Pollinator ResearchSamantha Alger
2014 The Garden Club of America Board of Associates Centennial Pollinator Fellowship
Samantha Alger is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Vermont, Department of Biology. After obtaining her Ph.D., Samantha's goal is to engage youth in citizen science projects and environmental education programs. Samantha's project will be in Vermont assessing the prevalence of host viruses on local floral resources, and their role in virus transmission. In 2013, the Vermont Center for Eco Studies reported three of Vermont's fifteen bumble bee species have disappeared or are in serious decline. management techniques and recommendations can be made to lessen pathogen spillover from honey bee hives to native bees. Infectious pollen can last for up to six months in ambient environmental conditions. Viral transmission through shared use of flowers in the wild has never been studied.
The Garden Club of America Board of Associates Centennial Pollinator Fellowship
To provide funding to study the causes of pollinator decline, in particular bees, bats, butterflies, and moths, which could lead to potential solutions for their conservation and sustainability.
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