I approach pollinator health as a lens for understanding right relationship with the land, and strongly value socially just and culturally appropriate ecosystem management.

In my research, I use the tools of community ecology to ask how the diverse wild pollinator communities in apple orchards use the resources of nearby forest habitats over time and space.

I spend a lot of time climbing into tree-top canopies to explore bee behavior sky-high!

Please visit my google scholar page to see my peer-reviewed publications. I publish under my full name, Katherine R. Urban-Mead.