Our team(s) and their  Bees

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


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

Project Leaders

USDA ARS

Beltsville, MD

USDA ARS

Beltsville, MD

University of Illinois

Urbana, IL

Computational Leaders

Anna Childers

USDA ARS

Beltsville, MD

Scott Gieb

USDA ARS

Hilo, HI

Sheina Sim

USDA ARS

Hilo, HI

Brian Schefller

USDA ARS

Stoneville, MS

Rena Schweizer

USDA ARS

Logan, UT

Ligia Benavides

USDA ARS

Logan, UT

Species/Taxonomy Leaders

Michael Branstetter

USDA ARS

Logan, UT

Jon Koch

USDA ARS

Logan, UT

Jeff Lozier

University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

Terry Griswold

USDA ARS

Logan, UT

Katherine Parys

USDA ARS

Stoneville, MS

Our Team of Collaborators

Kirk Anderson

USDA ARS

Tuscon, AZ

Arian Avalos

USDA ARS

Baton Rouge, LA

May Berenbaum

University of Illinois

Urbana, IL

Judy Chen

USDA ARS

Beltsville, MD

Diana Cox-Foster

USDA ARS

Logan UT

Sam Droege

USGS

Patuxent, MD

Adam Dolezal

University of Illinois

Urbana, IL

Alex Harmon-Threatt

University of Illinois

Urbana, IL

Beryl Jones

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Karen Kapheim

Utah State University

Logan, UT

Sarah Kocher

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Margarita Lopez-Uribe

Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA

Quinn McFrederick

University of California Riverside

Riverside, CA

Michael Orr

Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany

Sandra Rehan

York University

Toronto, Canada

Miriam Richards

Brock University

Ontario, Canada

Stephania Sandoval Arango

USDA ARS

Beltsville, MD

Alex Torson

USDA ARS

Fargo, ND

Hollis Woodard

University of California Riverside

Riverside, CA

Amro Zayed

York University

Toronto, Canada

Join the team

Reach out to us at Beenome100@usda.gov