Natalie Boyle

Natalie Boyle

  • Assistant Research Professor
W-105 Millennium Science Complex
University Park, PA 16802

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

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

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