Natalie Boyle
- Assistant Research Professor
University Park, PA 16802
- Email nmb5846@psu.edu
- Office 814-863-3974
- Pronouns She/Her
Areas of Expertise
- Honey bees
- Managed solitary bees
- Crop pollination
- Pollinator Ecology
- Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management
Publications
Short-term heat exposure at sublethal temperatures reduces sperm quality in males of a solitary bee species, Osmia cornifrons
Apidologie, Mokkapati, Jaya Sravanthi, Hehl, Johanna, Straub, Lars, Grozinger, Christina M., Boyle, Natalie, 2025
Avenues towards reconciling wild and managed bee proponents
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Beaurepaire, Alexis L., Hogendoorn, Katja, Kleijn, David, Otis, Gard W., Potts, Simon G., Singer, Theresa L., Boff, Samuel, Pirk, Christian, Settele, Josef, Paxton, Robert J., Raine, Nigel E., Tosi, Simone, Williams, Neal, Klein, Alexandra Maria, Le Conte, Yves, Campbell, Joshua W., Williams, Geoffrey R., Marini, Lorenzo, Brockmann, Axel, Sgolastra, Fabio, Boyle, Natalie, Neuditschko, Markus, Straub, Lars, Neumann, Peter, Charrière, Jean Daniel, Albrecht, Matthias, Dietemann, Vincent, 2025
Foraging bee species differentially prioritize quantity and quality of floral rewards
PNAS Nexus, Mokkapati, Jaya Sravanthi, Hill, Michael, Boyle, Natalie K., Ouvrard, Pierre, Sicard, Adrien, Grozinger, Christina M., 2024
Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) increase pollination of Washington sweet cherry and pear crops
Environmental Entomology, Mccabe, Lindsie M., Boyle, Natalie K., Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., 2024
More than mesolectic: Characterizing the nutritional niche of Osmia cornifrons
Ecology and Evolution, Crone, Makaylee K., Boyle, Natalie K., Bresnahan, Sean T., Biddinger, David J., Richardson, Rodney T., Grozinger, Christina M., 2023
CropPol: A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination
Ecology, Allen-Perkins, Alfonso, Magrach, Ainhoa, Dainese, Matteo, Garibaldi, Lucas A., Kleijn, David, Rader, Romina, Reilly, James R., Winfree, Rachael, Lundin, Ola, McGrady, Carley M., Brittain, Claire, Biddinger, David J., Artz, Derek R., Elle, Elizabeth, Hoffman, George, Ellis, James D., Daniels, Jaret, Gibbs, Jason, Campbell, Joshua W., Brokaw, Julia, Wilson, Julianna K., Mason, Keith, Ward, Kimiora L., Gundersen, Knute B., Bobiwash, Kyle, Gut, Larry, Rowe, Logan M., Boyle, Natalie K., Williams, Neal M., Joshi, Neelendra K., Rothwell, Nikki, Gillespie, Robert L., Isaacs, Rufus, Fleischer, Shelby J., Peterson, Stephen S., Rao, Sujaya, Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., Fijen, Thijs, Boreux, Virginie, Rundlöf, Maj, Viana, Blandina Felipe, Klein, Alexandra Maria, Smith, Henrik G., Bommarco, Riccardo, Carvalheiro, Luísa G., Ricketts, Taylor H., Ghazoul, Jaboury, Krishnan, Smitha, Benjamin, Faye E., Loureiro, João, Castro, Sílvia, Raine, Nigel E., de Groot, Gerard Arjen, Horgan, Finbarr G., Hipólito, Juliana, Smagghe, Guy, Meeus, Ivan, Eeraerts, Maxime, Potts, Simon G., Kremen, Claire, García, Daniel, Miñarro, Marcos, Crowder, David W., Pisanty, Gideon, Mandelik, Yael, Vereecken, Nicolas J., Leclercq, Nicolas, Weekers, Timothy, Lindstrom, Sandra A.M., Stanley, Dara A., Zaragoza-Trello, Carlos, Nicholson, Charlie C., Scheper, Jeroen, Rad, Carlos, Marks, Evan A.N., Mota, Lucie, Danforth, Bryan, Park, Mia, Bezerra, Antônio Diego M., Freitas, Breno M., Mallinger, Rachel E., Oliveira da Silva, Fabiana, Willcox, Bryony, Ramos, Davi L., D. da Silva e Silva, Felipe, Lázaro, Amparo, Alomar, David, González-Estévez, Miguel A., Taki, Hisatomo, Cariveau, Daniel P., Garratt, Michael P.D., Nabaes Jodar, Diego N., Stewart, Rebecca I.A., Ariza, Daniel, Pisman, Matti, Lichtenberg, Elinor M., Schüepp, Christof, Herzog, Felix, Entling, Martin H., Dupont, Yoko L., Michener, Charles D., Daily, Gretchen C., Ehrlich, Paul R., Burns, Katherine L.W., Vilà, Montserrat, Robson, Andrew, Howlett, Brad, Blechschmidt, Leah, Jauker, Frank, Schwarzbach, Franziska, Nesper, Maike, Diekötter, Tim, Wolters, Volkmar, Castro, Helena, Gaspar, Hugo, Nault, Brian A., Badenhausser, Isabelle, Petersen, Jessica D., Tscharntke, Teja, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Willis Chan, D. Susan, Chacoff, Natacha, Andersson, Georg K.S., Jha, Shalene, Colville, Jonathan F., Veldtman, Ruan, Coutinho, Jeferson, Bianchi, Felix J.J.A., Sutter, Louis, Albrecht, Matthias, Jeanneret, Philippe, Zou, Yi, Averill, Anne L., Saez, Agustin, Sciligo, Amber R., Vergara, Carlos H., Bloom, Elias H., Oeller, Elisabeth, Badano, Ernesto I., Loeb, Gregory M., Grab, Heather, Ekroos, Johan, Gagic, Vesna, Cunningham, Saul A., Åström, Jens, Cavigliasso, Pablo, Trillo, Alejandro, Classen, Alice, Mauchline, Alice L., Montero-Castaño, Ana, Wilby, Andrew, Woodcock, Ben A., Sidhu, C. Sheena, Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf, Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N., Herrera, José M., Otieno, Mark, Gikungu, Mary W., Cusser, Sarah J., Nauss, Thomas, Nilsson, Lovisa, Knapp, Jessica, Ortega-Marcos, Jorge J., González, José A., Osborne, Juliet L., Blanche, Rosalind, Shaw, Rosalind F., Hevia, Violeta, Stout, Jane, Arthur, Anthony D., Blochtein, Betina, Szentgyorgyi, Hajnalka, Li, Jin, Mayfield, Margaret M., Woyciechowski, Michał, Nunes-Silva, Patrícia, Halinski de Oliveira, Rosana, Henry, Steve, Simmons, Benno I., Dalsgaard, Bo, Hansen, Katrine, Sritongchuay, Tuanjit, O'Reilly, Alison D., Chamorro García, Fermín José, Nates Parra, Guiomar, Magalhães Pigozo, Camila, Bartomeus, Ignasi, 2022
Adult body size measurement redundancies in Osmia lignaria and Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
PeerJ, McCabe, Lindsie M., Boyle, Natalie K., Scalici, Morgan B., Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., 2021
Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 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., 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., 2020
Wildflower plantings promote blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), reproduction in California almond orchards
Ecology and Evolution, Boyle, Natalie K., Artz, Derek R., Lundin, Ola, Ward, Kimiora, Picklum, Devon, Wardell, Gordon I., Williams, Neal M., Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., 2020
Workshop on Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Non-Apis Bees: Foundation and Summaries
Environmental Entomology, Boyle, Natalie K., Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., Abbott, John, Alix, Anne, Cox-Foster, Diana L., Hinarejos, Silvia, Lehmann, David M., Morandin, Lora, O'Neill, Bridget, Raine, Nigel E., Singh, Rajwinder, Thompson, Helen M., Williams, Neal M., Steeger, Thomas, 2019
Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Solitary Bees
Environmental Entomology, Sgolastra, Fabio, Hinarejos, Silvia, Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., Boyle, Natalie K., Joseph, Timothy, Luckmann, Johannes, Raine, Nigel E., Singh, Rajwinder, Williams, Neal M., Bosch, Jordi, 2019
Assessing blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) propagation and pollination services in the presence of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in Utah tart cherries
PeerJ, Boyle, Natalie K., Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., 2019
Evaluating the persistence of fluorescent and protein powders on adult blue orchard bees, Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), for mark-capture studies
Apidologie, Boyle, Natalie K., Machtley, Scott A., Hagler, James R., Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., 2018
A nonlethal method to examine non-APIs bees for mark-capture research
Journal of Insect Science, Boyle, Natalie K., Tripodi, Amber D., Machtley, Scott A., Strange, James P., Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., Hagler, James R., 2018
Examination of a managed pollinator strategy for almond production using Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Environmental Entomology, Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., Artz, Derek R., Peterson, Stephen S., Boyle, Natalie K., Wardell, Gordon I., 2018
Wildflower plantings do not compete with neighboring almond orchards for pollinator visits
Environmental Entomology, Lundin, Ola, Ward, Kimiora L., Artz, Derek R., Boyle, Natalie K., Pitts-Singer, Theresa L., Williams, Neal M., 2017
The effect of nest box distribution on sustainable propagation of Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in commercial tart cherry orchards
Journal of Insect Science, Boyle, N. K., Pitts-Singer, T. L., 2017
A scientific note on seasonal levels of pesticide residues in honey bee worker tissues
Apidologie, Boyle, Natalie K., Sheppard, Walter S., 2017
Migratory Bee Hive Transportation Contributes Insignificantly to Transgenic Pollen Movement between Spatially Isolated Alfalfa Seed Fields
Journal of Economic Entomology, Boyle, Natalie K., Kesoju, Sandya R., Greene, Stephanie L., Martin, Ruth C., Walsh, Douglas B., 2017