Rate My Professor Lewis Bartlett

Bartlett's research focuses on sustainability science, evolutionary ecology, infectious disease ecology, and pollinator biology, particularly honey bee (Apis mellifera) health amid threats from parasites like Varroa destructor mites, viruses, and pesticides such as neonicotinoids. He develops and evaluates apicultural management strategies to enhance colony resilience. Key publications include “Robustness despite uncertainty: regional climate data reveal the dominant role of humans in explaining global extinctions of Late Quaternary megafauna” (Ecography, 2016), “Industrial bees: the impact of apicultural intensification on local disease prevalence” (Journal of Applied Ecology, 2019), “Persistent effects of management history on honeybee colony virus abundances” (Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 2021), “Frontiers in effective control of problem parasites in beekeeping” (International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022), and “Neonicotinoid exposure increases Varroa parasitism severity in honey bee colonies” (Journal of Insect Science, 2024). His scholarship has garnered over 700 citations. Since joining UGA, he has secured approximately $1.6 million in funding as PI or co-PI from sources including USDA-NIFA and Project Apis m. Awards encompass the Entomological Society of America Science Policy Fellowship (2023–2025), University of Georgia CEID Postdoctoral Fellowship ($200K, 2019–2022), and honorary memberships from the Palm Beach and Eastern Piedmont Beekeepers’ Associations. Bartlett serves as Specialist Subject Editor for Insect Health & Pathology at Frontiers in Insect Science and holds a U.S. provisional patent (63/333,877, 2022) for reducing parasitic infestation in honey bee hives.