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Meikle Laboratory
Willliam G. Meikle
Research Entomologist
Carl Hayden Bee Research Center
2000 E. Allen Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85719
E-mail: william.meikle@usda.gov
Phone: (520) 647-9196 Fax: (520) 670-6493
EDUCATION
1992 Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Entomology
1982 B.A. Pomona College, Claremont, CA, Biology
CURRENT RESEARCH
Our current research focuses on developing the use of sensors to model bee colony dynamics and to monitor bee health productivity and performance.
Continuous monitoring provides robust data that allows us to correlate hive events, such as changes in forager activity, with external factors such as weather events, blooms of important flower species, or pesticide application in a neighboring field. Continuously weighing hives (hourly or more often) using electronic sensors is a colony monitoring approach that offers a high information yield with comparatively little hive disturbance. Continuous weight data have been shown to be rich in information on colony growth and consumption, swarming, weather effects and hive abandonment. Other kinds of data that can provide information on hive health and activity include temperature, humidity, O2 and CO2 concentration, forager traffic, vibration and acoustic signals. Analysis of these data over time may allow us to use continuous monitoring tools to predict hive activities and diagnose colony disorders.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2012-present | Research Entomologist, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA-ARS, Tucson, AZ. |
| 2009-2012 | Research Entomologist, Honey Bee Research Unit, Kika de la Garza Subtropical Agricultural Research Center, USDA-ARS, Weslaco, TX. |
| 2001-2009 | Research Entomologist, European Biological Control Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France. |
| 1995-2001 | Principal and Associate Scientist, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Calavi, Benin. |
| 1993-1995 | Post-doctoral Fellow, IITA, Calavi, Benin. |
| 1989-1992 | Rockefeller Predoctoral Fellow, IITA, Calavi, Benin. |
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1986-1989 |
Research and Teaching Assistantships, University of California, Berkeley, CA. |
| 1984-1986 | Peace Corps Volunteer, The Gambia. |
Patent:
Meikle, W.G., and C. Nansen. U.S. Patent Number 8,226,938. Biocontrol of Varroa Mites. November 2011.
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