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Christina Grozinger

Christina Grozinger

Professor of Entomology and Director, Center for Pollinator Research, Penn State
Bees are critical pollinators in natural and agricultural landscapes, and key model systems for the study of social behavior. Grozinger's research group examines the mechanisms underlying social behavior and health in honey bees and related species. Her studies on social behavior seek to elucidate the proximate and ultimate mechanisms mediating cooperation and conflict in insect societies. Her studies on pollinator health evaluate the impacts of biotic and abiotic stressors at the molecular, physiological and behavioral level, and examine how bees’ resilience to these stressors can be bolstered by management practices and environmental contexts, particularly by improved nutrition.

To help beekeepers, growers, land managers and members of the public better assess and mitigate the stressors that their managed and wild bee populations experience, Grozinger works with the Beescape team to develop models and decision support tools to evaluate landscape conditions and predict bee health at local scales (see beescape.org).

The Grozinger Lab group is highly collaborative and interdisciplinary, with individuals from multiple programs and perspectives.

It’s OK to mow in May − the best way to help pollinators is by adding native plants

May 16, 2024 02:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

Its a simple idea: Stop mowing your lawn in the month of May to let flowers in the lawn, such as dandelions and clover, grow and support bees and other pollinators. No Mow May was started in 2019 by Plantlife, a...

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