Natalie Boyle
Assistant Research Professor; Insect Biodiversity Center Program Coordinator
Most Recent Publications
Foraging bee species differentially prioritize quantity and quality of floral rewards
Jaya Sravanthi Mokkapati, Michael Hill, Natalie K. Boyle, Pierre Ouvrard, Adrien Sicard, Christina M. Grozinger, 2024, PNAS Nexus
Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) increase pollination of Washington sweet cherry and pear crops
Lindsie M. Mccabe, Natalie K. Boyle, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, 2024, Environmental Entomology on p. 698-705
More than mesolectic: Characterizing the nutritional niche of Osmia cornifrons
Makaylee K. Crone, Natalie K. Boyle, Sean T. Bresnahan, David J. Biddinger, Rodney T. Richardson, Christina M. Grozinger, 2023, Ecology and Evolution
CropPol: A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination
Alfonso Allen-Perkins, Ainhoa Magrach, Matteo Dainese, Lucas A. Garibaldi, David Kleijn, Romina Rader, James R. Reilly, Rachael Winfree, Ola Lundin, Carley M. McGrady, Claire Brittain, David J. Biddinger, Derek R. Artz, Elizabeth Elle, George Hoffman, James D. Ellis, Jaret Daniels, Jason Gibbs, Joshua W. Campbell, Julia Brokaw, Julianna K. Wilson, Keith Mason, Kimiora L. Ward, Knute B. Gundersen, Kyle Bobiwash, Larry Gut, Logan M. Rowe, Natalie K. Boyle, Neal M. Williams, Neelendra K. Joshi, Nikki Rothwell, Robert L. Gillespie, Rufus Isaacs, Shelby J. Fleischer, Stephen S. Peterson, Sujaya Rao, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, Thijs Fijen, Virginie Boreux, Maj Rundlöf, Blandina Felipe Viana, Alexandra Maria Klein, Henrik G. Smith, Riccardo Bommarco, Luísa G. Carvalheiro, Taylor H. Ricketts, Jaboury Ghazoul, Smitha Krishnan, Faye E. Benjamin, João Loureiro, Sílvia Castro, Nigel E. Raine, Gerard Arjen de Groot, Finbarr G. Horgan, Juliana Hipólito, Guy Smagghe, Ivan Meeus, Maxime Eeraerts, Simon G. Potts, Claire Kremen, Daniel García, Marcos Miñarro, David W. Crowder, Gideon Pisanty, Yael Mandelik, Nicolas J. Vereecken, Nicolas Leclercq, Timothy Weekers, Sandra A.M. Lindstrom, Dara A. Stanley, Carlos Zaragoza-Trello, Charlie C. Nicholson, Jeroen Scheper, Carlos Rad, Evan A.N. Marks, Lucie Mota, Bryan Danforth, Mia Park, Antônio Diego M. Bezerra, Breno M. Freitas, Rachel E. Mallinger, Fabiana Oliveira da Silva, Bryony Willcox, Davi L. Ramos, Felipe D. da Silva e Silva, Amparo Lázaro, David Alomar, Miguel A. González-Estévez, Hisatomo Taki, Daniel P. Cariveau, Michael P.D. Garratt, Diego N. Nabaes Jodar, Rebecca I.A. Stewart, Daniel Ariza, Matti Pisman, Elinor M. Lichtenberg, Christof Schüepp, Felix Herzog, Martin H. Entling, Yoko L. Dupont, Charles D. Michener, Gretchen C. Daily, Paul R. Ehrlich, Katherine L.W. Burns, Montserrat Vilà, Andrew Robson, Brad Howlett, Leah Blechschmidt, Frank Jauker, Franziska Schwarzbach, Maike Nesper, Tim Diekötter, Volkmar Wolters, Helena Castro, Hugo Gaspar, Brian A. Nault, Isabelle Badenhausser, Jessica D. Petersen, Teja Tscharntke, Vincent Bretagnolle, D. Susan Willis Chan, Natacha Chacoff, Georg K.S. Andersson, Shalene Jha, Jonathan F. Colville, Ruan Veldtman, Jeferson Coutinho, Felix J.J.A. Bianchi, Louis Sutter, Matthias Albrecht, Philippe Jeanneret, Yi Zou, Anne L. Averill, Agustin Saez, Amber R. Sciligo, Carlos H. Vergara, Elias H. Bloom, Elisabeth Oeller, Ernesto I. Badano, Gregory M. Loeb, Heather Grab, Johan Ekroos, Vesna Gagic, Saul A. Cunningham, Jens Åström, Pablo Cavigliasso, Alejandro Trillo, Alice Classen, Alice L. Mauchline, Ana Montero-Castaño, Andrew Wilby, Ben A. Woodcock, C. Sheena Sidhu, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis, José M. Herrera, Mark Otieno, Mary W. Gikungu, Sarah J. Cusser, Thomas Nauss, Lovisa Nilsson, Jessica Knapp, Jorge J. Ortega-Marcos, José A. González, Juliet L. Osborne, Rosalind Blanche, Rosalind F. Shaw, Violeta Hevia, Jane Stout, Anthony D. Arthur, Betina Blochtein, Hajnalka Szentgyorgyi, Jin Li, Margaret M. Mayfield, Michał Woyciechowski, Patrícia Nunes-Silva, Rosana Halinski de Oliveira, Steve Henry, Benno I. Simmons, Bo Dalsgaard, Katrine Hansen, Tuanjit Sritongchuay, Alison D. O'Reilly, Fermín José Chamorro García, Guiomar Nates Parra, Camila Magalhães Pigozo, Ignasi Bartomeus, 2022, Ecology
Adult body size measurement redundancies in Osmia lignaria and Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Lindsie M. McCabe, Natalie K. Boyle, Morgan B. Scalici, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, 2021, PeerJ
Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators
J. R. Reilly, D. R. Artz, D. Biddinger, K. Bobiwash, N. K. Boyle, C. Brittain, J. Brokaw, J. W. Campbell, J. Daniels, E. Elle, J. D. Ellis, S. J. Fleischer, J. Gibbs, R. L. Gillespie, K. B. Gundersen, L. Gut, G. Hoffman, N. Joshi, O. Lundin, K. Mason, C. M. McGrady, S. S. Peterson, T. L. Pitts-Singer, S. Rao, N. Rothwell, L. Rowe, K. L. Ward, N. M. Williams, J. K. Wilson, R. Isaacs, R. Winfree, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Wildflower plantings promote blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), reproduction in California almond orchards
Natalie K. Boyle, Derek R. Artz, Ola Lundin, Kimiora Ward, Devon Picklum, Gordon I. Wardell, Neal M. Williams, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, 2020, Ecology and Evolution on p. 3189-3199
Workshop on Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Non-Apis Bees: Foundation and Summaries
Natalie K. Boyle, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, John Abbott, Anne Alix, Diana L. Cox-Foster, Silvia Hinarejos, David M. Lehmann, Lora Morandin, Bridget O'Neill, Nigel E. Raine, Rajwinder Singh, Helen M. Thompson, Neal M. Williams, Thomas Steeger, 2019, Environmental Entomology on p. 4-11
Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Solitary Bees
Fabio Sgolastra, Silvia Hinarejos, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, Natalie K. Boyle, Timothy Joseph, Johannes Luckmann, Nigel E. Raine, Rajwinder Singh, Neal M. Williams, Jordi Bosch, 2019, Environmental Entomology on p. 22-35
Assessing blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) propagation and pollination services in the presence of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in Utah tart cherries
Natalie K. Boyle, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, 2019, PeerJ
Most-Cited Papers
Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators
J. R. Reilly, D. R. Artz, D. Biddinger, K. Bobiwash, N. K. Boyle, C. Brittain, J. Brokaw, J. W. Campbell, J. Daniels, E. Elle, J. D. Ellis, S. J. Fleischer, J. Gibbs, R. L. Gillespie, K. B. Gundersen, L. Gut, G. Hoffman, N. Joshi, O. Lundin, K. Mason, C. M. McGrady, S. S. Peterson, T. L. Pitts-Singer, S. Rao, N. Rothwell, L. Rowe, K. L. Ward, N. M. Williams, J. K. Wilson, R. Isaacs, R. Winfree, 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Solitary Bees
Fabio Sgolastra, Silvia Hinarejos, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, Natalie K. Boyle, Timothy Joseph, Johannes Luckmann, Nigel E. Raine, Rajwinder Singh, Neal M. Williams, Jordi Bosch, 2019, Environmental Entomology on p. 22-35
Workshop on Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Non-Apis Bees: Foundation and Summaries
Natalie K. Boyle, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, John Abbott, Anne Alix, Diana L. Cox-Foster, Silvia Hinarejos, David M. Lehmann, Lora Morandin, Bridget O'Neill, Nigel E. Raine, Rajwinder Singh, Helen M. Thompson, Neal M. Williams, Thomas Steeger, 2019, Environmental Entomology on p. 4-11
CropPol: A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination
Alfonso Allen-Perkins, Ainhoa Magrach, Matteo Dainese, Lucas A. Garibaldi, David Kleijn, Romina Rader, James R. Reilly, Rachael Winfree, Ola Lundin, Carley M. McGrady, Claire Brittain, David J. Biddinger, Derek R. Artz, Elizabeth Elle, George Hoffman, James D. Ellis, Jaret Daniels, Jason Gibbs, Joshua W. Campbell, Julia Brokaw, Julianna K. Wilson, Keith Mason, Kimiora L. Ward, Knute B. Gundersen, Kyle Bobiwash, Larry Gut, Logan M. Rowe, Natalie K. Boyle, Neal M. Williams, Neelendra K. Joshi, Nikki Rothwell, Robert L. Gillespie, Rufus Isaacs, Shelby J. Fleischer, Stephen S. Peterson, Sujaya Rao, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, Thijs Fijen, Virginie Boreux, Maj Rundlöf, Blandina Felipe Viana, Alexandra Maria Klein, Henrik G. Smith, Riccardo Bommarco, Luísa G. Carvalheiro, Taylor H. Ricketts, Jaboury Ghazoul, Smitha Krishnan, Faye E. Benjamin, João Loureiro, Sílvia Castro, Nigel E. Raine, Gerard Arjen de Groot, Finbarr G. Horgan, Juliana Hipólito, Guy Smagghe, Ivan Meeus, Maxime Eeraerts, Simon G. Potts, Claire Kremen, Daniel García, Marcos Miñarro, David W. Crowder, Gideon Pisanty, Yael Mandelik, Nicolas J. Vereecken, Nicolas Leclercq, Timothy Weekers, Sandra A.M. Lindstrom, Dara A. Stanley, Carlos Zaragoza-Trello, Charlie C. Nicholson, Jeroen Scheper, Carlos Rad, Evan A.N. Marks, Lucie Mota, Bryan Danforth, Mia Park, Antônio Diego M. Bezerra, Breno M. Freitas, Rachel E. Mallinger, Fabiana Oliveira da Silva, Bryony Willcox, Davi L. Ramos, Felipe D. da Silva e Silva, Amparo Lázaro, David Alomar, Miguel A. González-Estévez, Hisatomo Taki, Daniel P. Cariveau, Michael P.D. Garratt, Diego N. Nabaes Jodar, Rebecca I.A. Stewart, Daniel Ariza, Matti Pisman, Elinor M. Lichtenberg, Christof Schüepp, Felix Herzog, Martin H. Entling, Yoko L. Dupont, Charles D. Michener, Gretchen C. Daily, Paul R. Ehrlich, Katherine L.W. Burns, Montserrat Vilà, Andrew Robson, Brad Howlett, Leah Blechschmidt, Frank Jauker, Franziska Schwarzbach, Maike Nesper, Tim Diekötter, Volkmar Wolters, Helena Castro, Hugo Gaspar, Brian A. Nault, Isabelle Badenhausser, Jessica D. Petersen, Teja Tscharntke, Vincent Bretagnolle, D. Susan Willis Chan, Natacha Chacoff, Georg K.S. Andersson, Shalene Jha, Jonathan F. Colville, Ruan Veldtman, Jeferson Coutinho, Felix J.J.A. Bianchi, Louis Sutter, Matthias Albrecht, Philippe Jeanneret, Yi Zou, Anne L. Averill, Agustin Saez, Amber R. Sciligo, Carlos H. Vergara, Elias H. Bloom, Elisabeth Oeller, Ernesto I. Badano, Gregory M. Loeb, Heather Grab, Johan Ekroos, Vesna Gagic, Saul A. Cunningham, Jens Åström, Pablo Cavigliasso, Alejandro Trillo, Alice Classen, Alice L. Mauchline, Ana Montero-Castaño, Andrew Wilby, Ben A. Woodcock, C. Sheena Sidhu, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis, José M. Herrera, Mark Otieno, Mary W. Gikungu, Sarah J. Cusser, Thomas Nauss, Lovisa Nilsson, Jessica Knapp, Jorge J. Ortega-Marcos, José A. González, Juliet L. Osborne, Rosalind Blanche, Rosalind F. Shaw, Violeta Hevia, Jane Stout, Anthony D. Arthur, Betina Blochtein, Hajnalka Szentgyorgyi, Jin Li, Margaret M. Mayfield, Michał Woyciechowski, Patrícia Nunes-Silva, Rosana Halinski de Oliveira, Steve Henry, Benno I. Simmons, Bo Dalsgaard, Katrine Hansen, Tuanjit Sritongchuay, Alison D. O'Reilly, Fermín José Chamorro García, Guiomar Nates Parra, Camila Magalhães Pigozo, Ignasi Bartomeus, 2022, Ecology
Examination of a managed pollinator strategy for almond production using Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, Derek R. Artz, Stephen S. Peterson, Natalie K. Boyle, Gordon I. Wardell, 2018, Environmental Entomology on p. 364-377
Wildflower plantings do not compete with neighboring almond orchards for pollinator visits
Ola Lundin, Kimiora L. Ward, Derek R. Artz, Natalie K. Boyle, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, Neal M. Williams, 2017, Environmental Entomology on p. 559-564
Wildflower plantings promote blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae), reproduction in California almond orchards
Natalie K. Boyle, Derek R. Artz, Ola Lundin, Kimiora Ward, Devon Picklum, Gordon I. Wardell, Neal M. Williams, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, 2020, Ecology and Evolution on p. 3189-3199
The effect of nest box distribution on sustainable propagation of Osmia lignaria (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in commercial tart cherry orchards
N. K. Boyle, T. L. Pitts-Singer, 2017, Journal of Insect Science
A nonlethal method to examine non-APIs bees for mark-capture research
Natalie K. Boyle, Amber D. Tripodi, Scott A. Machtley, James P. Strange, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, James R. Hagler, 2018, Journal of Insect Science
Assessing blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) propagation and pollination services in the presence of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in Utah tart cherries
Natalie K. Boyle, Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, 2019, PeerJ
News Articles Featuring Natalie Boyle
Aug 28, 2023
Penn State receives $3M grant to address insect biodiversity crisis
Penn State researchers have received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to spearhead a new initiative to create novel monitoring systems for insect populations.
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Feb 20, 2023
Grant will promote STEM graduate studies for students from diverse backgrounds
A consortium of institutions led by faculty in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has received a $75,000 planning grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation aimed at expanding the recruitment of and opportunities for Black, Indigenous and Latino students to enroll in science, technology, engineering and mathematics graduate programs.
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Jun 01, 2022
Managing habitat for flowering plants may mitigate climate effects on bee health
Warm, wet weather conditions and changing climate negatively influence the nectar intake and nutritional health of honey bees, but maintaining large tracts of grassy natural habitat with flowering plants around apiaries may help to mitigate the detrimental effects of climate, according to a new study by an international team of researchers.
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Mar 20, 2022
2022 Summer Research Opportunities Program is Seeking Faculty Mentors
Host an undergraduate student in your lab this summer by participating in this year's CAS-SROP!
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Sep 01, 2021
Penn State centers collaborate on pollinator education project
A recently awarded USDA grant will allow CPR researchers and Center for Science and the Schools partners to partner with elementary school teachers in Pennsylvania to develop cross-disciplinary curricula that support students in understanding pollinator research in the areas of food, agriculture and natural resources.
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Oct 23, 2020
Penn State, Freiburg offer virtual course on pest and pollinator management
In February 2020, as part of a mutual effort to enhance a strategic partnership between the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg and Penn State that dates back to 1998, the two universities announced the selection of two joint proposals for novel online classroom projects.
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Sep 08, 2020
Insect Biodiversity Center to promote insect conservation, healthy ecosystems
Penn State's new Insect Biodiversity Center brings together faculty researchers and educators from 8 colleges to study and celebrate insect diversity in science and practice in an effort to conserve insects and the ecosystems in which they live.
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Aug 03, 2020
'Murder hornet' mania highlights dangers of fearing insects and spiders
In the U.S., a culturally rooted animosity and ignorance toward bugs can be harmful to both them and us.
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