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Natalie Boyle

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nmb5846@psu.edu
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(814) 863-3974

502 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Bldg.
Univeristy Park, PA 16802

Elsevier Pure Profile
IEE Research Themes
Climate and Natural Systems
Health and the Environment
Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Research Professor, Genomics of Social Behavior and Bee Health, Entomology

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Research Keywords

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Apoidea
Osmia Lignaria
Pollinator
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Solitary Bees
Bee Species
Megachile Rotundata
Honey Bees
Pollinators
Pollination
Honey Bee
Osmia
Blue Orchard Bee
Almond
Tart Cherry
Prunus Cerasus
Pesticide Risk Assessment
Wildflower
Pollen Proteins

Recent Publications

Avenues towards reconciling wild and managed bee proponents

Beaurepaire, A. L., Hogendoorn, K., Kleijn, D., Otis, G. W., Potts, S. G., Singer, T. L., Boff, S., Pirk, C., Settele, J., Paxton, R. J., Raine, N. E., Tosi, S., Williams, N., Klein, A. M., Le Conte, Y., Campbell, J. W., Williams, G. R., Marini, L., Brockmann, A. & Sgolastra, F. & 7 others, Boyle, N., Neuditschko, M., Straub, L., Neumann, P., Charrière, J. D., Albrecht, M. & Dietemann, V., Jan 2025, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 40, 1, p. 7-10 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review

Can the nutritional geometric framework unveil how macronutrients in pollen shape solitary bee foraging and survival?

Mokkapati, J. S., Boyle, N., Ouvrard, P., Sicard, A. & Grozinger, C. M., Aug 13 2025, In: Royal Society Open Science. 12, 8, 251093.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Short-term heat exposure at sublethal temperatures reduces sperm quality in males of a solitary bee species, Osmia cornifrons

Mokkapati, J. S., Hehl, J., Straub, L., Grozinger, C. M. & Boyle, N., Feb 2025, In: Apidologie. 56, 1, 1.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Nutritional, foraging, and nesting preferences of three species of solitary bees, Megachile rotundata, Megachile pugnata, and Megachile sculpturalis

Pizzini, O. L., Mokkapati, J. S., Lee, M. J., Boyle, N. K. & Grozinger, C. M., Dec 2025, In: Apidologie. 56, 6, 104.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Experimental validation of a rearing protocol for laboratory assays utilizing Osmia lignaria Say (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Williams, M. K. F., Boyle, N. K., Schaeffer, R. N. & Cox-Foster, D. L., Oct 1 2025, In: Journal of Insect Science. 25, 5, ieaf081.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) increase pollination of Washington sweet cherry and pear crops

Mccabe, L. M., Boyle, N. K. & Pitts-Singer, T. L., Aug 1 2024, In: Environmental entomology. 53, 4, p. 698-705 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Foraging bee species differentially prioritize quantity and quality of floral rewards

Mokkapati, J. S., Hill, M., Boyle, N. K., Ouvrard, P., Sicard, A. & Grozinger, C. M., Oct 1 2024, In: PNAS Nexus. 3, 10, pgae443.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

More than mesolectic: Characterizing the nutritional niche of Osmia cornifrons

Crone, M. K., Boyle, N. K., Bresnahan, S. T., Biddinger, D. J., Richardson, R. T. & Grozinger, C. M., Oct 2023, In: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 10, e10640.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

CropPol: A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination

Allen-Perkins, A., Magrach, A., Dainese, M., Garibaldi, L. A., Kleijn, D., Rader, R., Reilly, J. R., Winfree, R., Lundin, O., McGrady, C. M., Brittain, C., Biddinger, D. J., Artz, D. R., Elle, E., Hoffman, G., Ellis, J. D., Daniels, J., Gibbs, J., Campbell, J. W. & Brokaw, J. & 167 others, Wilson, J. K., Mason, K., Ward, K. L., Gundersen, K. B., Bobiwash, K., Gut, L., Rowe, L. M., Boyle, N. K., Williams, N. M., Joshi, N. K., Rothwell, N., Gillespie, R. L., Isaacs, R., Fleischer, S. J., Peterson, S. S., Rao, S., Pitts-Singer, T. L., Fijen, T., Boreux, V., Rundlöf, M., Viana, B. F., Klein, A. M., Smith, H. G., Bommarco, R., Carvalheiro, L. G., Ricketts, T. H., Ghazoul, J., Krishnan, S., Benjamin, F. E., Loureiro, J., Castro, S., Raine, N. E., de Groot, G. A., Horgan, F. G., Hipólito, J., Smagghe, G., Meeus, I., Eeraerts, M., Potts, S. G., Kremen, C., García, D., Miñarro, M., Crowder, D. W., Pisanty, G., Mandelik, Y., Vereecken, N. J., Leclercq, N., Weekers, T., Lindstrom, S. A. M., Stanley, D. A., Zaragoza-Trello, C., Nicholson, C. C., Scheper, J., Rad, C., Marks, E. A. N., Mota, L., Danforth, B., Park, M., Bezerra, A. D. M., Freitas, B. M., Mallinger, R. E., Oliveira da Silva, F., Willcox, B., Ramos, D. L., D. da Silva e Silva, F., Lázaro, A., Alomar, D., González-Estévez, M. A., Taki, H., Cariveau, D. P., Garratt, M. P. D., Nabaes Jodar, D. N., Stewart, R. I. A., Ariza, D., Pisman, M., Lichtenberg, E. M., Schüepp, C., Herzog, F., Entling, M. H., Dupont, Y. L., Michener, C. D., Daily, G. C., Ehrlich, P. R., Burns, K. L. W., Vilà, M., Robson, A., Howlett, B., Blechschmidt, L., Jauker, F., Schwarzbach, F., Nesper, M., Diekötter, T., Wolters, V., Castro, H., Gaspar, H., Nault, B. A., Badenhausser, I., Petersen, J. D., Tscharntke, T., Bretagnolle, V., Willis Chan, D. S., Chacoff, N., Andersson, G. K. S., Jha, S., Colville, J. F., Veldtman, R., Coutinho, J., Bianchi, F. J. J. A., Sutter, L., Albrecht, M., Jeanneret, P., Zou, Y., Averill, A. L., Saez, A., Sciligo, A. R., Vergara, C. H., Bloom, E. H., Oeller, E., Badano, E. I., Loeb, G. M., Grab, H., Ekroos, J., Gagic, V., Cunningham, S. A., Åström, J., Cavigliasso, P., Trillo, A., Classen, A., Mauchline, A. L., Montero-Castaño, A., Wilby, A., Woodcock, B. A., Sidhu, C. S., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Vogiatzakis, I. N., Herrera, J. M., Otieno, M., Gikungu, M. W., Cusser, S. J., Nauss, T., Nilsson, L., Knapp, J., Ortega-Marcos, J. J., González, J. A., Osborne, J. L., Blanche, R., Shaw, R. F., Hevia, V., Stout, J., Arthur, A. D., Blochtein, B., Szentgyorgyi, H., Li, J., Mayfield, M. M., Woyciechowski, M., Nunes-Silva, P., Halinski de Oliveira, R., Henry, S., Simmons, B. I., Dalsgaard, B., Hansen, K., Sritongchuay, T., O'Reilly, A. D., Chamorro García, F. J., Nates Parra, G., Magalhães Pigozo, C. & Bartomeus, I., Mar 2022, In: Ecology. 103, 3, e3614.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Adult body size measurement redundancies in Osmia lignaria and Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

McCabe, L. M., Boyle, N. K., Scalici, M. B. & Pitts-Singer, T. L., Nov 2021, In: PeerJ. 9, e12344.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Wildflower plantings promote blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), reproduction in California almond orchards

Boyle, N. K., Artz, D. R., Lundin, O., Ward, K., Picklum, D., Wardell, G. I., Williams, N. M. & Pitts-Singer, T. L., Apr 1 2020, In: Ecology and Evolution. 10, 7, p. 3189-3199 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators

Reilly, J. R., Artz, D. R., Biddinger, D., Bobiwash, K., Boyle, N. K., Brittain, C., Brokaw, J., Campbell, J. W., Daniels, J., Elle, E., Ellis, J. D., Fleischer, S. J., Gibbs, J., Gillespie, R. L., Gundersen, K. B., Gut, L., Hoffman, G., Joshi, N., Lundin, O. & Mason, K. & 11 others, McGrady, C. M., Peterson, S. S., Pitts-Singer, T. L., Rao, S., Rothwell, N., Rowe, L., Ward, K. L., Williams, N. M., Wilson, J. K., Isaacs, R. & Winfree, R., Jul 29 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1931, 20200922.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Assessing blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) propagation and pollination services in the presence of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in Utah tart cherries

Boyle, N. K. & Pitts-Singer, T. L., 2019, In: PeerJ. 2019, 9, e7639.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Workshop on Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Non-Apis Bees: Foundation and Summaries

Boyle, N. K., Pitts-Singer, T. L., Abbott, J., Alix, A., Cox-Foster, D. L., Hinarejos, S., Lehmann, D. M., Morandin, L., O'Neill, B., Raine, N. E., Singh, R., Thompson, H. M., Williams, N. M. & Steeger, T., Feb 13 2019, In: Environmental entomology. 48, 1, p. 4-11 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Solitary Bees

Sgolastra, F., Hinarejos, S., Pitts-Singer, T. L., Boyle, N. K., Joseph, T., Luckmann, J., Raine, N. E., Singh, R., Williams, N. M. & Bosch, J., Feb 13 2019, In: Environmental entomology. 48, 1, p. 22-35 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review