Our teams and their  Bees

Our group is composed of researchers working together from both government and academia. This includes, ARS – Beltsville, MD; Logan, UT; Hilo, HI; Stoneville, MS; Peoria, IL. Collaborators – University of Illinois, Utah State Univ., Pennsylvania State University, Princeton University. Brock U, UC Riverside, and many more!


Symphyotrichum species, Halesia tetraptera,Photo byUSGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab via Flickr. Public Domain.

Project Leads

Who's in charge around here?




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Jay Evans

USDA ARS

Kevin Hackett

USDA ARS


Gene Robinson

University of Illinois

Computational Leads

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Anna Childers

USDA ARS

Scott Gieb

USDA ARS

Sheina Sim

USDA ARS


Brian Schefller

USDA ARS

Rena Schweizer

USDA ARS

Ligia Benavides

USDA ARS

Species Leads

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Michael Branstetter

USDA ARS


Jon Koch

USDA ARS

Terry Griswold

USDA ARS

Katherine Parys

USDA ARS

Jeff Lozier

University of  Alabama

Our Team

Who leads the team? Describe your founder or team members who play a leadership role on the team.



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Amro Zayed

York University

Arian Avalos

USDA ARS

Amanda Stahlke

USDA ARA

Diana Cox-Foster

USDA ARS

Kirk Anderson

USDA ARS

Judy Chen

USDA ARS

Quinn McFrederick

UC Riverside

Alex Harmon-Threatt

University of Illinois

Sam Droege

USGS

Margarita Lopez-Uribe

Penn State University

Karen Kapheim

Utah State University

Sarah Kocher

Princeton University

Miriam Richards

Brock University

Sandra Rehan

York University

May Berenbaum

University of Illinois

Adam Dolezal

University of Illinois

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