The Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees

Gladys Andino is a Ph.D. student at Purdue University studying with Dr. Greg Hunt. She is investigating grooming behavior as a mechanism of resistance to Varroa mites. Her goal is to develop a cage-based assay to select stock for Varroa resistance. She is also investigating resistance to Nosema ceranae and will map
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Five graduate students in honey bee research have been awarded scholarships by the Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees.
Milagra Weiss is an M.S. student at the University of Arizona. She is investigating the effects of high fructose corn syrup on honey bee colony founding, overwintering and physiology. She works in the USDA’s
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Six graduate students in honey bee research have been awarded scholarships by the Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees and will make presentations during the American Bee Research Conference at the National Beekeeping Conference in Sacramento in January.

In 2006, five graduate students were awarded scholarships.  The winners were:

Amanda Ellis, University of Georgia
Brad Metz, Texas A&M University
Michael Simone, University of Minnesota
Jeremy Wagnitz, University of Nebraska
Michael Williams, Penn State University

In 2005, five graduate students were awarded scholarships.  The winners and their research foci were:

Umberto Moreno, University of Minnesota and University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao, Brazil.
Genetics and biology of propolis collection by honey bees.
Brendon Fussnecker, North Carolina State University.
Molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate honey bee behavior.
Bradley Barnd, Purdue University.
Genetic influence on metabolic rate in
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In 2004 six graduate students were awarded scholarships.  The winners were:
Nick Aliano – University of Nebraska. He is completing his M.S. work now and will being Ph.D. work in the fall. He has been working on use of powdered sugar to remove varroa mites from bees. His Ph.D. work will continue to focus on varroa
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