. 2020. Toward a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees. Biological Conservation. 252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108821.Diet breadth affects bacterial identity but not diversity in the pollen provisions of closely related polylectic and oligolectic bees
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Rothman, J.A., Cox-Foster, D.L., Andrikopoulos, C., McFrederick, Q.S. 2020. Diet breadth affects bacterial identity but not diversity in the pollen provisions of closely related polylectic and oligolectic bees. Insects. 11(9). Article 645. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11090645.Bombus microcolonies as a tool for biological understanding and risk assessment

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Floral and foliar source affect the bee nest microbial community
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Rothman, J.A., Andrikopoulos, C., Cox-Foster, D.L., McFrederick, Q.S. 2018. Floral and foliar source affect the bee nest microbial community. Microbial Ecology. 78(2):506-516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-018-1300-3.Workshop on pesticide exposure assessment paradigm for non-Apis bees: foundation and summaries
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Boyle, N.K., Alix, A., Lehmann, D.M., O'Neill, B., Thompson, H.M., Morandin, L., Singh, R., Abbott, J., Raine, N.E., Cox-Foster, D.L., Pitts-Singer, T., Hiranejos, S., Steeger, T. 2018. Workshop on pesticide exposure assessment paradigm for non-Apis bees: foundation and summaries. Environmental Entomology. 48(1):4-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvy103.Genomes of the Hymenoptera
                                                        

- (Review Article)Branstetter, M.G., Childers, A.K., Cox-Foster, D.L., Hopper, K.R., Kapheim, K.M., Toth, A.L., Worley, K.C. 2018. Genomes of the Hymenoptera. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 25:65-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2017.11.008.Colony collapse disorder (CCD) and bee age impact honey bee pathophysiology
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Vanengelsdorp, D., Traynor, K.S., Andree, M., Lichtenberg, E.M., Chen, Y., Saegerman, C., Cox-Foster, D.L. 2017. Colony collapse disorder (CCD) and bee age impact honey bee pathophysiology. PLoS Pathogens. 12(7):e0179535. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179535.An inert pesticide adjuvant synergizes viral pathogenicity and mortality in honey bee larvae

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Fine, J.D., Cox-Foster, D.L., Mullin, C.A. 2017. An inert pesticide adjuvant synergizes viral pathogenicity and mortality in honey bee larvae. Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/srep40499.
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