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Diana Cox-Foster
Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics Research
Research Leader

Phone: (435) 797-0530
Fax: (435) 797-0461

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Projects
Blue Orchard Bee (BOB) Response to Climate Change in Orchard Crops
Cooperative Agreement (A)
  Accession Number: 441548
Sustainable Crop Production and Wildland Preservation through the Management, Systematics, and Conservation of a Diversity of Bees
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 437810
Pollinator Surveys on National Forests in Region 4, Intermountain Region
Interagency Reimbursable Agreement (I)
  Accession Number: 441025
Automated Pollinator Identification: Next-Generation Sensors for Species and Behavior
Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement (N)
  Accession Number: 443929
Collaborative Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Oversight and Research between Utah State University and ARS-Logan
Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement (N)
  Accession Number: 444880
Curation, Digitization, and Databasing of Bee Specimens in the US National Pollinating Insects Collection
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 444883
Balancing Pollinator Protection and Pest Control in Alfalfa Seed Crops
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 446522
Quantifying Pesticide Transfer in Alfalfa Leafcutting and Blue Orchard Bee Nests
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 439076
Advanced Monitoring of Established and Emerging Pathogens and Parasitoid Infections of Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee (Megachile rotundata)
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 437994
Enhancing and Protecting Populations of Alfalfa Seed Pollinators
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 442075
Benefits for Bee Health and Diversity from Drought-Tolerant Plantings (“Bee Pasture”) for Drought-Stricken Areas in the West
Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement (T)
  Accession Number: 442551
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 (T)
  Accession Number: 438637

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Mapping floral resources in montane landscapes using unmanned aerial systems and two-step random forest classifications Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Tabor, J., Hernandez, A.J., Cox-Foster, D.L., Love, B.G., Mccabe, L.M., Koch, J., Robbins, M.D. 2024. Mapping floral resources in montane landscapes using unmanned aerial systems and two-step random forest classifications. Drones. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2024.06.016.
Osmia lignaria laboratory rearing protocol Reprint Icon - (Rapid Release Publication)
Williams, M.F., Boyle, N.K., Schaeffer, R.N., Cox-Foster, D.L. 2024. Osmia lignaria laboratory rearing protocol. Protocols.io. https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.eq2lyj4qplx9/v1.
Trisiloxane surfactants negatively affect reproductive behaviors and enhance viral replication in honey bees Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Fine, J.D., Cox-Foster, D.L., Moor, K., Chen, R., Avalos, A. 2023. Trisiloxane surfactants negatively affect reproductive behaviors and enhance viral replication in honey bees. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 43/222-223. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5771.
Discovery of a critical time-point in the development and handling of an orchard pollinator, the blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria, Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Examination of hivetop incubator efficacy for emerging Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) and the impact on Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
McCabe, L.M., Cox-Foster, D.L., Pitts-Singer, T. 2023. Examination of hivetop incubator efficacy for emerging Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) and the impact on Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies. Journal of Economic Entomology. 116(2):359-367. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad002.
Novel microsatellite markers for Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): A North American pollinator of agricultural crops and wildland plants - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Koch, J., Branstetter, M.G., Cox-Foster, D.L., Knoblett, J.N., Lindsay, T.T., Pitts Singer, T., Rohde, A.T., Strange, J.P., Tobin, K.B. 2023. Novel microsatellite markers for Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): A North American pollinator of agricultural crops and wildland plants. Journal of Insect Science. 23(1). Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieac077.
Effects of provision type and pesticide exposure on the larval development of Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kopit, A.M., Klinger, E., Cox-Foster, D.L., Ramirez, R.A., Pitts Singer, T. 2021. Effects of provision type and pesticide exposure on the larval development of Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Environmental Entomology. 51(1):240-251. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvab119.
Genetic and usurpation data support high incidence of bumble bee nest invasion by socially parasitic bumble bee, Bombus insularis Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Koch, J., McCabe, L.M., Love, B.G., Cox-Foster, D.L. 2021. Genetic and usurpation data support high incidence of bumble bee nest invasion by socially parasitic bumble bee, Bombus insularis. Journal of Insect Science. 21(5):1-7. Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieab063.
Toward a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees Reprint Icon - (Review Article)
Woodard, H.S., Federman, S., James, R.R., Danforth, B.N., Griswold, T.L., Inouye, D.W., Mcfrederick, Q.S., Morandin, L.A., Paul, D., Sellers, E., Strange, J.P., Vaughan, M., Williams, N.M., Branstetter, M.G., Burns, C., Cane, J.H., Cariveau, A., Cariveau, D., Childers, A.K., Childers, C., Cox-Foster, D.L., Evans, E., Graham, K., Hackett, K.J., Huntzinger, K., Irwin, R., Jha, S., Lawson, S., Lebuhn, G., Lopez-Uribe, M., Melathopoulos, A., Otto, C., Ponisio, L., Richardson, L., Rose, R., Singh, R., Steeger, T., Wehling, W. 2020. Toward a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees. Biological Conservation. 252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108821.
Diet breadth affects bacterial identity but not diversity in the pollen provisions of closely related polylectic and oligolectic bees Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rothman, J.A., Cox-Foster, D.L., Andrikopoulos, C., McFrederick, Q.S. 2020. Diet breadth affects bacterial identity but not diversity in the pollen provisions of closely related polylectic and oligolectic bees. Insects. 11(9). Article 645. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11090645.
Bombus microcolonies as a tool for biological understanding and risk assessment - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Floral and foliar source affect the bee nest microbial community Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rothman, J.A., Andrikopoulos, C., Cox-Foster, D.L., McFrederick, Q.S. 2018. Floral and foliar source affect the bee nest microbial community. Microbial Ecology. 78(2):506-516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-018-1300-3.
Workshop on pesticide exposure assessment paradigm for non-Apis bees: foundation and summaries Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Boyle, N.K., Alix, A., Lehmann, D.M., O'Neill, B., Thompson, H.M., Morandin, L., Singh, R., Abbott, J., Raine, N.E., Cox-Foster, D.L., Pitts-Singer, T., Hiranejos, S., Steeger, T. 2018. Workshop on pesticide exposure assessment paradigm for non-Apis bees: foundation and summaries. Environmental Entomology. 48(1):4-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvy103.
Genomes of the Hymenoptera Reprint Icon - (Review Article)
Branstetter, M.G., Childers, A.K., Cox-Foster, D.L., Hopper, K.R., Kapheim, K.M., Toth, A.L., Worley, K.C. 2018. Genomes of the Hymenoptera. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 25:65-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2017.11.008.
Colony collapse disorder (CCD) and bee age impact honey bee pathophysiology Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Vanengelsdorp, D., Traynor, K.S., Andree, M., Lichtenberg, E.M., Chen, Y., Saegerman, C., Cox-Foster, D.L. 2017. Colony collapse disorder (CCD) and bee age impact honey bee pathophysiology. PLoS Pathogens. 12(7):e0179535. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179535.
An inert pesticide adjuvant synergizes viral pathogenicity and mortality in honey bee larvae - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Fine, J.D., Cox-Foster, D.L., Mullin, C.A. 2017. An inert pesticide adjuvant synergizes viral pathogenicity and mortality in honey bee larvae. Scientific Reports. doi: 10.1038/srep40499.
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