Sagehen Creek Field Station

07 May, 05 AM - 10 May, 05 AM

The goal of the project is to document the microbial community association with solitary bee and their floral resources. To that end, I will be utilizing trap nests (small blocks of wood with holes for solitary bees to nest within) in order to obtain nesting solitary bees. These brood will be taken back to UC Davis, where there provisions, nest material, and larvae will be examined for yeast and microbes. Some larvae will also be reared in the laboratory using an incubator. I will put out approximately 20 boxes throughout the reserves. Additionally, I will be capturing bees as they enter and leaves the nests and allow them to walk on agar plates in order to isolate microbes on the bodies of adult bees. There bees will be released, unharmed, after this sampling procedure. Lastly, I will be collecting nectar from flowers in the areas surrounding the trap nests in order to examine its sugar and yeast/microbe composition. Through this process, I hope to determine if pollinators partition microbial communities and if there are any effects on floral or pollinator diversity on microbial communities.

Visit #23020 @Sagehen Creek Field Station

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Under Project # 22177 | Research

The effects of floral yeasts on solitary bee fitness

graduate_student - University of California, Davis

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Ryder Diaz May 7 - 10, 2011 (4 days)

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Apartment (Lower Camp) 1 May 7 - 10, 2011