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Research Programs and Projects at this Location

ARS research is organized into National Programs. Within each National Program are research projects. Listed below are  the National Programs and research projects currently conducted at this location.

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Crop Production (NP #305)
Sustainable Crop Production and Wildland Preservation through the Management, Systematics, and Conservation of a Diversity of Bees
(In-House Appropriated)
Blue Orchard Bee (BOB) Response to Climate Change in Orchard Crops
(Cooperative Agreement)
Development and Production of SmartBombus Units
(Cooperative Agreement)
Novel Approaches for Pest Management and Pollinator Protection during the Production of Alfalfa Grown for Seed
(Cooperative Agreement)
Optimizing Pollination of Blueberries, Strawberries, Raspberries, and Other Specialty Fruit Crops in Utah
(Cooperative Agreement)
Development and Implementation of Non-lethal Methodologies for Surveying Bee Fauna in the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex of California
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Investigating Imperiled Bumble Bee Species Distributions and Habitat Associations
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Mojave Poppy Bee (Perdita Meconis) Range-Wide Population, Habitat, And Ecological Status Surveys, 2022-2024
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
New Methods for Exotic Bee Monitoring using DNA Barcoding and MinION Sequencing
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Novel Approaches for Pest Management and Pollinator Protection during the Production of Alfalfa Grown for Seed
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Pollinator Surveys on National Forests in Region 4, Intermountain Region
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Promoting Resilient Forest Bee Communities through Fuel Management
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Recovery outline for the rusty patched bumble bee, 2018
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Surveys for Mojave Poppy Bee (Perdita meconis)
(Interagency Reimbursable Agreement)
Automated Pollinator Identification: Next-Generation Sensors for Species and Behavior
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
Collaborative Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Oversight and Research between Utah State University and ARS-Logan
(Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement)
A Holistic Approach to Determining the Impact of an Established Exotic Pollinator, Bombus impatiens, on Bumble Bee Health in the Pacific Northwest
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Bees of the World – Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Evolution of Host-Plant Associations
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
How Many Routes to the Same Phenotype? Genetic Changes Underlying Parallel Acquisition of Mimetic Color Patterns Across Bumble Bees
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Multi-Generational Adaptation of Blue Orchard Bees (Osmia Lignaria) in Response to Climate Change in Orchard Crops
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Optimizing Pollination of Blueberries, Strawberries, Currants, and other Specialty Fruit Crops in Utah
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Using Pesticide Fate Models to Guide Application Timing and Improve Alfalfa Seed Yields
(Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement)
Advanced Monitoring of Established and Emerging Pathogens and Parasitoid Infections of Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee (Megachile rotundata)
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Bees of the World - Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Evolution of Host-Plant Associations
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Bees on Utah Berries
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Curation, Digitization, and Databasing of Bee Specimens in the US National Pollinating Insects Collection
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Enhancing and Protecting Populations of Alfalfa Seed Pollinators
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
How fuels management impacts native bee communities
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Informing Effective Alkali Bee (Nomia melanderi) Management Decisions with Novel Microsatellite Markers and Population Genetic Analysis
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Quantifying Pesticide Transfer in Alfalfa Leafcutting and Blue Orchard Bee Nests
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Surveys for Mojave Poppy Bee (Perdita meconis)
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Using Pesticide Fate Models to Guide Application Timing and Improve Alfalfa Seed Yields
(Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement)
Benefits for Bee Health and Diversity from Drought-Tolerant Plantings (“Bee Pasture”) for Drought-Stricken Areas in the West
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Ensuring healthy pollinators for crop production: Defining forage needs of bees, through examination of interactions of bee species and pollen use
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)
Mojave Poppy Bee Surveys
(Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement)