About the Project

This citizen science wild bee research project was created and is managed by the Gratton Lab in the UW-Madison Department of Entomology.

Funding for the WiBee project was provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment and Gwenyn Hill Farm located in Waukesha, WI.

The app developer is Daniel Imhoff, Caracal LLC.

We’d like to send out a special thanks to all the apple growers who tested out early versions of the app and methods, including Atoms to Apples, Brightonwoods Orchard, Door Creek Orchard, Ela Orchard, Hafs Road Orchard, Lapacek’s Orchard, Munchkey Apples, Pleasant Springs Orchard, Ten Eyck Orchard, The Apple Hut, as well as the IPM Institute of North America.

Meet the Project Team

Ben Bradford

Position title: Data visualization and analysis

Email: bbradford@wisc.edu

Address:
840 Russell Labs
1630 Linden Dr
Madison, WI 53706

Hannah Gaines-Day

Position title: Scientist and project lead

Email: hgaines@wisc.edu

Address:
567 Moore Hall
1575 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53705

Claudio Gratton

Position title: Professor and principal investigator

Email: cgratton@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 265-3762

Address:
1575 Linden Dr
561 Moore Hall
Madison, WI 53706

Dan Imhoff

Position title: App developer

Email: dan@caracal.tech

Eliza Pessereau

Position title: M.S. student and outreach coordinator

Email: pessereau@wisc.edu

Address:
567 Moore Hall
1575 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53705