PUBLICATIONS

 

PEER-REVIEWED: (* authors contributed equally)

Varner, E., K. Mark, H. Jackson, K. Singleton, L. Luo, S. A. Johnson, R. Gries, and G. Gries. 2023. Rodent odour bait: A new bumble bee conservation tool to enhance nest box occupancy. Insect Conservation and Diversity 16(3):324-334.

Johnson, S. A.*, H. Jackson*, H. Noth, and L. K. M'Gonigle. 2023. Positive impact of postfire environment on bumble bees not explained by habitat variables in a remote forested ecosystem. Ecology and Evolution 13:e9743.

Jackson, H., S. A. Johnson, L. A. Morandin, L. L. Richardson, L. M. Guzman*, and L. K. M'Gonigle*. 2022. Climate change winners and losers among North American bumble bees. Biology Letters 18(6):20210551.

Galpern, P., L. R. Best, J. H., Devries, S. A. Johnson. 2021. Wild bee responses to cropland landscape complexity are temporally-variable and taxon-specific: Evidence from a highly replicated pseudo-experiment. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 322:107652.

Guzman, L. M., S. A. Johnson, A. O. Mooers, and L. K. M'Gonigle. 2021. Using historical data to estimate bumble bee occurence: variable trends across species provide little support for community-level declines. Biological Conservation 257:109141.

Johnson, S. A., M. M. Tompkins, H. Tompkins, and S. R. Colla. 2019. Artificial domicile use by bumble bees (Bombus (Latreille); Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Insect Science 19(1):7; 1-5. 

Galpern, P., S. A. Johnson, J. L. Retzlaff, D. Chang, and J. Swann. 2017. Reduced abundance and earlier collection of bumble bee workers under intensive cultivation of a mass-flowering prairie crop. Ecology and Evolution 7(7):2414-2422.

   - Cover Image (© S. A. Johnson) April 2017 Volume 7 Issue 7 Ecology and Evolution

Johnson, S. A., and R. V. Cartar. 2014. Wing wear, but not asymmetry in wear, affects load-lifting capability in bumble bees Bombus impatiens. Canadian Journal of Zoology 92(3):179-184.

 

NON-PEER-REVIEWED:

Johnson, S. A. March 2022. Bee Profile: The yellow-banded bumble bee (Bombus terricola). Article in the Native Bee Society of BC's Quarterly Buzz Newsletter.

Best, L. R., S. A. Johnson, E. E. N. Purvis, and S. V. J. Robinson. January 2021. Mount Revelstoke National Park bumble bee (Apidae: Bombus) inventory and community composition. Final report for pollinator sampling contract carried out by the Native Bee Society of BC prepared for Parks Canada.

Johnson, S. A. 24 May 2019. 2019 SFU Vanier award recipient profile. Simon Fraser University People & Research.

Johnson, S. A. 19 January 2018. Wildlife Preservation Canada continues training “Bumble Bee Watchers”. Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation blog.

Johnson, S. A. 24 November 2017. 5 weird and wonderful bumble bee facts from the field. Wildlife Preservation Canada blog.

Johnson, S. A. October 2017. A bu(zz)y summer for bumble bees & the bumble bee life cycle. Wildlife Preservation Canada On the Edge Fall 2017 newsletter, 2 pp.

Johnson, S. A. December 2015. Scaling of density-dependent reproduction in bee-pollinated forbs of logged forests. MSc Thesis, University of Calgary.

Johnson, S.A., and R. V. Cartar. Density-dependent reproductive success of common wildflowers in logged landscapes. In Alberta Conservation Association. ACA Grants in Biodiversity Biennial Report 2014/2015. Edmonton, AB: ACA Grants in Biodiversity; 2015, p. 24.

OUTREACH CONTRIBUTIONS

 

SCIENCE PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS:

Johnson, S. A., and D. Mann. 22 June 2024. Don't Worry Bee Happy: Pollinator week event by the Native Bee Society of BC and Shuswap Pollinators. Downtown Salmon Arm Farmers Market [outreach display and native plant seedling sale].

Johnson, S. A. 20 March 2024. Plan Bee for your Lawn: tips for supporting plants and pollinators. Shuswap Climate Action Society Lose the Lawn educational webinar series [invited presentation].

Johnson, S. A. 12 March 2024. Bumbling in the Pacific Northwest. Northwest Washington District Beekeepers' Association [invited presentation].

Johnson, S. A. 2 March 2024. Native bees and climate change. Shuswap Seed Savers 30th Annual Seed Swap [outreach presentation].

Johnson, S. A. 26 November 2023. Pollinators through the seasons. Shuswap Food Action Society Sundays Sessions for Self Sufficiency [invited presentation].

Johnson, S. A. 11 March 2021. The beginner bumbler’s toolkit: An introduction to identifying bumble bees in B.C. SFU Biological Sciences Les Ecologistes Seminar Series [presentation].

Johnson, S. A. 10 September 2020. Due North: Getting to know the bumble bees of western Canada. Oregon State University Extension Service Wild World of Bees lecture series [invited seminar].

McCann, S., L. Weidenhammer, and S. A. Johnson. 22 July 2020. Communing with the Bees: Beginner macrophotography tips and tricks. Native Bee Society of BC webinar event [presentation].

Johnson, S. A. 3 June 2020. Basic bumble bee identification and survey training. University of British Columbia Farm summer work learn students [invited training workshop].

Johnson, S. A. 23 June 2018. What’s the buzz? Bumble bee citizen science hands-on training sessions (3 events). Wildlife Preservation Canada citizen science program [training workshops].

Johnson, S. A. 13 June 2018. Native bee conservation in Alberta. BP Alumni Club quarterly meeting [invited presentation].

Johnson, S. A. 24 April 2018. What’s all the buzz? Using artificial nest boxes to study bumble bee nesting ecology at Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park. Park Talks Series [invited presentation].

Johnson, S. A., Tompkins, H., Harrison, T., and R. Jeffery. 31 May 2017. The plight of the pollinators: how bumble bee monitoring contributes to conservation. Ontario Parks – Annual Natural Heritage Education Spring Workshop [invited presentation and training workshop].

 

MEDIA INVOLVEMENT:

Interview for Food Conversations radio segment on 93.7 The Voice of the Shuswap, 8 March 2024: Bumble bees.

Interview for article in The Tyee, 10 March 2023: Our once most common bee needs saving. Here's what we can do.

Interview for article in Montecristo Magazine, 6 October 2020: The Vancouver naturalists trying to save our native bees.

Interview for Lil Dudes Insect Academy Podcast, a podcast for introducing young people to science through entomology by Bradon Coy, 30 August 2020: Bumblebees of Canada!

Interview for Oregon State University Extension Service’s PolliNation Podcast, a pollinator health podcast by Andony Melathopoulos, 20 July 2020: Native Bee Society of British Columbia connecting bee enthusiasts together.  

Interview for segment on Global News Morning BC, 16 November 2019: Helping BC’s native bees.

Contribution mentioned in CBC Calgary, 22 April 2019: City staff buzz about endangered bee discovery as boulevard preps for another season.

Interview for article in Entomology Today, 8 February 2019: Putting bumble bees in a box might help scientists study their nesting ecology.

Interview for article in Rocky View Weekly, 11 September 2018: Citizen scientists track bee population at Glenbow Ranch.

Interview for CBC Radio Calgary story by Lucie Edwardson, 17 August 2018: A group of Albertans are helping track and monitor our bumble bee population, the citizen scientists are participating in a North American-wide study called Bumble Bee Watch. 

Interview for article in CBC Calgary, 17 August 2018: Albertans snap photos of bumblebees for North America-wide study.

Interview for article in Cochrane Now, 28 June 2018: Helping collect data on bumble bees at Glenbow Ranch project.

xtension Service’s PolliNation Podcast, a pollinator health podcast by Andony Melathopoulos, 6 November 2017: Bumble bee husbandry & citizen science.

FUNDING

 

Total awarded value 2007-2021: $585,493

 

SCHOLARSHIPS:

2019   Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, 3 years ($150,000)

           NSERC Alexander Graham Bell CGS - Doctoral, 3 years, declined ($105,000)

2018   Simon Fraser University Graduate Dean's Entrance Scholarship, 4 years 

          ($84,000)

2015   University of Calgary Departmental Graduate Program Excellence Award

          ($5,000)

2014   Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship ($3,000)

2013   NSERC Alexander Graham Bell CGS - Masters ($17,500)

           University of Calgary Department of Biological Sciences Scholarship ($3,000)

 

GRANTS:

2021   BC Parks Living Lab for Climate Change and Conservation ($19,425)

2018   Species at Risk Stewardship Fund ($37,788)

           Alberta Ecotrust Foundation Community Grant ($7,500)

2017   Species at Risk Research Fund for Ontario, 2 years ($59,126)

           Species at Risk Stewardship Fund ($18,480)

           TD Friends of the Environment Foundation Grant ($9,400)

2013   Alberta Conservation Association Grant in Biodiversity ($9,800)

WORK AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 

Custom Manufacturing, Machen Manufacturing Ltd.

Director                                                                                    Mar 2022-present

Native Pollinator Initiative, Wildlife Preservation Canada

Lead Biologist                                                                          Aug 2016-Aug 2018

Calgary Bee Project, City of Calgary

Native Bee Collection Technician                                            May-Aug 2018

Ecologics Lab, Faculty of Environmental Design

Pollinator Field Research Coordinator                                    Jun 2015-Aug 2016

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary

Graduate Research Assistant                                                  Jul 2012-Nov 2015

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary

Field Research Assistant for PhD candidate                           May-Jul 2009

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Outdoor Learning Program, South Canoe School

Native Bees & Gardening for Pollinators Grades 2-4                  May 2023

Native Bee Habitats at the Community Garden Grade 3             October 2023

Faculty of Land & Food Systems, University of British Columbia

Guest Lab Instructor for citizen science unit of UBC Farm Field Course

APBI 490 (Conservation Agriculture & Biodiversity Monitoring)  May 2019

Oregon Bee Project, Oregon State University

Native Bee Taxonomy Course Assistant Instructor                     Jul 2018

Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Mount Royal University

Ecol 1111 (Terrestrial Ecology) Lecture Instructor                       Jan-Apr 2018

Ecol 1111 Lecture and Lab Instructor                                          Jan-April 2016

Ecol 2211 (Terrestrial Ecology) Lab Instructor                             Jan 2013-Apr 2014

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary

Graduate Teaching Assistant for multiple courses

Ecol 413 (Field Course in Ecology)                                             Aug 2015

Scie 311 (Write and Review Scientific Reports)                          Jan-Apr 2015

Scie 501 (Project Course in Natural Sciences)                           Jan-Apr 2015

Ecol 417 (Aquatic Communities and Ecosystems)                     Sept-Dec 2014

Biol 313 (Introduction to Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)       Jan-Apr 2013

Ecol 429 (Ecology of Individuals)                                                Sept-Dec 2012

EXTRACURRICULAR SERVICE

 

• Volunteer and member of the Shuswap Food Action Society

• Citizen at Large, second term, on the City of Salmon Arm Environmental Advisory Committee (June 2023-December 2025)

• Founding President of the Native Bee Society of BC (July 2019-February 2022)

• Contributing Canadian bumble bee expert for the Western Bumble Bee Species Status Assessment Expert Elicitation Group, USA

• Contributing BC bumble bee expert for the Western Bumble Bee Technical Advisory Committee for the National Recovery Strategy, Canada

• Bumble bee identification contributions at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum

• Founding member of the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee for the Biology Graduate Caucus, Department of Biological Sciences (2019-2023, Simon Fraser University

  • Member of the special working group to design, fundraise for, and establish the Indigenous and Black Graduate Scholarship in Biology

• Peer reviewer for: Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Journal of Insect Conservation, Urban Ecosystems, Environmental Evidence

• Volunteer citizen scientist expert photograph verifier for Bumble Bee Watch, iNaturalist (>6000 verifications)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

ORAL:

Johnson, S. A., and L. K. M'Gonigle. December 2021. Pollinator conservation management for climate change in British Columbia. 5th Living Labs Research Coloquium, BC. 

Johnson, S. A., and H. Tompkins. November 2018. Artificial domicile use by bumble bees in Alberta and Ontario. Crossing Borders: Entomology in a Changing World (ESA, ESC, and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting), Vancouver, BC.

Galpern, P., Johnson, S. A., Retzlaff, J. L., Chang, D., and J. Swann. October 2016. High-intensity canola cultivation: an ecological trap for bumble bees? Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Alberta, Calgary, AB.

Johnson, S. A., and R. V. Cartar. May 2014. Density-dependent reproduction of forest herbs in logged landscapes – local vs. landscape effects on seed size. Genomes to Biomes Conference (CSEE, CSZ, SCL Joint Meeting), Montreal, QC.

 

POSTER:

Johnson, S. A., and L. K. M'Gonigle. November 2023. Determining a baseline for bumble bee community-level habitat use after wildfire. BOMBUSS 3.0 (Building Our Methods By Using Sound Science), San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

Johnson, S. A. February 2019. Artificial domicile use by bumble bees. Pacific Northwest Pollinator Symposium, Corvallis, Oregon.

Rowe, G., Johnson, S. A., MacPhail, V., and R. Hatfield. November 2018. Utilizing citizen science for conservation: the success of Bumble Bee Watch. Crossing Borders: Entomology in a Changing World (ESA, ESC, and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting), Vancouver, BC.

Do, V., Johnson, S. A., and J. S. MacIvor. September 2017. Queen bumblebees – pollination networks across a latitudinal gradient. Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario, Guelph, ON.