Marla Spivak
Marla Spivak | |
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| File:SPIVAK-3.JPG Spivak in 2010 | |
| Born | 1955 (age 68–69) |
| Alma mater | Humboldt State University, University of Kansas |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | entomology |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota |
| Website | beelab |
Marla Spivak (born 1955) is an American entomologist, and Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota.[1]
Life and Research
Spivak graduated from Humboldt State University and from the University of Kansas.[2] She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship grant in 2010 for her work with honey bees.[3][4] After receiving the MacArthur grant, she started an organization called the Bee Squad, which works to help people in the community get involved in helping bees.[5] She is particularly well-known for her work breeding lines of honey bees that detect and quickly remove diseased larvae and pupae, which is called hygienic behavior.[6] More recently, she has begun studying the role of resins, which bees collect and mix with wax to make propolis coatings on the inside of their hives, an example of honey bee social immunity.[7] Her lab also studies the effect of the surrounding landscape on the health and nutrition of both honey bees and native bees.[8] In 2016, she won the Siehl Prize for Excellence in Agriculture (category: Knowledge) for her many contributions to understanding bee biology and threats to bee health.[9]
References
- ^ http://www.entomology.umn.edu/People/GradFaculty/Spivak/
- ^ http://www.macfound.org/fellows/43/
- ^ Ross, Jenna (September 28, 2010). "Buzz about U professor is 'genius'". Star Tribune. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
- ^ Horn, Tammy (November 1, 2011). Beeconomy: What Women and Bees Can Teach Us about Local Trade and the Global Market. University Press of Kentucky. p. 170. ISBN 9780813134369.
- ^ http://beelab.umn.edu/BeeSquad/
- ^ Spivak, Marla (December 2008). "The Future of the MN Hygienic Stock of Bees is in Good Hands!" (PDF). American Bee Journal. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ^ Spivak, Marla (March 2013). "The Benefits of Propolis" (PDF). Bee Craft Magazine. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ^ Miller, Kerri (April 1, 2013). "With hives in sharp decline, expert calls for bee-friendly flowers". MPR News. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
- ^ http://discover.umn.edu/news/food-agriculture/siehl-prize-excellence-agriculture-announces-2016-laureates/
External links
| External videos | |
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 Marla Spivak: Why bees are disappearing, TEDGlobal 2013 |
- Bee Lab at University of Minnesota
- "Marla Spivak: The Promised Land". American Public Media.
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