Journey of the Squash Bees

How and when did squash bees become widespread in the US and what does agriculture have to do with it?

Original research paper here: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/283/1833/20160443

Credits (below)
Research by Margarita López-Uribe https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UWTKXFIAAAAJ&hl=en

with co-authors:
Jim Cane http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=855

Robert Minckley http://www.rochester.edu/College/BIO/people/faculty/minckley_robert/

Bryan Danforth http://www.danforthlab.entomology.cornell.edu/

Video production assistance:
Matt Jones
Greg Snyder
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences http://naturalsciences.org/

Image Credits:
Elsa Youngsteadt
Jim Cane
Jenn Forman Orth
Schnobby
Alicia Esquivel & Insects Unlocked
Used with permission or CC BY-NC-SA

Music:
http://www.soundofpicture.com/

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