REU Site: Ecology and Behavior of Honey Bees and Solitary Bees

REU 网站：蜜蜂和独居蜂的生态学和行为

• 批准号: 0851651
• 负责人: John Barthell
• 金额: $ 30.16万
• 依托单位: University of Central Oklahoma
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-01 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0851651&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Ecology; Behavior; Honey

The University of Central Oklahoma REU Site will provide a research program for undergraduates during the summers of 2009-2012. Six students will be selected each year to participate in an intensive eight-week research program that involves collaboration by an international team of scientists from the United States, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. We pose behavioral and ecological hypotheses that use honey bees and solitary bees as model systems. The questions we address are basic in nature but have clear relevance to applied (agricultural) systems in the region where we work. Specifically, we address topics germane to invasive species in pollination systems, decision-making by foraging honey bees and learning patterns in honey bees as influenced by environmental factors. These investigations have direct application to crop pollination and the apicultural industry in Eurasia where honey bees and the solitary bees we study are native. Prior to departing for the field portion of the program, students will be immersed in a one-week course that focuses on experimental design and the history and nature of science; students also participate in the publication process and are supported in their development toward post-graduate studies. We intend to support a generation of scientists who understand the developing world and the relationship between the diversity of human culture and intellectual innovation. Students therefore participate in enrichment activities that include exposure to some of the most significant locations in human history that include archaeological sites along the Dardanelles (near Istanbul), the Aegean islands and throughout western Turkey. Since many large-scale ecological issues (including invasive species and associated pathogens) originate from outside the United States (a result of agricultural enterprise), the international and multicultural collaborations in the program represent a key ingredient in training our student participants to study biological systems in the modern world. This program is supported by funds from the National Science Foundation?s Directorate of Biological Sciences and Office of International Science and Engineering. Additional information can be found at http://cms.uco.edu/REU/, or by contacting the Principal Investigator, Dr. John F. Barthell, at 405-974-2481; [e-mail].

中央俄克拉荷马州REU网站的大学将在2009年至2012年夏季为本科生提供一个研究计划。 每年将选出六名学生参加为期八周的密集研究计划，该计划涉及来自美国，保加利亚，希腊和土耳其的国际科学家团队的合作。 我们提出的行为和生态假说，使用蜜蜂和孤独的蜜蜂作为模型系统。我们解决的问题是基本的性质，但有明显的相关性，在我们工作的地区应用（农业）系统。 具体来说，我们解决的主题密切相关的传粉系统中的入侵物种，决策觅食蜜蜂和蜜蜂的学习模式受环境因素的影响。 这些研究直接应用于欧亚大陆的作物授粉和养蜂业，我们研究的蜜蜂和孤蜂是土生土长的。 在离开该计划的实地部分之前，学生将沉浸在为期一周的课程中，重点是实验设计和科学的历史和性质;学生还参与出版过程，并支持他们向研究生学习的发展。 我们打算支持一代了解发展中国家以及人类文化多样性与知识创新之间关系的科学家。 因此，学生参加丰富的活动，包括接触到一些人类历史上最重要的地点，包括考古遗址沿着达达尼尔海峡（靠近伊斯坦布尔），爱琴海群岛和整个土耳其西部。 由于许多大规模的生态问题（包括入侵物种和相关病原体）来自美国以外（农业企业的结果），该计划中的国际和多元文化合作是培训我们的学生参与者学习现代世界生物系统的关键因素。 这个项目是由国家科学基金会资助的。s生物科学理事会和国际科学与工程办公室。 更多信息可登录http：//cms.uco.edu/REU/或联系主要研究者John F.博士。Barthell，电话405-974-2481; [e-mail]。