Resume

• 2004

  I was a programmer and DJ for many years and subsequently joined the management team

  eventually chairing the management team for a term before leaving due to family conflicts.

  Keos Community Radio

  Adobe Creative Suite

  Public Speaking

  Technical Writing

  Team Coordination

  Project Coordination

  Microsoft Office

  Distance Learning

  Statistics

  University Teaching

  Apiculture

  Research

  Laboratory Skills

  Bioassay

  Brood pheromone effects on colony protein supplement consumption and growth in the honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a subtropical winter climate

  Brood pheromone effects on colony protein supplement consumption and growth in the honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a subtropical winter climate

  Division of labor is a striking feature observed in honey bees and many other social insects. Division of labor has been claimed to benefit fitness. In honey bees

  the adult work force may be viewed as divided between non-foraging hive bees that rear brood and maintain the nest

  and foragers that collect food outside the nest. Honey bee brood pheromone is a larval pheromone that serves as an excellent empirical tool to manipulate foraging behaviors and thus division of labor in the honey bee. Here we use two different doses of brood pheromone to alter the foraging stimulus environment

  thus changing demographics of colony division of labor

  to demonstrate how division of labor associated with brood rearing affects colony growth rate. We examine the effects of these different doses of brood pheromone on individual foraging ontogeny and specialization

  colony level foraging behavior

  and individual glandular protein synthesis. Low brood pheromone treatment colonies exhibited significantly higher foraging population

  decreased age of first foraging and greater foraging effort

  resulting in greater colony growth compared to other treatments. This study demonstrates how division of labor associated with brood rearing affects honey bee colony growth rate

  a token of fitness.

  Division of labor associated with brood rearing in the honey bee: how does it translate to colony fitness?

  The 10 fatty acid ester components of brood pheromone were extracted from larvae of different populations of USA and South African honey bees and subjected to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry quantitative analysis. Extractable amounts of brood pheromone were not significantly different by larval population; however

  differences in the proportions of components enabled us to classify larval population of 77% of samples correctly by discriminant analysis. Honeybee releaser and primer pheromone responses to USA

  Africanized and–European pheromone blends were tested. Texas-Africanized and Georgia-European colonies responded with a significantly greater ratio of returning pollen foragers when treated with a blend from the same population than from a different population. There was a significant interaction of pheromone blend by adult population source among Georgia-European bees for modulation of sucrose response threshold

  a primer response. Brood pheromone blend variation interacted with population for pollen foraging response of colonies

  suggesting a self recognition cue for this pheromone releaser behavior. An interaction of pheromone blend and population for priming sucrose response thresholds among workers within the first week of adult life suggested a more complex interplay of genotype

  ontogeny

  and pheromone blend.

  Variation in and responses to brood pheromone of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)

  Brad

  Duke University

  Texas A&M University

  Blinn College

  NC State Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

  Supervisor: Dr. Roger Gold retired\nWrote and adapted syllabi to meet learning objectives. Designed activities and content for web delivery of course material. Limited web design and content databasing.

  Texas A&M University

  Duke University

  Contract Instructor for Duke Honors Institute. Subject: Forensic Sciences.\nDesigned and wrote syllabus and curriculum to meet original learning goals. Coordinated instruction among multiple experts and professionals. Designed

  produced

  and taught novel laboratory activities. Wrote and delivered lecture material.

  Instructor

  Raleigh-Durham

  North Carolina Area

  Designed and taught original course in core area of expertise (Honey Bee Biology). Adapted course for online and traditional delivery. Wrote lectures and classroom activities.

  Lecturer

  Bryan/College Station

  Texas Area

  Texas A&M University

  Taught traditional lecture/laboratory classes in core curriculum biology to majors students. Wrote lectures and wrote and delivered laboratory activities.

  Instructor

  Bryan/College Station

  Texas Area

  Blinn College

  Designed and conducted grant-funded research into semiochemicals of the red imported fire ant. Managed collection trips and insect rearing. Trained graduate students and wrote grants.

  Postdoctoral Researcher

  Bryan/College Station

  Texas Area

  Texas A&M University

  Raleigh-Durham

  North Carolina Area

  Postdoctoral Researcher

  NC State Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology

• 2003

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Graduate dissertation on honey bee semiochemicals.

  Entomology

  Animal Behavior Society

  Brazos Educational Radio

  Entomology Graduate Student Organization

  Entomological Society of America

  International Union for the Study of Social Insects

  International Society of Chemical Ecologists.

  Texas A&M University

• 2000

  English

  Bachelor's degree

  Chemistry Minor

  Biology

  General

  Psi Upsilon Fraternity

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• 186

  This invention relates to a 10-component stabilized synthetic honey bee brood pheromone and methods of stabilizing said pheromone by adding one or more antioxidants

  thereby enabling the production and sustained use of commercial products based on that pheromone. The 11-component stabilized pheromone composition formed by adding the antioxidant tertiary-butyl hydroquinone to a synthetic blend of ethyl linoleate

  ethyl linolenate

  ethyl oleate

  ethyl palmitate

  ethyl stearate

  methyl linoleate

  methyl linolenate

  methyl oleate

  methyl palmitate and methyl stearate can be used in generic or race-specific ratios to manipulate the behavior and improve the performance of worker honey bees

  resulting in overall increased vigor of the hive.

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  Stabilized synthetic brood pheromone and race-specific ratios of components for manipulating the behavior and physiology of honey bees.

  US2011/0021622 A1. Appl. No: 12/774