NC_old1173: Sustainable Solutions to Problems Affecting Bee Health

(Multistate Research Project)

Status: Inactive/Terminating

SAES-422 Reports

02/05/2015

01/30/2016

Amsalem, E., Grozinger, C.M., Padilla, M., and A. Hefetz. "Bumble bee sociobiology: The physiological and genomic bases of bumble bee social behavior" Advances in Insect Physiology: Genomics, Physiology and Behavior of Social Insects. Editors A. Zayed and C. Kent. Vol 48. p37-94 (2015)


Amsalem, E., Orlova, M., and C.M. Grozinger. "A conserved class of queen pheromones? Re-evaluating the evidence in bumble bees (Bombus impatiens)" Proceeedings of the Royal Society B (in press)


Anthony WE, Palmer-Young EC, Leonard AS, Irwin RE and LS Adler. 2015. Testing dose-dependent effects of the nectar alkaloid anabasine on trypanosome parasite loads in adult bumble bees. PLoS One 10(11): e0142496. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142496.


Appler, R. H., S. D. Frank, and D. R. Tarpy. (2015). Within-colony variation in the immunocompetency of managed and feral honey bees (Apis mellifera) in different urban landscapes. Insects, 6: 912-925.


Barber NA, Milano NJ, Kiers ET, Theis N, Bartolo V, Hazzard RV and LS Adler. 2015. Root herbivory indirectly affects above- and belowground community members and directly reduces plant performance. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12464


Barfeild, Bergstrom, Ferreira, Covich & Delaplane. An Economic Valuation of Biotic Pollination Services in Georgia. Journal of Economic Entomology Advance Access published January 25, 2015.


Berenbaum MR, Johnson RM. 2015. Xenobiotic detoxification pathways in honey bees. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 10: 51–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2015.03.005


Berens, A.J.*, Hunt, J.H., and Toth, A.L.  2015. Comparative transcriptomics of convergent evolution: Different genes but conserved pathways underlie caste phenotypes across lineages of eusocial insects. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 32: 690-703


Berens, A.J.*, Junt, J.H., and Toth, A.L. 2015.  Nourishment level affects caste-related gene expression in Polistes wasps.  BMC Genomics 16: 235. 


Biller OM, Adler LS, Irwin RE, McAllister C, and EC Palmer-Young. 2015. Possible synergistic effects of thymol and nicotine against Crithidia bombi parasitism in bumble bees. PLoS One 10(12): e0144668.


Breece, C.R and Sagili, R.R (2015) Hands-on training emphasized in the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program. Journal of Extension [On-line] 53 (3) Article 3IAW6 http://www.joe.org/joe/2015june/iw6.php


Cappa, F., Beani, L., Cervo, R., Grozinger, C. and F. Manfredini. "Testing male immunocompetence in two hymenopterans with different levels of social organization: live hard, die young?" Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 114(2): 274-278 (2015).


Cariveau, D, and R Winfree. 2015. Causes of variation in wild bee responses to anthropogenic drivers. Current Opinion in Insect Science 10: 104-109.


Caron DM, Sagili R (2015) Oregon Tech Transfer Team Serving Pacific Northwest Beekeepers. American Bee Journal 155 (5): 573-575.


Doke, M.A., Frazier, M. and C.M. Grozinger. "Overwintering Honey Bees: Biology and Management" Current Opinion in Insect Science 10: 185-193 (2015).


Frazier, J., J. Pflugfleder, P. Aupinel, A. Decourtype, J. Ellis, C. Scott-Dupree, Z. Huang, et al. 2015. Assessing effects through laboratory toxicity testing. In Pesticide Risk Assessment for Pollinators (ed D. Fisher and T. Moriarty). Willey Blackwell. Pp. 75-94.


Fuller, Z.L., Nino, E.L., Patch, H.M., Bedoya-Reina, O., Baumgarten, T., Muli, E., Mumoki, F., Ratan, A., McGraw, J., Maryann Frazier, Masiga, D., Schuster, S. Grozinger, C.M. and W. Miller. "Genome-wide analysis of signatures of selection in populations of African honey bees (Apis mellifera) using new web-based tools". BMC Genomics 16(1), 518 (2015).



  1. E. Budge, D. Garthwaite, A. Crowe, N. D. Boatman, K. S. Delaplane, M. A. Brown, H. H. Thygesen & S. Pietravalle. Evidence for pollinator cost and farming benefits of neonicotinoid seed coatings on oilseed rape, 2015, Scientific Reports. DOI: 10.1038/srep12574


Galbraith, G.A., Wang, Y., Page, R.E., Amdam, G. and C. M. Grozinger. "Reproductive physiology mediates honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker responses to social cues" Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (in press).


Galbraith, G.A.*, Yang. X.*, Nino, E.L., Yi, S., and C. M. Grozinger. "Parallel epigenetic and transcriptomic responses to viral infection in honey bees (Apis mellifera)". PLoS Pathogens 11(3):e1004713 (2015).


Gillespie SD, Carrero K and LS Adler. 2015. Relationships between parasitism, bumblebee foraging behavior and pollination service to Trifolium pratense flowers. Ecological Entomology 40: 650-53.


Grozinger, C.M. and G. E. Robinson. "The power and promise of applying genomics to honey bee health". Current Opinion in Insect Science 10: 124-132 (2015).


Grozinger, C.M. and J.D Evans. "From the lab to the landscape: translational approaches to pollinator health". Current Opinion in Insect Science 10: vii-ix (2015).


Harrison, T, and R Winfree. 2015. Urban drivers of plant-pollinator interactions. Functional Ecology 29: 879-888.


Huang, Z.Y. and Y. Wang. 2015. Social physiology of honey bees: differentiation in behaviors, castes, and longevity, Chapter in “Hive and the Honey Bee”, Dadant. pp 183-200.


Jandt, J.M.* 2015.Lab rearing perturbs social traits: a case study with Polistes wasps.  Behavioral Ecology.  In press. 


Jandt, J.M.* and Toth, A.L. 2015. Physiological and genomic mechanisms of social organization in wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Advances in Insect Physiology 48: 95-130


Johnson RM.  2015. Honey bee toxicology. Annual Review of Entomology. 60:415-34. http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/eprint/JNCiwDc63RIR3bDDRRqi/full/10.1146/annurev-ento-011613-162005


Kleijn, D, Winfree, R, and 56 other authors including F Benjamin, D Cariveau, I Bartomeus. 2015. Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation. Nature Communications 6:7414 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8414 F1000 recommendation Featured in The Guardian (UK), The Independent (UK), Wired, LA Times, Washington Post, Conservation magazine


Kocher, S.D.*, Tsuruda, J.M.*, Gibson, J,D., Emore, C., Arechavaleta-Velasco, M.E., Queller, D.C., Strassmann, J.E., Grozinger, C.M., Gribskov, M.R., San Miguel, P., Westerman R. and G.J. Hunt. "A search for parent-of-origin effects on honey bee gene expression". Genes, Genomes, Genetics 5(8) 1657-1662 (2015)


Le Conte$, Y., Z.Y. Huang$*, M. Roux, Z.J. Zeng, J.-P. Christidès, A.G. Bgnères. 2015. . Varroa destructor changes its cuticular hydrocarbons to mimic new hosts. Biol. Lett. 11: 20150233. ($co-first authors)


Lee KV, Steinhauer N, Rennich K, Wilson M, Tarpy D,Caron DM, Rose R, Delaplane KS, Baylis K, Lengerich EJ, Pettis, J, Sagili RR, Skinner JA, Wilkes JT, vanEngelsdorp D (2015) A national survey of managed honey bee 2013-14 annual colony losses in the USA. Apidologie 46: 292-305.


Lee, K. V., N. Steinhauer, K. Rennich, M. E. Wilson, D. R. Tarpy, D. M. Caron, R. Rose, K. S. Delaplane, K. Baylis, E. J. Lengerich, Pettis, J. A. Skinner, J. T. Wilkes, and D. vanEngelsdorp for the Bee Informed Partnership. (2015). A national survey of managed honey bee 2013-2014 annual colony losses in the USA: results from the Bee Informed Partnership. Apidologie, 46: 292–305.


Lee, Steinhauer, Rennich, Wilson, Tarpy, Caron, Rose, Delaplane, et. al. A national survey of managed honey bee 2013–2014 annual colony losses in the USA. 2015, Apidologie. DOI: 10.1007/s13592-015-0356-z


Liu F, Gao J, Di N, and LS Adler. 2015. Nectar attracts foraging honey bees with components of their queen pheromones. Journal of Chemical Ecology 41(11): 1028-36


Ma R, Rangel J, Ulrich M (2015) The role of β-ocimene in regulating foraging behavior of the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Apidologie. DOI: 10.1007/s13592-015-0382-x.


Milano NJ, Barber NA, and LS Adler. 2015. Conspecific and heterospecific aboveground herbivory both reduce preference by a belowground herbivore. Environmental Entomology 44(2): 317-24.


Milbrath, M. O., T. van Tran, T., W-F. Huang, L. F. Solter, D. R. Tarpy, F. Lawrence, and Z. Huang. (2015). Comparative virulence and competition between Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 125: 9–15.


Rangel J, Baum K, Rubink WL, Coulson, RN, Johnston JS, Traver BE (2015) Prevalence of Nosema species in a feral honey bee population: A 20-year survey. Apidologie. DOI: 10.1007/s13592-015-0401-y.


Rangel J, Böröczky K, Schal C, Tarpy DR (2015) Honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen reproductive potential affects queen mandibular gland pheromone composition and worker retinue response. PLoS ONE. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156027


Rangel J, Strauss K, Hjelmen CE, Johnston JS (2015) Endopolyploidy changes with age-related polyethism in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. PLoS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122208.


Rangel J, Tarpy DR (2015) The effects of miticides on the mating health of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens. Journal of Apicultural Research. DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2016.1147218.


Rehan SM, Bulova SJ, O'Donnell S (2015) Cumulative effects of foraging behaviour and social dominance on brain development in a facultatively social bee (Ceratina australensis). Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 85:117-124


Rehan SM, Schwarz MP (2015) A few steps forward and no steps back: long-distance dispersal patterns in small carpenter bees suggest major barriers to back-dispersal. Journal of Biogeography. 42:485-494 


Rehan SM, Tierney SM, Wcislo WT (2015) Evidence for social nesting in Neotropical ceratinine bees. Insectes Sociaux. 62:465-469 


Rehan SM, Toth AL (2015) Climbing the social ladder: molecular evolution of sociality. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 30:426-433 


Rehan, S.M. and Toth, A.L. 2015. Climbing the social ladder: the molecular evolution of sociality.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution.  In press. pdf


Richards MH, Onuferko T, Rehan SM (2015) Phenological, but not social, variation in response to climate differences in a eusocial sweat bee, Halictus ligatus, nesting in southern Ontario. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 43:19-44


Richards, J., Carr-Markell, M., Hefetz, A., Grozinger, C.M. and H. R. Mattila. "Queen-produced volatiles change dynamically during reproductive swarming and are associated with changes in honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker behavior". Apidologie (published online March 2015).


Richardson L, Adler LS, Leonard AS, Andicoechea J, Regan K, Anthony WE, Manson JS, and RE Irwin. 2015. Secondary metabolites in floral nectar reduce parasite infections in bumble bees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 282: 20142471.


Richardson RT, Lin C-H, Quijia JO, Riusech NS, Goodell K, Johnson RM. 2015. Rank-based characterization of pollen assemblages collected by honey bees using a multi-locus metabarcoding approach. Applications in Plant Sciences. 3 (3): 1500043.http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/apps.1500043


Richardson RT., Lin C-H, Quijia Pillajo JO, Sponsler DB, Goodell K, Johnson RM. 2015. Application of ITS2 metabarcoding to determine the provenance of pollen collected by honey bees in a field-crop dominated agroecosystem. Applications in Plant Sciences. 3 (1): 1400066 http://dx.doi.org/10.3732/apps.1400066


Rittschof, C.C., Grozinger, C.M., and G.E. Robinson. "The energetic basis of behavior: bridging behavioral ecology and neuroscience" Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences (in press).


Sagili, R.R, C.R. Breece, B.R. Martens, R. Simmons and J.H. Borden (2015) Potential of Honey Bee Brood Pheromone to Enhance Foraging and Yield in Hybrid Carrot Seed. HortTechnology 25 (1): 98-104.


Seeley, T. D., D. R. Tarpy, S. R. Griffin, A. Carcione, and D. A. Delaney. (2015). A survivor population of wild colonies
 of European honeybees in the northeastern United States: investigating its genetic structure. Apidologie, 46: 654–666
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Sheehan, M.J., Botero, C.A., Hendry, T.A., Sedio, B.E., Jandt, J.M.*, Weiner, S.A.*, Toth, A.L., and Tibbetts, E.A. Different axes of environmental variation explain the presence versus extent of cooperative nest founding associations in Polistes paper wasps. Ecology Letters.  In press.


Tarpy, D. R., D. A. Delaney, and T. D. Seeley. (2015). Mating frequencies of honey bee queens (Apis mellifera) in a population of feral colonies in the United States. PLoS ONE, 10(3): e0118734. 


Tarpy, D. R., H. R. Mattila, and I. L. G. Newton. (2015). Characterization of the honey bee microbiome throughout the queen rearing process. Applied Environmental Microbiology, 81: 3182–3191
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Thorburn LP, Adler LS, Irwin RE, and EC Palmer-Young. 2015. Variable effects of nicotine and anabasine on parasitized bumble bees. F1000Research 4: http://f1000research.com/articles/4-880/v2


Vaudo, A. D, Tooker, J.F., Grozinger, C.M. and H.M. Patch. "Bee nutrition and floral resource restoration." Current Opinion in Insect Science 10:133-141 (2015).


Villar, G., Baker T.C., Patch, H.M., and C.M. Grozinger. "Neurophysiological mechanisms underlying sex- and maturation-related variation in pheromone responses in honey bees (Apis mellifera)" Journal of Comparative Physiology A 201: 731-739 (2015).


Wang, Y.,Y. Li, Z.Y. Huang, X. Chen, J. Romeis, P. Dai, Y. Peng. 2015. Toxicological, biochemical, and histopathological analyses demonstrate that Cry1C and Cry2A are not toxic to larvae of the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 06/2015; DOI:10.1021/acs.jafc.5b01662


Winfree, R, J Fox, N Williams, *J Reilly, and *D Cariveau. 2015. Abundance of common species, not species richness, drives delivery of a real-world ecosystem service. Ecology Letters 18: 626-635. Featured in Nature as a Research Highlight


Xie, X., S. Luo, Z.Y. Huang. 2015. China invests two times as much as USA on honey bee research. http://f1000r.es/5hi] F1000Research 4:291 (doi:10.12688/f1000research. 6621.1)


Youngsteadt, E.*, R. H. Appler*, M. Lopez-Uribe, D. R. Tarpy, and S. D. Frank. (2015). Pathogen pressure of honey bees (Apis mellifera) across an urban gradient. PLoS ONE, 10: e0142031.


 


Proceedings from the American Beekeeping Federation, 5-8 January 2016, Jacksonville, FL


MN - Keynote Presentation: The Remarkable Natural Defenses of Honey Bees – Marla Spivak, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN


WA - Honey Bee Germplasm  Importation, Cryopreservation  and Establishing  Germplasm Repositories Worldwide - Sue Cobey, Washington State University, Pullman, WA


TX - The Effects of In-Hive Miticides on Honey Bee Queens - Elizabeth Walsh, Rangel Honey Bee Lab, TAMU Department of Entomology, College Station, TX


MN - UMN New Bee Lab Plans and Bee Squad Programs -  Dr. Marla Spivak and Rebecca Masterman, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

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