Andony Melathopoulos

 I have wide interests in the area of keeping native and managed bees healthy in working and natural landscapes. A major area of my work focuses on how pesticide applicators understand the risks associated with pest management decisions. This has taken the form of large scale assessment of language of the Pollinating Insect Hazard Statement on pesticide labels. I have also been increasingly interested in estimating how pesticide use practices contribute to pesticide exposure. This has led to work I do on residual acute toxicity of insecticides to bees on weathered foliage and flowers, and attempts to compare how these residues dissipate relative to insecticide chemistry and crop. I also have responsibilities to “develop baseline data on the status of both managed and native pollinators in the state." For more details, see Andony Melathopoulos.