Dr. Alison McAfee, PhD, BSc

Postdoctoral Fellow

Faculty of Science

Michael Smith Laboratories, Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University

Vancouver Campus

Fields

Contact Information

Chosen name and pronouns:

Alison McAfee (She/Her/Hers)

alison.n.mcafee@gmail.com

phone: 778-995-2151

alisonmcafeeblogs.wordpress.com/

Twitter/ ali_mcafee

Media Contact

Alex Walls

Media Relations Specialist

Tel: 604.822.4636

Cell: 778.984.6173

Email: alex.walls@ubc.ca

Expertise

Honey bees, honey bees fertility, heatwaves, honey bee queens, honey bee drones, varroa, genetics, breeding,

Languages

English

In the Media

Canadian bee researchers fear climate change’s effects on wild bees – CBC News A reproductive mystery in honey bee decline – Science Friday Alison McAfee – CBC Radio – North by Northwest Male honeybees can’t handle heat, cold stress like females can – The Weather Network Insulated hives to protect bees from heatwaves – ICI Radio-Canada Male bees more sensitive to stress than females, study finds – ICI Radio-Canada Queen bee sperm storage holds clues to colony collapse – Scientific American Beekeepers brace for next round with Canada’s ‘murder hornets’ – The Guardian Bees could teach humans a thing or two about social distancing – Wired (UK) Why bees aren’t having sex in the heat – Euronews These wild animals also practice social distancing to avoid getting sick – National Geographic These animals already self-isolate to stay safe and healthy. What can we learn from them? – Euronews Scent of death: Honeybees use odors to clean out deceased brood – Scientific American Smell of death tells undertaker bees it’s time to remove corpses – New Scientist What a way to go: Bees EJACULATE to death during heatwaves as their sex parts explode from their bodies, scientists reveal – The Sun Hot Buzz: Heatwaves lead to unhappy endings for bees – Toronto Sun Bees ejaculate themselves to death if things get too hot – IFL Science Bees explosively EJACULATE to death during heatwaves, with a phallus the size of their abdomen bursting from their lifeless bodies, study finds – Daily Mail If heatwave hits 42°C bees may ejaculate themselves to death – Metro (UK) Research finds new possible cause of honeybee colony collapse – Global News