Summary
This REU Site award to the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) and will support the training of seven students for eight weeks during the summers of 2026 - 2028. Research will be conducted on the Northeast Aegean Island of Lesvos, which has one of the highest known levels of bee species diversity in the world. The study will investigate what environmental stressors (chemicals, temperature extremes, etc.) negatively impact bee populations. This information is important for understanding worldwide declines in pollinator populations as well as aiding the preservation of bee species that pollinat
