Natalie Herbison
- Doctoral Aspirant
Contact Info
Biography —
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Victor Gonzalez and Dr. Deb Smith
Research Interests: Physiology of bees in the context of climate change
Hometown: Kansas City, Kansas
Education —
Selected Publications —
Gonzalez, V.H., Herbison, N.D., Robles Perez, G., Panganiban, T., Haefner, L., Tscheulin, T., Petanidou, T. and Hranitz, J. (2024). Bees display limited acclimation capacity for heat tolerance. Biology Open 13(3): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.060179
Herbison, N.D. (2025). Enhancing outreach collections with live insects. Natural History Collections and Museomics 2:1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/nhcm.2.148359
Zabinski, W.J., Herbison, N.D. (2025). Stylops Kirby, 1802 (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) parasitizing bees in the subgenus Callandrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Andrena), with description of a new Species. Pan Pacific Entomologist 101(2):184-194. http://dx.doi.org/10.3956/2025-101.2.184
Gonzalez VH, Herbison N, Herrera A, Oyen K, Smith DR. Thermal Tolerance in the Cellophane Bee Colletes inaequalis Reflects Early Spring Adaptation and Is Independent of Body Size and Sex. Ecol Evol. 2025 Aug 12;15(8):e71983. doi: 10.1002/ece3.71983. PMID: 40800164; PMCID: PMC12340605.
Selected Presentations —
Herbison, N. D., Gonzalez, V. H., & Smith, D. R. (2023). Body size nor sex influence critical thermal limits in a solitary spring bee. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, National Harbor, D.C.. Poster Presentation.
Herbison, N. D., Gonzalez, V. H., & Smith, D. R. (2023). Body size nor sex influence critical thermal limits in a solitary spring bee. York University BeeCon. Virtual Webinar, Oral Presentation.
Gonzalez, V.H., Herbison, N.D., et al. (2024) Bees display limited acclimation capacity for heat tolerance. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. Poster Presentation.
Herrera-Motta, A.F., Herbison, N.D., et al. (2024) Foraging and nesting activity of bees and pollinators during a total solar eclipse. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. Poster Presentation. Presenting Author:
Herrera-Motta, A.F.. Herbison, N. D., Gonzalez, V. H. (2025) The Thermal Ecology of Bees with Implications for Climate Change. Baker University Biology Seminar Series, Baldwin, KS. Oral Presentation.
Awards & Honors —
Ida H. Hyde Scholarship for Women in Science University of Kansas; ($2,000)