Shelley Hoover, University of Lethbridge

Research

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Pure and applied honey bee research including nutrition queen breeding and bee health host-parasite interactions and applied beekeeping management. We also study crop pollination plant-bee interactions and fundamental questions about bee behaviour and sociobiology

Latest papers

Viruses of managed alfalfa leafcutting bees (Megachille rotundata Fabricus) and honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in Western Canada: Incidence, impacts, and prospects of cross-species viral transmission.
Journal of invertebrate pathology · 2017 · senior author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Interactions between social bee behaviour and health
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$45,000
Interactions between social bee behaviour and health
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$12,500
Toward self-sufficiency in apiculture for food security in a net-zero economy
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,072,080

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Viruses of managed alfalfa leafcutting bees (Megachille rotundata Fabricus) and honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in Western Canada: Incidence, impacts, and prospects of cross-species viral transmission.

Melathopoulos A, Ovinge L, Veiga PW, Castillo C, Ostermann D, Hoover S

Journal of invertebrate pathology2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2017.04.003 PMID: 28400199

Interactions between social bee behaviour and health

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hoover, Shelley

Keywords: honey bee; sociobiology; entomology; agriculture; behaviour; epidemiology; foraging; reproduction; behavioural ecology; social insect

$45,000

Interactions between social bee behaviour and health

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Hoover, Shelley

Keywords: honey bee; sociobiology; entomology; agriculture; behaviour; epidemiology; foraging; reproduction; behavioural ecology; social insect

$12,500

Toward self-sufficiency in apiculture for food security in a net-zero economy

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Foster, Leonard LJ

Keywords: animal husbandry; honey bees; marker-assisted selective breeding; overwintering; pollination

$1,072,080

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Pure and applied honey bee research Dear Professor Hoover, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Viruses of managed alfalfa leafcutting bees (Megachille rotundata Fabricus) and honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in Western Canada: Incidence, impacts, and prospects of cross-species viral transmission." (2017), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Interactions between social bee behaviour and health" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]