Climate, Weather and Bees

Publications

1. Cane, J. H. 2021. Global warming, advancing bloom and evidence for pollinator plasticity from long-term bee emergence monitoring. Insects 12:457.

2. Cane, J.H. 2025. Diapausing cavity-nesting bees (Osmia, Megachile) resist winter desiccation stress. Insects 16 (9):946.

3. Cane, J. H., and J. A. Payne. 1993. Regional, annual and seasonal variation in pollinator guilds: intrinsic traits of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) underlie their patterns of abundance at Vaccinium ashei (Ericaceae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 86:577–588.

4. Cane, J. H., and R. C. Spendal. 2024. Eggs of the bee Osmia lignaria endure weeks of prolonged cold weather. Apidologie 55.

5. Pitts-Singer, T. L., J. H. Cane, and G. Trostle. 2014. Progeny of Osmia lignaria from distinct regions differ in developmental phenology and survival under a common thermal regime. Journal of Insect Physiology 67:9–19.

6. Sampson, B. J., and J. H. Cane. 1999. Impact of enhanced ultraviolet-B radiation on flower, pollen, and nectar production. American Journal of Botany 86:108–114.

7. Spendal, R. C., and J. H. Cane. 2022. Multiple daily brood cells define the fecundity of Osmia lignaria bees in a semi-natural setting. Apidologie 53.