This project explored the efficacy of managed bumblebees (B. impatiens) as supplemental pollinators to strawberry, and its dependence on landscape context. We also assessed potential risks to wild pollinators with visitation surveys and pathogen screening. 

View the pre-print of the undergraduate honors thesis I conducted in this system here: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.04.677857 

In this project we exposed bumblebees to an insecticide (bifenthrin or thiamethoxam), a fungicide (difenoconazole, myclubutanil, or fenhexamid), or a combination of the two and documented the potential for synergistic effects to bumblebees (B. impatiens)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-019-00681-0