Jeffery Pettis

{{Short description|American biologist and entomologist}}

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| name = Jeffery Stuart Pettis

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| birth_place = United States

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| citizenship = American

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| fields = Entomology

| workplaces = USDA Beltsville Bee Laboratory, Beltsville, MD{{Cite web|url=http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=10138|title = Person : USDA ARS|website=Ars.usda.gov}}

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• University of Georgia, BSA 1982, MS 1985{{Cite web|url=https://www.uga.edu/gm/artman/publish/0709beekiller.html|title=UGA|website=Uga.edu}}
• Texas A&M, PhD, 1991 {{Cite web|url=http://entohistory.tamu.edu/academichistory/students/|title = Graduates of Entomology at Texas A&M | Department of Entomology Centennial History|website=Entohistory.tamu.edu}}

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| thesis_title = Tracheal Mite, Acarapis Woodi (Rennie) Biology and Ecology in the Honey Bee, Apis Mellifera L.{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/33991324|title=Tracheal mite, Acarapis woodi (Rennie) biology and ecology in the honey bee, Apis mellifera L. [microform] |website=Researchgate.net|access-date=17 February 2022}}

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| thesis_year = 1991

| doctoral_advisor = Bill Wilson

| academic_advisors = Pete Teel

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| known_for = Honey bee biology, behavior and host-parasite relationships, CCD

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| awards = EAS Student Apicultural Award 1990, Hambleton Award 2004 {{Cite web |url=http://www.easternapiculture.org/awards/previos-award-winners.html |title=Previous Award Winners |access-date=2013-03-01 |archive-date=2012-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901005326/http://www.easternapiculture.org/awards/previos-award-winners.html |url-status=dead }}

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| spouse = Marianne Pettis

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Jeffery Stuart Pettis is an American-born biologist and entomologist known for his extensive research on honeybee behavior. He is currently head of Apimondia.{{Cite web|url=https://honeycouncil.ca/news-from-apimondia/|title = News from Apimondia – Canadian Honey Council|website=Honeycouncil.ca}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.apimondia.com/en/the-federation/executive-council|title=Executive Council|website=Apimondia.com|access-date=2019-10-30|archive-date=2017-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625084723/http://www.apimondia.com/en/the-federation/executive-council|url-status=dead}} He was the research leader at the United States Department of Agriculture's Beltsville Bee Laboratory (BBL). His research has led to significant breakthroughs in understanding and managing CCD, a primary cause of North American bee population decline. He is also known for discovering with Dennis vanEngelsdorp, then at Pennsylvania State University, the ability of bees to detect pesticides and harmful fungi in collected pollen and subsequently quarantine the harmful substances from the rest of the hive.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/study-reveals-how-bees-reject-toxic-pesticides-2262451.html|title=Study reveals how bees reject 'toxic' pesticides|website=Independent.co.uk|date=4 April 2011}} His research has also studied the synergistic effects of Imidacloprid on bees, an insecticide derived from nicotine which has been shown to contribute to CCD.{{cite journal|url=http://www.bulletinofinsectology.org/pdfarticles/vol67-2014-125-130lu.pdf|journal=Bulletin of Insectology |volume=67|pages=125–130|date=2014|issn=1721-8861|title=Sub-lethal exposure to neonicotinoids impaired honey bees winterization before proceeding to colony collapse disorder|issue=1 }}