Competition Between Honey Bees and Native Bees for “Floral Resources”

Throughout the gardens of Lasdon this summer and fall you may come across ecologist, John Kim who is conducting a study on competition between honey bees and native bees for “floral resources” aka pollen and nectar in flowers that is available to bees. Keep up-to-date on flora and fauna happenings at Lasdon by reading In The Spotlight and Nature Notes. 

John is an ecologist broadly interested in interactions between the environment and people. Recently, he has studied how land-use changes alter ecosystem services, including the role of land use and vegetation in regulating water yield, carbon sequestration, nutrient availability, erosion, and landslide risks. John’s research has taken him to the American southern Great Plains, Argentina, Japan, South Africa, Portugal, France, Costa Rica, Laos, and Germany. He received his PhD in ecology from Duke University. John’s work has been funded by the US National Science Foundation, US Environmental Protection Agency, Fulbright fellowship, Fundação Luso-Americana, Fondation de France, and the European Research Commission. John was also a Max Planck Open Access Ambassador to his institute—ask him about open science!