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Entomology: UGA Honey Bee Program: About Us

Bee Lab Graduate Students and Alumni

Current Graduate Students

 


Alumni

Eleanor K. SpicerEleanor K. Spicer

Masters Graduate Student, graduated December 2007
Bachelor of Science in Zoology, Minor in Entomology (graduated Cum Laude, North Carolina State University, December 2003)

Research

My research was an attempt to quantify the pollination efficacy of the exotic honey bee (Apis mellifera) and native pollinators such as Halictidae, Bombus spp., Xylocopa spp., and Peponapis spp. under different levels of floral competition. This research also examined the effects of floral competition on pollinator diversity. Crimson sweet watermelons (Citrullus lanatus) served as the model plants for measuring pollinator efficacy and sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) as the model competitors.

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Dr. Delaplane and Amanda M. Ellis, Ph.D.Amanda M. Ellis, Ph.D.

Graduated December 2007

  • April 2004 - Awarded Master of Science degree with distinction in Zoology from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. Also awarded the 2004 Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science Bronze Medal
  • May 2002 - Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Bachelor of Science Degree in Forest Resources: The University of Georgia, Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, Major in Wildlife Biology.

Publications

  1. Ellis, Amanda M., Laura L. Patton, and Steven B. Castleberry. 2002. Bat foraging activity in upland and riparian habitats in the Georgia Piedmont. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 56: 210-218.
  2. Ellis, J. D. Jr., H. R. Hepburn, A. M. Ellis, and P. J. Elzen. 2002. Social encapsulation of small hive beetles (Aethina tumida Murray) by European honey bees (Apis mellifera). Insectes Sociaux 50: 286-291.
  3. Ellis, J. D. Jr., H. R. Hepburn, A. M. Ellis, and P. J. Elzen. 2002. Prison construction and guarding behavior by European honey bees is dependent on inmate beetle density. Naturwissenschaften 90: 382-384.
  4. Ellis, Amanda M. 2002. "Bee-ing" a Beekeeper's Significant Other. American Bee Journal 142(11): 820-821.
  5. Ellis, A. M. & K. S. Delaplane. 2005. An Evaluation of Fruit-Boost™ in Enhancing Honey Bee Pollination of Seedless Watermelons. Final Report to Zeraim Gedera Seed Company and Phero Tech, Inc.
  6. Ellis, A. & K.S. Delaplane. 2008. Effects of nest invaders on honey bee (Apis mellifer) pollination efficacy. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 127: 201-206 doi:10.1016/j.agee.2008.04.001, to request a PDF reprint, email ksd@uga.edu.
  7. Ellis, A. & K.S. Delaplane. 2009. Individual forager profits in Apis mellifera unaffected by a range of colony Varroa destructor densities. Insectes Sociaux doi: 10.1007/s00040-009-0040-2.
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Nabor Hector Mendizabal ChavezNabor Hector Mendizabal Chavez, M.Sc.

Graduated December 2004

  • Founder of the Beekeeping Project in the Farmer to Farmer Program, Partners of the Americas. 1999
  • Press Secretary for the ADAC (Cochabamba [Bolivia] Beekeepers Association). 2001

Publications

  • Mendizabal, N. 2000. Use of the smoke of selected plant species in the natural control of Varroa destructor in Cochabamba Valley. Undergraduate Thesis. Universidad Mayor de San Simon, Cochabamba, Bolivia
  • Mendizabal, N. 2004. Simultaneous selection for reduced varroa levels, hygienic behavior, brood viability, brood production, honey production and gentleness in European honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) colonies using conventional queen propagation and mating methods. M.S. Thesis. University of Georgia, Athens.
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Selim Dedej, Ph.D.Selim Dedej

Graduated August 2004

Visiting Fulbright Scholar December 1999-June 2000; Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Government of Albania 1997-1999; Associate Professor, Agricultural University of Tirana

Publications

  1. Dedej, S. & K.S. Delaplane. 2000. Effects of hygienic queens, comb age, and colony microclimate on expression of chalkbrood disease symptoms. In Proceedings of the American Bee Research Conference. American Bee Journal 140(11): 903-904
  2. Provost Arnett Mace, Dr. Delaplane and Selim Dedej, Ph.D.Dedej, S., K.S. Delaplane, & E. Gocaj. 2000. A technical and economic evaluation of beekeeping in Albania. Bee World 81(2): 87-97
  3. Dedej, S. & K.S. Delaplane. 2001. Interactions and pollinating efficacies of honey bees and nectar thieving carpenter bees. In Proceedings of the American Bee Research Conference. American Bee Journal 141(12): 887
  4. Delaplane, K.S. & S. Dedej. 2001. Pollination of blueberry (Vaccinium ashei) by honey bees (Apis mellifera) and nectar-thieving carpenter bees (Xylocopa virginica). In Proceedings of Apimondia Congress, Durban, South Africa, 133-147
  5. Dedej, S. & K.S. Delaplane. 2003. Honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pollination of rabbiteye blueberry Vaccinium ashei var. 'Climax' is pollinator-density dependent. Journal of Economic Entomology 96(4): 1215-1220 PDF file
  6. Dedej, S. & K. S. Delaplane. 2004. Nectar-robbing carpenter bees reduce seed-setting capability of honey bees (Hymenoptera : Apidae) in rabbiteye blueberry Vaccinium ashei, 'Climax.' Environmental Entomology 33(1): 100-106 PDF file
  7. Dedej, S., K.S. Delaplane, & H. Scherm. 2004. Effectiveness of honey bees in delivering the biocontrol agent Bacillus subtilis to blueberry flowers to suppress mummy berry disease. Biological Control 31: 422-427 PDF file
  8. Dedej, S. & K. S. Delaplane. 2005. Net energetic advantage drives honey bees (Apis mellifera L) to nectar larceny in Vaccinium ashei Reade. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 57: 398-403 PDF file
  9. Ngugi, H.K., S. Dedej, K.S. Delaplane, A.T. Savelle, and H. Scherm. 2005. Effect of flower-applied Serenade biofungicide (Bacillus subtilis) on pollination-related variables in rabbiteye blueberry. Biological Control 32: 33-38 PDF file
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Jennifer Berry, M.S.; Dr. Delaplane; Jaime Ellis, Ph.D.Jennifer Berry, M.S.

Graduated May 2000.

Publications

  1. Berry, J.A. & K.S. Delaplane. 2000. Effects of top- versus bottom-supering on honey yield. American Bee Journal 140(5): 409-410
  2. Berry, J.A. & K.S. Delaplane. 2001. Effects of comb age on honey bee colony growth and brood survivorship. Journal of Apicultural Research 40(1): 3-8 PDF file
  3. Ellis, J. D., Jr., K.S. Delaplane, C.S. Richards, R. Hepburn, J.A. Berry, & P.J. Elzen. 2004. Hygienic behavior of Cape and European Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) toward Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) eggs oviposited in sealed bee brood. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97(4): 860-864 PDF file
  4. Delaplane, K.S., J.A. Berry, J.A. Skinner, J.P. Parkman, & W.M. Hood. 2005. Integrated pest management against Varroa destructor reduces colony mite levels and delays economic threshold. Journal of Apicultural Research 44(4): 117-122 PDF file
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