INSECTICIDE USE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A PRIMARY CAUSE OF POLLINATOR DECLINES WORLDWIDE. AS A RESULT, RESEARCHERS HAVE ADVOCATED FOR A NEW PEST MANAGEMENT APPROACH, INTEGRATED PEST AND POLLINATOR MANAGEMENT (IPPM), WHICH OPTIMIZES INSECTICIDE USE TO MINIMIZE NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON POLLINATORS. HOWEVER, MUCH OF THE RESEARCH INFORMING THESE INSECTICIDE USE RECOMMENDATIONS LACKS A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PEST AND POLLINATOR AND SOME OF THE MOST COMMON IPPM RECOMMENDATIONS (E.G. SPRAYING AT DUSK TO AVOID PEAK BEE FORAGING PERIODS) HAVE NOT BEEN WIDELY VALIDATED IN CROPS. THEREFORE, FURTHER STUDY IS NEEDED TO DEFINE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN PEST AND POLLINATOR ABUNDANCE, AND HOW THIS INTERACTION CAN BE LEVERAGED TO IDENTIFY INSECTICIDE PROGRAMS THAT LIMIT NEGATIVE EFFECTS TO POLLINATOR COMMUNITIES WITHOUT COMPROMISING AGRONOMIC YIELD. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS AFRI EWD POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP RESEARCH PROJECT IS TO PRODUCE EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT INTEGRATE BOTH PEST AND POLLINATION MANAGEMENT. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL, I WILL COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES 1) ASSESS THE INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF VARYING PEST AND POLLINATOR ABUNDANCE ON CROP YIELD, 2) EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF LOW-RISK POLLINATOR INSECTICIDE PROGRAMS ON BEE VISITATION AND CROP YIELD, AND 3) REVISE CURRENT ECONOMIC THRESHOLDS FOR INSECT PESTS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE EFFECT OF INSECTICIDE PROGRAMS ON POLLINATORS. THIS PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE PRIMARY AFRI FARM BILL PRIORITY AREA, "PLANT HEALTH AND PRODUCTION AND PLANT PRODUCTS".