DESPITE THEIR IMPORTANCE TO AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SUPPLY, HONEY BEES AND POLLINATORS ARE FACING ONGOING EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS CONTRIBUTING TO DECLINING POPULATIONS. SEVERAL COMMON HAZARDS ARE NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD INCLUDING EXPOSURE TO FUNGICIDES APPLIED TO A VARIETY OF BEE-POLLINATED CROPS DURING BLOOM. UNDERSTANDING HOW COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, SUCH AS FUNGICIDES, AFFECT POLLINATOR HEALTH CAN HELP BETTER INFORM GROWERS, BEEKEEPERS AND PESTICIDE MANUFACTURERS ON HOW TO PROTECT CROPS AND THEIR POLLINATORS. SUCH MEASURES MAY MITIGATE ONGOING POLLINATOR POPULATION DECLINES AND STRENGTH FOOD SECURITY MEASURES.TO ASSESS FUNGICIDE EXPOSURE ON HONEY BEE HEALTH I WILL EXPOSE HONEY BEES TO A COMMONLY USED FUNGICIDE AT LEVELS MIMICKING THOSE ENCOUNTERED IN FIELD CONDITIONS. SUCH EXPOSURES WILL ALLOW ME TO THEN EXAMINE RESULTING CELL FUNCTION, ORGAN FUNCTION AND OVERALL HEALTH INEXPOSED HONEY BEES. THESE HEALTH PARAMETERS WILL THEN INFORM A MATHEMATICAL MODEL WHICH WILL BE USED TO PREDICT LONG TERM EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO PRISTINE FUNGICIDE, OTHER AGROCHEMICALS AND COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS. THIS INTENDED WORK WILL ALLOW FOR THE PRECISE CHARACTERIZATION OF HOW A FUNGICIDE AFFECTS HONEY BEE HEALTH. THIS INFORMATION WILL INFORM GROWERS AND BEEKEEPERS ABOUT POTENTIAL HAZARDS OF CURRENT AGROCHEMICALS AND STIMULATE DIALOGUE ON ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF POLLINATORS, CROPS AND FOOD SECURITY.?