Jody Johnson from the Beltsville Bee Research Laboratory will be our guest speaker at the Holtsville Ecology Center on March 20th at 2:30. She will be discussing her research on the effects of pesticides on honey bees at sub lethal doses; the majority of her research centers on imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid.


Josephine D. Johnson is a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland Baltimore in the Department of Toxicology. She is studying the sublethal effects of several pesticides on honey bees at the USDA lab in Beltsville under the mentorship of Dr. Jeff Pettis. Two imidacloprid (pesticide) studies, one with Dr. Galen Dively at the University of Maryland College Park on field-based hives, and one with Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS) in New York City and Worcester, MA on imidacloprid expression in red maple flowers and leaves, are central to her research. Other smaller studies have included investigations on contamination levels of imidacloprid in honey bee water sources and the effects of fluvalinate, chlorothalonil, and coumaphos on honey bee health. Ms. Johnson has taught chemistry for ten years at a local university, keeps bees, teaches kung fu, and resides in Baltimore County, Maryland.

Town of Brookhaven Ecology Site, Park & Animal Preserve, Holtsville NY
Directions:
From the LIE, go South at Exit 63 (County Road 83 or North Ocean Avenue) for 3 traffic lights (approximately 2 miiles).
Turn right on Route 99 (Woodside Ave).
Go to the second road (Buckley Road) and turn right.
Entrance to the park is on right, about 1/10 of a mile.