Royal Society of Canada at Simon Fraser University
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

BSc, Boston University, 1971
MA, Boston University, 1975
PhD, University of Kansas, 1978

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winston@sfu.ca

Dr. Winston's major areas of research interest include life history, caste structure, and reproduction in social insects, pheromones of honey bees and their pests, crop pollination and pollination biology, and 4) bee management. Current projects include 1) pheromone effects on worker ovary development, 2) the evolution of multiple mating in honey bees, 3) bumble bee drifting and orientation studies, 4) pollinator life history and management in managed greenhouse tomato systems, 5) impact of genetically modified pollens and novel pesticides on non-target wild bees, 6) interactions between agricultural practices, nearby plant communities, and pollinator diversity and abundance, and 7) the Once Upon a Bee project which is studying bee populations in urban habitats and encouraging conservation programs.