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02/05/2021

Summary table and list of publications by topic reported by NC1173 committee members for 2020. NC1173 authors are indicated in bold.

Publications by topic	2020
Obj 1a: Biotic (Pests & pathogens)	21
Obj 1b: Abiotic (Pesticides, nutrition, landscapes)	31
Obj 2: Genetics, Breeding, Diversity	9
Obj 3: Management	10
Other Publications	4
Total	75
Publications with >1 NC1173 authors	17

NC1173 Member Publications (01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020)

*Papers applicable to multiple objectives are only reported once

Metz BN, Wu-Smart J, Simone-Finstrom M. 2020. Proceedings of the 2020 American Bee Research Conference. Insects 11(6):362.

Simone-Finstrom, M., Nino, E., Flenniken, M., Wu-Smart, J. 2020. Proceedings of the 2019 American

Bee Research Conference. Insects 11(2):88.

Objective 1a: Biotic Stressors (Pests & pathogens)

Faurot-Daniels^#, C., I., Glenny^#, W., Daughenbaugh, K.F., McMenamin, A.J., Burkle, L., and Flenniken, M.L., Longitudinal monitoring of honey bee colonies reveals dynamic nature of virus abundance and indicates a negative impact of Lake Sinai virus 2 on colony health, (2020), ^#equal co-authorship, PLoS ONE, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237544. eCollection 2020

McMenamin, A.J., Daughenbaugh, and Flenniken, M.L, The Heat Shock Response in the Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) is Antiviral, (2020), Viruses, 12, 245; doi:10.3390/v12020245.

Amiri, E., J. J. Herman, M. K. Strand, D. R. Tarpy, and O. Rueppell. (2020). Egg transcriptome profile responds to maternal virus infection in honey bees, Apis mellifera. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 85: 104558.

Li-Byarlay, H., H. Boncristiani, G. Howell, M. K. Strand, D. R. Tarpy, and O. Rueppell. (2020). Transcriptome and epigenome dynamics of honey bees in response to lethal virus infection. Frontiers in Genetics, 11: 566320.

Kevill, J.L., K. Lee, M. Goblirsch, E. McDermott, D. R. Tarpy, M. Spivak, and D. C. Schroeder. (2020). The pathogen profiles of queen honey bees does not reflect those of their colonies workers. Insects, 11: 382.

Amiri, E., C., M. K. Strand, D. R. Tarpy, and O. Rueppell. (2020). Honey bee queens and virus infections. Viruses, 12: 232. doi:10.3390/v12030322.

López-Uribe MM, Ricigliano V, Simone-Finstrom MD (2020) Defining Pollinator Health: Understanding bee ecological, genetic and physiological factors at the individual, colony and population levels. Annual Review of Animal Bioscience. doi:10.1146/annurev-animal-020518-115045

McNeil, D.J., E. McCormick, A. Heimann, M. Kammerer, M. Douglas, S.C. Goslee, C.M. Grozinger, and

2020. M. Hines. 2020. Bumble bees in landscapes with abundant floral resources have lower pathogen loads. Nature Scientific Reports.

Ray, A.M., Lopez, D.L., Martinez, J.F., Galbraith, D.A., Rose, R., vanEngelsdorp, D., Rosa, C., Evans, J.D., and C.M. Grozinger. (2020) “Distribution of recently identified bee-infecting viruses in managed honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations in the United States” Apidologie DOI: 10.1007/s13592-020-00757-2.

Liu, F.*, X. Xu, Y. Zhang, Z.Y. Huang *, H. Zhao. 2020. A meta-analysis shows that screen bottom boards can significantly reduce Varroa destructor population. Insects, 11(9): 624. doi: 10.3390/insects11090624.

Chapter Two - Current trends in the oxidative stress and ageing of social hymenopterans

H Li-Byarlay, XL Cleare, Advances in Insect Physiology 59, 43-69, 2020.

Jennifer O. Han, Nicholas L. Naeger, Brandon K. Hopkins, David Sumerlin, Paul E. Stamets, Lori M. Carris, and Walter S. Sheppard. ^.  Directed evolution of Metarhizium fungus improves its biocontrol efficacy against Varroa mites in honey bee colonies. Submitted to Current Biology

Brandon K. Hopkins, Jason Long, and Walter S. Sheppard.  Comparison of indoor (refrigerated) vs outdoor winter storage of commercial honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in the Western US. Submitted to J. Econ. Entomol.

Jack, C.J., van Santen, E., Ellis, J.D. 2020. Evaluating the efficacy of oxalic acid vaporization and brood interruption in controlling the honey bee pest Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 113(2): 582-588. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toz358.

Papach, A., Williams, G.R., Neumann, P., 2020. Evolution of starvation resistance in an invasive insect species, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Ecology and Evolution 10, 9003-9010.

Huwiler, M., Papach, A., Cristina, E., Yañez, O., Williams, G.R., Neumann, P., 2020. Deformed wings of small hive beetle independent of virus infections and mites. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 172, 107365.

Bird, G., Wilson, A.E., Williams, G.R., Hardy, N.B., 2020. Parasites and pesticides act antagonistically on honey bee health. Journal of Applied Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13811. Accepted 7 December 2020.

Spivak M, Danka RG. 2020. Perspectives on hygienic behavior in Apis mellifera and other social insects.  Apidologie DOI: 10.1007/s13592-020-00784-z

Goblirsch M, Warner JF, Sommerfeldt BA, Spivak M. 2020. Social fever or general immune response?  Revisiting an example of social immunity in honey bees. Insects 11: 528  doi:10.3390/insects11080528

Spivak M, Cariveau DP. 2020. Flowers as parasite transmission hubs. Nat Ecol Evol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1200-z

Dalenberg H, Maes P, Mott B, Anderson KE, Spivak M. 2020. Propolis envelope promotes beneficial bacteria in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) mouthpart microbiome. Insects 11, 453. doi:10.3390/insects1107/0453

Saelao P, Borba RS, Ricigliano V, Spivak M, Simone-Finstrom M. 2020. Honeybee microbiome is stabilized in the presence of propolis.  Biology Letters 16: 202003. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0003

Iwanowicz DD, Wu-Smart, JY, Olgun T, Smart, AH, Otto, CR, Lopez, D, Evans, JE, Cornman R. 2020. An updated genetic marker for detection of Lake Sinai Virus and metagenetic applications. Peerj   8:e9424. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9424.

Olgun T, Everhart SE, Anderson T, Wu-Smart J. 2020. Comparative analysis of viruses in four bee species collected from agricultural, urban, and natural landscapes. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0234431.

 

Objective 1b: Abiotic Stressors (Pesticides, nutrition, landscapes)

Vaudo AD, Biddinger DJ, Sickel W, Keller A, López-Uribe MM. (2020) Phylogenetic pollen preferences facilitate naturalization and pollination services of introduced bees in new habitats. Royal Society Open Science 7(7):200225 doi/10.1098/rsos.200225

Phan N, Joshi N, Rajotte E, López-Uribe MM, Zhu F, Biddinger DJ. (2020) A new ingestion bioassay protocol for assessing pesticide toxicity to the adult Japanese orchard bee (Osmia cornifrons) Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66118-2

Villalona, E., B.D. Ezray, E. Laveaga, A.A. Agrawal, J.G. Ali, and H.M. Hines. 2020. The role of toxic nectar secondary compounds in driving differential bumble bee preferences for milkweed flowers. Oecologia.

Vaudo, A. D., J. F. Tooker, H. M. Patch, D. J. Biddinger, M. Coccia, M. K. Crone, M. Fiely, J. S. Francis M. Hines, M. Hodges, S. W. Jackson, D. Michez, J. Mu, L. Russo, M. Safari, E. D. Treanore, M.

Vanderplanck, E. Yip, A. S. Leonard, and C. M. Grozinger. 2020. Pollen protein:lipid macronutrient ratiosguide broad patterns of bee species floral preferences. Insects, (11):132.

Feliciano-Cardona, S., Döke, M.A., Aleman-Rios, J., Agosto-Rivera, J.L., Grozinger C.M., and T. Giray. 2020.  “Honey bees in the tropics show winter bee-like longevity in response to seasonal dearth and brood reduction” Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:336

Sponsler, D.B., Shump, D., Richardson, R., Grozinger, C.M. (2020) “Characterizing the floral resources of a North American metropolis using a honey bee foraging assay”  Ecosphere 11(4): e03102 DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3102 (2020).

Sponsler, D.B., Grozinger, C.M., Richardson, R., Nurse, A., Brough, D., Patch, H.M., and K. A. Stoner. (2020) " A screening-level assessment of the pollinator-attractiveness of ornamental nursery stock using a honey bee foraging assay" Scientific Reports 10(1), 1-9.

Russo, L., Keller, J., Vaudo, A., Grozinger, C.M., K. Shea. (2020) “Warming increases pollen lipid concentration in an invasive thistle, with minor effects on the associated floral-visitor community”  Insects 11(1) 20.

Erickson, E., Adam. S., Russo, L., Wojcik, V., Patch, H.M., and C.M. Grozinger. (2020) “More than meets the eye: The role of ornamental plants in supporting pollinators” Environmental Entomology 49(1) 178-188.

POL-10-W - Harpur, B. A. 2020. Indiana Solar Site Pollinator Habitat Planning Scorecard.

Danforth, B.N., R.L. Minckley, J.L. Neff (2019). The Solitary Bees: Biology, Evolution, Conservation. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press

Saleem, M.S.,  Z.Y. Huang^*, M. Milbrath. 2020. Neonicotinoid pesticides are more toxic to honey bees at lower temperatures: implications for overwintering bees. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.556856.

Krichilsky, E, M. Centrella, B. Eitzer, B.N. Danforth, K. Poveda, H. Grab (2020). Landscape composition and fungicide exposure influence host-pathogen dynamics in a solitary bee. Environmental Entomology [published online 28 Nov, 2020: https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvaa138]

Keller, A. Q.S. McFrederick, P. Dharampal, S. Steffan, B.N. Danforth, S.D. Leonhardt (2020). (More than) Hitchhikers through the network: The shared microbiome of bees and flowers. Current Opinions in Insect Science [published online Sept. 29, 2020; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2020.09.007]

Centrella, M., L. Russo, N. Moreno-Ramirez, B. Eitzer, M. Van Dyke, B.N. Danforth, K. Poveda (2020). Landscape simplification reduces solitary bee performance in agroecosystems via increased pesticide exposure, reduced floral diet diversity, and their interaction. Journal of Applied Ecology 2020;00:1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13600 [published online 23 February, 2020].

Camp AA, Williams, WC, Eitzer, BD, Lehmann DM. (2020). Effects of the Neonicotinoid Acetamiprid in Syrup on Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Microcolony Development.  PLOS One. 15(10):e0241111. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241111

Camp AA, Batres MA, Williams, WC, Stoner, KA, Koethe, R, Lehmann DM. (2020). The neonicotinoid acetamiprid in pollen impacts Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae) microcolony development.  Environ Toxicol Chem. 39(12):2560-2569. doi: 10.1002/etc.4886.

McAfee, A., A. Chapman, H. Higo, R. Underwood, J. Milone, L. Foster, M. M. Guarna, D. R. Tarpy, and J. S. Pettis. (2020). Honey bee queens are vulnerable to heat-induced loss of fertility. Nature Sustainability, 3: 367-376.

CYP6AS8, a cytochrome P450, is associated with the 10-HDA biosynthesis in honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers Y Wu, Y Zheng, H Li-Byarlay, Y Shi, S Wang, H Zheng, F Hu, Apidologie 51 (6), 1202-1212, 2020

Tomé, H.V.V., Schmehl, D.R., Wedde, A.E., Godoy, R.S.M., Ravaiano, S.V., Guedes, R.N.C., Martins, G.F., Ellis, J.D. 2020. Frequently encountered pesticides can cause multiple disorders in developing worker honey bees. Environmental Pollution, 256(1): 113420. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113420.

Friedli, A., Williams, G.R., Bruckner, S., Neumann, P., Straub, L., 2020. The weakest link: Haploid honey bees are more susceptible to neonicotinoid insecticides. Chemosphere 242, 125145.

Topitzhofer, E., Lucas, H.M., Carlson, E.A., Chakrabarti, P., Sagili, R.R. (2021) Collection and Identification of Pollen from Honey Bee Colonies. Journal of Visualized Experiments DOI: 10.3791/62064.

Milone, J.P., Chakrabarti, P., Sagili, R.R. and Tarpy, D.R. (2021) Colony-level pesticide exposure affects honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) royal jelly production and nutritional composition. Chemosphere 263: 128183.

Chakrabarti, P. and Sagili, R.R. (2020) Changes in Honey Bee Head Proteome in Response to Dietary 24-Methylenecholesterol. Insects 11(11): 743.

Chakrabarti, P., Carlson, E.A., Lucas, H.M., Melathopoulos, A.P. and Sagili, R.R. (2020) Field rates of Sivanto™ (flupyradifurone) and Transform® (sulfoxaflor) increase oxidative stress and induce apoptosis in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). PLoS ONE 15(5): e0233033.

Chakrabarti, P., Lucas, H.M. and Sagili, R.R. (2020) Novel Insights into Dietary Phytosterol Utilization and Its Fate in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.). Molecules 25: 571. DOI: 10.3390/molecules25030571.

Reilly JR, Artz DR, Biddinger D, Bobiwash K, Boyle NK, Brittain C, Brokaw J, Campbell JW, Daniels J, Elle E, Ellis JD, Fleischer SJ, Gibbs J, Gillespie RL, Gundersen KB, Gut L, Hoffman G, Joshi N, Lundin O, Mason K, McGrady CM, Peterson SS, Pitts-Singer TL, Rao S, Rothwell N, Rowe L, Ward KL, Williams NM, Wilson JK, Isaacs R, and Winfree R. 2020. Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 287: 20200922.  doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.09222020

Reilly et al ProcB paper was featured in The Guardian (USA), Forbes, Science News

Carr-Markell MK, Demler CM, Cuvillon MJ, Schurch R, Spivak, M. 2020. Do honey bee (Apis mellifera) foragers recruit their nestmates to native forbs in reconstructed prairie habitats? PlosOne. 15(2): e0228169. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0228169

Spivak M, Simone-Finstrom M. 2019. Propolis. In: Starr C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_134-1

Spivak M, Mendel B. 2020. Propolis for Bees.  2millionblossoms.com Vol 1.

Walsh EM*, Janowiecki MA*, Zhu K**, Ing NH, Vargo EL, Rangel J (2020) Elevated mating frequency in honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) queens exposed to the miticide amitraz during development. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/saaa041.

Walsh EM*, Sweet S, Knap A, Ing NH, Rangel J (2020) Queen honey bee (Apis mellifera) pheromone and reproductive behavior are affected by pesticide exposure during development. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 74: 33. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-020-2810-9.

 

Objective 2: Genetics, Breeding, Diversity

Milone, J. P., F. R. Rinkevich, A. McAfee, L. J. Foster, and D. R. Tarpy. (2020). The influence of breeding stock on honey bee (Apis mellifera) larval pesticide tolerance, esterase activity, and proteome. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 206: 111213.

Kilpatrick SK, Gibbs J, Mikulas MM, Spichiger S, Ostiguy N, Biddinger DJ, López-Uribe MM. (2020) An updated checklist of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) of Pennsylvania, United States of America. Journal of Hymenoptera Research https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.77.49622

Jasper, W.C., Brutscher, L.M., C.M. Grozinger and E.L. Nino. (2020) “Injection of seminal fluid into the hemocoel of honey bee queens (Apis mellifera) can stimulate post-mating changes”.  Scientific Reports 10, 11990. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68437-w

Kammerer, M., Tooker, J.F. and C.M. Grozinger.  (2020) “A long-term dataset on wild bee abundance in Mid-Atlantic United States”  Scientific Data 7, 240.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00577-0

Harpur, B. A., Kadri, M. S., Orsi, R. O., Whitfield, C. W., Zayed, A. (2020). Defense response in Brazilian honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata x spp.) is underpinned by complex patterns of admixture, Genome Biology and Evolution. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa128.

Stoner, K.A. (2020). Pollination is sufficient, even with low bee diversity, in pumpkin and winter squash fields. Agronomy 10: 1141. doi:10.3390/agronomy10081141

Rangel J, Shepherd TF⁺, Gonzalez AN⁺, Hillhouse A, Konganti K, Ing NH (2020) Transcriptomic analysis of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen spermathecae reveals genes that may be involved in sperm storage after mating. PLoS ONE 16(1): e0244648. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244648.

Rangel J, Traver B, Stoner M, Hatter A, Trevelline B, Garza C, Shepherd T, Seeley TD, Wenzel J (2020) Genetic diversity of wild and managed honey bees (Apis mellifera) in southwestern Pennsylvania, and prevalence of the microsporidian gut pathogens Nosema ceranae and N. apis. Apidologie. DOI: 10.1007/s13592-020-00762-5.

 

Objective 3: Management

Grozinger C.M. and A. Zayed. “Genomics for understanding and improving pollinator health in a world of multiple stressors” Nature Reviews Genetics 21: 277–291DOI: 10.1038/s41576-020-0216-1 (2020).

McAfee, A., J. P. Milone, A. Chapman, L. J. Foster, J. S. Pettis, and D. R. Tarpy. (2020). Candidate stress biomarkers for queen failure diagnostics. BMC Genomics, 21: 571.

Amiri, E., M. K. Strand, D. R. Tarpy, and O. Rueppell. (2020). Egg-size plasticity in Apis mellifera: honey bee queens alter egg size in response to both genetic and environmental factors. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33: 534–543.

Sheppard, Walter S.   Honey Bee Pests. 2020.  In: Hollingsworth, C.S., editor. Pacific Northwest Insect Management Handbook. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. C8-C9.

MacLeod, M, J Reilly, D Cariveau, M Genung, M Roswell, J Gibbs, and R Winfree. 2020. How much do rare and crop-pollinating bees overlap in identity and flower preferences? Journal of Applied Ecology 57: 413-423

Dall’Olio, R., Blacquiere, T., Bouga, M., Brodschneider, R., Carreck, N.L., Chantawannakul, P., Dietemann, V., Kristiansen, L.F., Gajda, A., Gregorc, A., Ozkirim, A., Pirk, C., Soroker, V., Williams, G.R., Neumann, P., 2020. COLOSS survey: global impact of COVID-19 on bee research. Journal of Apicultural Research 59, 731-734.

Hopkins, B.K., Chakrabarti, P., Lucas, H.M., Sagili, R.R. and Sheppard, W.S. (2021) Impacts of different winter storage conditions on the physiology of diutinus honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Journal of Economic Entomology toaa302: 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa302.

Kelly Kulhanek, Steinhauer N, Wilkes J, Wilson M, Spivak M, Sagili RR, Tarpy DR, McDermott E, Garavito A, Rennich K, vanEngelsdorp D. Survey-derived best beekeeping management practices improve colony health and reduce mortality. PLoS ONE 16(1): e0245490. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245490.

Baker AM, Redmond CT, Malcolm SB, Potter DA. 2020. Suitability of native milkweed (Asclepias) species versus cultivars for supporting monarch butterflies and bees in urban gardens. PeerJ 8:e9823 http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9823

Fei CJ, Williamson KM*, Woodward RT, McCarl BA, Rangel J (2020) Honey bee, almonds and colony mortality: an economic simulation of the U.S. pollination market. Land Economics. In press.

 

Other Publications

Daniel Potter and students in his lab posted two national webinars with study guides on the GROW Plant Health Exchange website’s Pollinator Hub (formerly Plant Management Network): https://www.planthealthexchange.org/Pages/default.aspx:

“Woody Plants for Urban Bee Conservation” (D.A. Potter and B.M. Mach) and How to Build a Better Monarch Butterfly Garden (A.M. Baker and D.A. Potter).

Payne AN, Shepherd TF, Rangel J (2020) The detection of honey bee (Apis mellifera) associated viruses in ants. Scientific Reports. 10: 2923. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59712-x.

Montoya JE, Arnold MA, Rangel J, Stein LR, Palma MA (2020) Pollinator-attracting companion plantings increase crop yield of cucumbers and habanero peppers. HortScience. DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI14468-19.

02/23/2022

Summary table and list of publications by topic reported by NC1173 committee members for 2020. NC1173 authors are indicated in bold.

Publications by topic	2021
Obj 1a: Biotic (Pests & pathogens)	25
Obj 1b: Abiotic (Pesticides, nutrition, landscapes)	32
Obj 2: Genetics, Breeding, Diversity	17
Obj 3: Management	14
Other Publications	5
Total	93
Publications with >1 NC1173 authors	12

 

NC1173 Member Publications (01/01/2021 to 12/31/2021)

*Papers applicable to multiple objectives are only reported once.

Wu-Smart J, Kittle S., Couvillon, M., López-Uribe, M. 2021. Proceedings of the 2021 American Bee Research Conference. Bee Culture (March edition) pp 46-58.

Objective 1a: Biotic Stressors (Pests & pathogens)

Naree, S., Benbow, M.E., Suwannapong, G., Ellis, J.D. 2021. Mitigating Nosema ceranae infection in western honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers using propolis collected from honey bee and stingless bee (Tetrigona apicalis) hives. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 185: 107666, 8 pgs. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2021.107666.

Jack, C.J., van Santen, E., Ellis, J.D. 2021. Determining the dose of oxalic acid applied via vaporization needed for the control of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) pest Varroa destructor. Journal of Apicultural Research, 60(3): 414 – 420. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2021.1877447.

Hinshaw C, Evans KC, Rosa C, López-Uribe MM. (2021) The role of pathogen dynamics and immune gene expression in the survival of feral honey bees. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 505.

Jones LJ, Ford RP, Schilder RJ, López-Uribe MM. (2021) Honey bee viruses are highly prevalent but at low intensities in wild pollinators of cucurbit agroecosystems. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 185: 107667,

Ray, A. M., Davis, S. L., Rasgon, J.L. and C.M. Grozinger. Simulated vector transmission differentially influences dynamics of two viral variants of deformed wing virus in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Journal of General Virology 102(11):001687 https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001687 (2021).

Williams, M.-K., Cleary, D., Tripodi, A., Szalanski, A. L. (2021). Co-occurrence of Lotmaria passim and Nosema ceranae in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) from the United States. Journal of Apicultural Research. 10.1080/00218839.2021.1960745.

Faber N.R., Meiborg A.B., McFarlane G.R., Gorjanc G., & Harpur B.A. (2021). A gene drive does not spread easily in populations of the honey bee parasite Varroa destructor. Apidologie. DOI:10.1007/s13592-021-00891-5.

Wen X, Ma C, Sun M, Wang Y, Xue X, Chen J, Song W, Li-Byarlay H, Luo S, 2021, Pesticide residues in the pollen and nectar of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) and their hazards to honey bees.  Science of The Total Environment, 786, 2021,147443, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147443.

Swami, R., B. Gasner, D. R. Tarpy, M. K. Strand, O. Rueppell, and H. Li-Byarlay. (2021). Assessment of two different extraction methods on nucleic acids for sociogenomics. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 114: 614–619.

Bird, G., Wilson, A.E., Williams, G.R., Hardy, N.B. 2021. Parasites and pesticides act antagonistically on honey bee health. Journal of Applied Ecology 58, 997-1005.

Sanchez, S., Shapiro, D., Williams, G.R., Lawrence, K. 2021. Entomopathogenic nematode management of small hive beetles (Aethina tumida) in three native Alabama soils under low moisture conditions. Journal of Nematology 53, e2021-63

Papach, A., Cappa, F., Cervo, R., Dapporto, L., Balusu, R. Williams, G.R., Neumann, P. 2021. Cuticular hydrocarbon profile of parasitic beetles, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Insects 12, 751.

Saelao P, Borba RS, Ricigliano V, Spivak M, Simone-Finstrom M. 2020. Honeybee microbiome is stabilized in the presence of propolis.  Biology Letters 16: 202003. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0003.

Dalenberg H, Maes P, Mott B, Anderson KE, Spivak M. 2020. Propolis envelope promotes beneficial bacteria in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) mouthpart microbiome. Insects 11, 453. doi:10.3390/insects1107/0453.

Dalenberg H, Maes P, Mott B, Anderson KE, Spivak M. 2020. Propolis envelope promotes beneficial bacteria in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) mouthpart microbiome. Insects 11, 453. doi:10.3390/insects1107/0453.

Spivak M, Danka RG. 2020. Perspectives on hygienic behavior in Apis mellifera and other social insects.  Apidologie DOI: 10.1007/s13592-020-00784-z.

Goblirsch M, Warner JF, Sommerfeldt BA, Spivak M. 2020. Social fever or general immune response?  Revisiting an example of social immunity in honey bees. Insects 11: 528  doi:10.3390/insects11080528.

Spivak M, Cariveau DP. 2020. Flowers as parasite transmission hubs. Nat Ecol Evol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1200-z

Kulhanek K, Steinhauer N, Wilkes J, Wilson M, Spivak M, Sagili RR, et al. 2021. Survey-derived best management practices for backyard beekeepers improve colony health and reduce mortality. PLoS ONE 16(1): e0245490. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245490.

Li, W, Y. Zhang^a, H. Peng, R. Zhang, Z. Wang, Z.Y. Huang, Y.P. Chen and Richou Han. 2021.  The cell invasion preference of Varroa destructor between the original and new honey bee hosts.  Internal J of Parasitology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2021.08.001.

Ma, Z., Y. Wang, Z.Y. Huang, S. Cheng, J. Xu, Z. Zhou. 2021. Isolation of protein-free chitin spore coats of Nosema ceranae and its application to screen the interactive spore wall proteins. Arch Microbiol.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-021-02214-9.

McMenamin, A.J., Brutscher, L., Daughenbaugh, K.F., and Flenniken, M.L., The honey bee gene bee antiviral protein-1 (bap1) is a taxonomically restricted antiviral immune gene, (2021), Frontiers in Insect Science, (2021) https://doi.org/10.3389/finsc.2021.749781.

McMenamin, A.J.*, Parekh, F.*, Lawrence, V., and Flenniken, M.L., Investigating Virus-Host Interactions in Cultured Primary Honey Bee Cells, (2021), Insects,12(7):653; doi:10.3390/insects12070653.

Parekh, F., McMenamin A.J., Daughenbaugh, K.F., and Flenniken, M.L., Chemical stimulants and stressors impact the outcome of virus infection and immune gene expression in honey bees (Apis mellifera), (2021), Frontiers in Immunology, (2021), https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2021.747848.

Han, J. O., Naeger, N.L., Hopkins B. K., Sumerlin D., Stamets P. E., Carris, L. M., and Sheppard^,, W. S.

2021. Directed evolution of Metarhizium fungus improves its biocontrol efficacy against Varroa mites in honey bee colonies. Scientific Reports, v. 11, doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89811-2.

Hopkins, B.K., Long, J. Sheppard, W.S.  Comparison of indoor (refrigerated) vs. outdoor winter storage of commercial honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in the Western US.  J. Econ. Entomol. Accepted - in press.

 

Objective 1b: Abiotic Stressors (Pesticides, nutrition, landscapes)

Lamke, K., Wedin D., and Wu-Smart, J. (accepted Jan 2022). Remnant prairies and high-diversity restorations support wild bees season-long. The Prairie Naturalist Journal Special Edition

Ghisbain GM, Gerard TJ, Wood, Hines HM, Michez D. 2021. Expanding insect pollinators in the Anthropocene. Biological Reviews. Doi: 10.111/brv.12777

Erickson, E., Patch, H.M. and C.M. Grozinger. “Herbaceous perennial ornamental plants can support complex pollinator communities” Scientific Reports 11:17352 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95892-w (2021).

Lee, M.R., McNeil, D.J., Mathis, C.L., Grozinger, C.M., and J.L. Larkin, “Microhabitats created by log landings support abundant flowers and insect pollinators within regenerating mixed-oak stands in the Central Appalachian Mountains”.  Forest Ecology and Management 497: 119472 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119472 (2021).

Mathis, C.L., McNeil, D.J., Lee, M.R., Grozinger, C.M., King, D.I., Otto, C.R.V., and J. L. Larkin. “Pollinator communities vary with vegetation structure and time since management within regenerating timber harvests of the Central Appalachian Mountains” Forest Ecology and Management 496: 119373 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119373 (2021).

Crone, M.K. and C.M. Grozinger. “Pollen protein and lipid content influence resilience to insecticides in honey bees (Apis mellifera)”.  Journal of Experimental Biology 224 (9): jeb242040 https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242040 (2021).

Alzaabi, O., Al-Khaldi, M.M., Ayotte, K., Pealoza, D., Urbina, J., Breakall, J.K., Lanagan, M., Patch, H.M., and C. M. Grozinger.  “Numerical Modeling and Measurement of Apis Mellifera Radar Scattering Properties” Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2020.3048654 (2021).

Jordan, A., Patch, H.M., Grozinger, C.M., and V. Khanna. “Economic Dependence and Vulnerability of United States Agricultural Sector on Insect-Mediated Pollination Service”  Environmental Science and Technology 55(4): 2243-2253 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c04786 (2021).

Kammerer, M., Goslee, S., Douglas, M.R., Tooker, J.F., Grozinger, C.M. “Wild bees as winners and losers: relative impacts of landscape composition, quality, and climate.” Global Change Biology January 12 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15485 (2021

McAfee, A., D. R. Tarpy, and L. J. Foster. (2021). Queens exhibit variation in resilience to temperature stress. PLoS ONE, 16: e0255381.

McAfee, A., J. P. Milone, B. N. Metz, E. McDermott, L. J. Foster, and D. R. Tarpy. (2021). Honey bee queen health is unaffected by contact exposure to pesticides commonly found in beeswax. Scientific Reports, 11: 15151.

Milone, J. P. and D. R. Tarpy. (2021). Effects of developmental exposure to pesticides in wax and pollen on honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen reproductive phenotypes. Scientific Reports, 11: 1020.

McAfee, A., A. Chapman, L. J. Foster, J. S. Pettis, and D. R. Tarpy. (2021). Trade-offs between sperm viability and immune protein expression in honey bee queens (Apis mellifera). Communication Biology, 4: 48.

Milone, J. P.*, Chakrabarti, P.* , Sagili, R. and Tarpy, D.R.. (2021). Honey bee (Apis mellifera) royal jelly is qualitatively and quantitatively affected by colony level pesticide exposure. Chemosphere, 128183.

Ricke DF, Lin C-H, Johnson RM. 2021. Pollen Treated with a Combination of Agrochemicals Commonly Applied During Almond Bloom Reduces the Emergence Rate and Longevity of Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Queens. J Insect Sci. 21(6). doi:10.1093/jisesa/ieab074

Walker EK, Brock GN, Arvidson RS, Johnson RM. 2022. Acute Toxicity of Fungicide-Insecticide-Adjuvant Combinations Applied to Almonds During Bloom on Adult Honey Bees. Environ Toxicol Chem. doi:10.1002/etc.5297. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.5297.

Lin, C-H., Sponsler, D.B., Richardson, R.T., Watters, H.D., Glinski, D.A., Henderson, W.M., Johnson, R.M. 2020. Honey bees and neonicotinoid-treated corn seed: contamination, exposure, and effects. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 10.1002/etc.4957.

Metz, B.N., Chakrabarti, P. and Sagili, R.R. (2021) Honey bee nursing responses to cuticular cues emanating from short-term changes in larval rearing environment. Journal of Insect Science 21: 7.

Tsuruda, J.M.#, Chakrabarti, P.# and Sagili, R.R. (2021) Honey Bee Nutrition. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice – Honey Bee Veterinary Medicine.  DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2021.06.006. (# Equal first author contributions)

Topitzhofer, E., Lucas, H.M., Carlson, E.A., Chakrabarti, P., Sagili, R.R. (2021) Collection and Identification of Pollen from Honey Bee Colonies. Journal of Visualized Experiments DOI: 10.3791/62064.

Strobl, V., Bruckner, S., Radford, S., Wolf, S., Albrecht, M., Villamar-Bouza, L., Maitip, J., Kolari, E., Chantawannakul, P., Glauser, G., Williams, G.R., Neumann, P., Straub, L. 2021. No impact of neonicotinoids on male solitary bees Osmia cornuta under semi-field conditions. Physiological Entomology 46, 105-109.

Tosi, S., Nieh, J.C, Brandt, A., Coll, M., Fourrier, J., Giffard, H., Hernández-López, J., Malagnini, V., Williams, G.R., Simon-Delso, N. 2021. Long-term field-realistic exposure to a next-generation pesticide, flupyradifurone, impairs honey bee behaviour and survival. Communications Biology 4, 805.

Minnameyer, A., Strobl, V., *Bruckner, S., Van Oystaeyan, A., Wackers, F., Williams, G.R., Yañez, O., Neumann, P., Straub, L. 2021. Eusocial insect declines: insecticide impairs sperm and feeding glands in bumblebees. Science of The Total Environment 785, 146955.

Carr-Markell MK, Demler CM, Couvillon MJ, Schurch R, Spivak, M. 2020. Do honey bee (Apis mellifera) foragers recruit their nestmates to native forbs in reconstructed prairie habitats? PlosOne. 15(2): e0228169. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0228169.

Carr-Markell MK, Spivak M. 2020. External validation of the new calibration for mapping honey bee waggle dances.  Animal Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.12.006.

Drummond, Francis A., Jennifer Lund, and Brian Eitzer.2021. Honey Bee Health in Maine Wild Blueberry Production. Insects 12: 523.

Krichilsky, E., Centrella, M., Eitzer, B., Danforth, B., Poveda, K. and Grab, H., 2021. Landscape composition and fungicide exposure influence host–pathogen dynamics in a solitary bee. Environmental Entomology, 50: 107-116.

Démares, F.J., D. Schmehl, J.R. Bloomquist, A.R. Cabrera_, Z.Y. Huang, P. Lau, J. Rangel, J. Sullivan, X. Xie, J.D. Ellis. 2021. Honey bee (Apis mellifera) exposure to pesticide residues in nectar and pollen in urban and suburban environments from four regions of the United States. Accepted.

Urban-Mead, K., P. Muñiz, J. Gillung, A. Espinoza, R. Fordyce, M. Van Dyle, S.H McArt, and B.N. Danforth (2021). Bees in the trees: Diverse spring fauna in temperate forest edge canopies. Forest Ecology and Management 482 [published online 8 Jan, 2021:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118903] [entered]

Senapathi, D. et al. (2021). Wild insect diversity increases inter-annual stability in global crop pollinator communities. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (Biological Sciences) 288: 20210212 [published online 17 March 2021; https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0212] [entered]

Topitzhofer E, Hedstrom C, Chakrabarti P, Melathopoulos A, Rondon S, Langellotto G, Sagili R. 2020. Asian Giant Hornet: A potential threat to honeybee colonies in Oregon. OSU Extension Service EM 9297.

Butters, J., B. J. Spiesman, and T. N. Kim. Fire rotation and bison presence have indirect below- and above-ground effects on specific pollinator communities; in review.

 

Objective 2: Genetics, Breeding, Diversity

McGrady CM, Strange JP, López-Uribe MM, Fleischer SJ. (2021) Wild bumble bee colony abundance, scaled by field size, predicts pollination services. Ecosphere 12: e03735

López-Uribe MM. (2021). Wild Bees: Diversity, Ecology, and Stressors of Non-Apis Bees. Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner, (eds T.R. Kane and C.M. Faux). Chapter 7: 81-91. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119583417.ch7

Jones LJ, Kilpatrick SK, López-Uribe MM. (2021) Gynandromorph of the squash bee Eucera (Peponapis) pruinosa from an agricultural field in central Pennsylvania, United States of America. Journal of Melittology 100: 1-10

Galbraith, D.A., Ma, R. and C.M. Grozinger. “Tissue specific transcription patterns support the kinship theory of intragenomic conflict in honey bees (Apis mellifera)”  Molecular Ecology 30 (4), 1029-1041https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15778 (2021).

Dogantzis, K.A., Tiwari, T., Conflitti, I.A., Patch, H.M., Muli, E.M., Garnery, L., Whitfield, C.W., Stolle, E., Alqarni, A.S., Allsopp, M.H., and A. Zayed. ‘Thrice out of Asia and the adaptive radiation of the western honey bee.” Science Advances. 7(49) DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abj2151

McCabe LM, Boyle NK, Scalici MB, Pitts-Singer TL. 2021. Adult body size measurement redundancies in Osmia lignaria and Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) PeerJ 9:e12344 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12344

Slater G.P., Smith N.M.A., Harpur BA. (2021). Prospects in Connecting Genetic Variation to Variation in Fertility in Male Bees. Genes. DOI:10.3390/genes12081251.

Kaskinova M., Yunusbayev B., Altinbaev R., Raffiudin R., Carpenter M.H., Nikolenko A, Harpur B.A. & Yunusbaev, U. (2021). Improved Apis mellifera reference genome based on the alternative long-read-based assemblies. G3. p. 2021.04.30.442202. DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab223

Harpur B.A. & Rehan S.M. (2021). Connecting social polymorphism to single nucleotide polymorphism: population genomics of the small carpenter bee, Ceratina australensis. Biol J Linn Soc Lond., DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-020-00836-4 doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blab003

Carpenter, M.H. & Harpur, B. A. (2021). Genetic Past, Present, and Future of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) in the United States. Apidologie. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-020-00836-4 [Invited Review; Featured in the American Bee Journal]

Qin J, Liu F, Luo S, Wu J, He S, Imran M, Ye W, Lou W, Li-Byarlay H, The Molecular Characterization and Gene Expressions of Trehalase in Bumblebee, Bombus lantschouensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Sociobiology 68(4), e5443.

Swami R, Ganser B, Strand M, Tarpy D, Li-Byarlay H@, Assessment and comparison of two different extraction methods on nucleic acids from individual honey bees, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, accepted (DOI: saab027).

Smith J, Cleare X, Given K, Li-Byarlay H@, 2021. Morphological changes in the mandibles accompany the defensive behavior of Indiana mite biting honey bees against Varroa destructor, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.638308

Metz, B. N. and D. R. Tarpy. (2021). Reproductive and morphological quality of commercial honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) drones in the United States. Journal of Insect Science, 21: 2.

Rusert, L. M., J. S. Pettis, and D. R. Tarpy. (2021). Introduction of Varroa destructor has not altered honey bee queen mating success in the Hawaiian archipelago. Scientific Reports, 11: 1366.

Wagoner K, Miller JG, Keller J, Bello J, Waiker P, Schal, Spivak M. Rueppell O.  2021. Hygiene-eliciting brood semiochemicals as a tool for assaying honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colony resistance to Varroa (Mesostigmata: Varroidae). J. Insect Sci. 21( 6) 4, doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieab064.

Liu, F. L. Wu, Y. Zhang, L. Li, Q. Li, Z.Y. Huang*, H. Zhao*. 2021. Mblk-1 regulates sugar responsiveness in honey bee (Apis mellifera) foragers.  Insect Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12971

 

Objective 3: Management

Evans KC, Underwood RM, López-Uribe MM. (2021) Combined effects of oxalic acid sublimation and brood breaks on Varroa Mite (Varroa destructor) and Deformed Wing Virus levels in newly established honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies. Journal of Apicultural Research: 1-9.

Robinson, A.C., Peeler, J.L., Prestby, T., Goslee, S.C., Anton, K., and C. M. Grozinger. Beescape: Characterizing User Needs for Environmental Decision Support in Beekeeping Ecological Informatics 64: 101366 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101366 (2021).

Calovi, M., Grozinger. C., Miller, D., Goslee, S. Summer weather conditions influence winter survival of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in the northeastern United States. Scientific Reports 11: 1553 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81051-8 (2021)

Allen-Perkins, A., et al. and Bartomeus, I. (2022), CropPol: a dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination. Ecology e3614. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3614

Harpur, B.A. (2021) Indiana Solar Site Pollinator Habitat Planning Scorecard (POL-10-W)

Harpur, B.A., & Ploessl, S.* (2021) What is Pollinator-Friendly Solar? (ID-522)

Tarpy, D. R., E. Talley, and B. N. Metz. (2021). Influence of brood pheromone on honey bee colony establishment and queen replacement. Journal of Apicultural Research, 60: 220-228.

Kulhanek, K., N. Steinhauer, J. Wilkes, M. Wilson, M. Spivak, R. Sagili, D. R. Tarpy, E. McDermott, A. Garavito, K. Rennich, and D. vanEngelsdorp. (2021). Survey-derived best beekeeping management practices improve colony health and reduce mortality. PLoS ONE, 16: e0245490.

Potter, D.A.; Redmond, C.T.; McNamara, T.D.; Munshaw, G.C. Dwarf White Clover Supports Pollinators, Augments Nitrogen in Clover–Turfgrass Lawns, and Suppresses Root-Feeding Grubs in Monoculture but Not in Mixed Swards. Sustainability 2021, 13, 11801. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111801

Hopkins, B.K., Chakrabarti, P., Lucas, H.M., Sagili, R.R. and Sheppard, W.S. (2021) Impacts of different winter storage conditions on the physiology of diutinus honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Journal of Economic Entomology toaa302: 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa302.

Butters, J., Murrell, E., Spiesman, B. J., and T.N. Kim.  Environmental Entomology. Native flowering border crops attract high pollinator abundance and diversity, providing growers the opportunity to enhance pollination services; accepted.

Sheppard, Walter S.   Honey Bee Pests. 2021.  In: Hollingsworth, C.S., editor. Pacific Northwest Insect Management Handbook. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. C8-C9.

Hopkins, B.K., Chakrabarti , P., Lucas, H., Sagili, R., Sheppard W.S.  2021. Impacts of different winter storage conditions on the physiology of diutinus honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) J. Econ. Entomol. 114:409-414  10.1093/jee/toaa302

Kulhanek, K., Hopkins, B.K. and Sheppard, W.S.  Comparison of Oxalic Acid Drip and HopGuard for pre-winter Varroa destructor control in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies. J. Apic. Res. Accepted - In Press

 

Other Publications

Jones LJ, Ford RP, Schilder RJ, López-Uribe MM. (2021) Honey bee viruses are highly prevalent but at low intensities

Chen X, Liu B, Li X, An TT, Zhou Y, Li G, Wu-Smart J, Alvarez S, Naldrett MJ, Eudy J, Kubik G, Wilson RA, Kachman SD, Cui J, Yu J. 2021. Identification of anti-inflammatory vesicle-like nanoparticles in honey. J Extracell Vesicles 10(4):e12069. doi: 10.1002/jev2.12069. Epub 2021 Feb 12. PMID: 33613874; PMCID: PMC7879699.

Shanahan M, Spivak M. 2021. Resin use by stingless bees:  A review. Insects.  12, 719. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12080719

03/01/2023

NC1173 Member Publications (01/01/2022 to 12/31/2022)

*Papers applicable to multiple objectives are only reported once.

 

Summary table and list of publications by topic reported by NC1173 committee members for 2020. NC1173 authors are indicated in bold.

Publications by topic	2022
Obj 1a: Biotic (Pests & pathogens)	8
Obj 1b: Abiotic (Pesticides, nutrition, landscapes)	35
Obj 2: Genetics, Breeding, Diversity	1
Obj 3: Management	10
Other Publications	10
Total	64
Publications with >1 NC1173 authors	13

 

Objective 1a: Biotic Stressors (Pests & pathogens)

Bartlett, L.J., Martinez-Mejia, C., Delaplane, K.S. 2022. Honey bees (Apis mellifera Hymenoptera: Apidae) preferentially avoid sugar solutions supplemented with field-relevant concentrations of hydrogen peroxide despite high tolerance limits. J. Insect Sci. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieab102

Chapman, A., E. Amiri, B. Han, E. McDermott, O. Rueppell, D. R. Tarpy, L. J. Foster, and A. McAfee. (2022). Cryptic costs of viral infection in a model social insect. Scientific Reports, 12: 15857.

Cleary, D., Szalanski, A. L. 2022. Molecular Diagnostic Survey of Honey Bee, Apis mellifera L., Pathogens and Parasites from Arkansas, USA. Journal of Apicultural Science, 66(2), 149-158. 10.2478/JAS-2022-0014 

Jones LJ, Singh A, Schilder RJ, López-Uribe MM. (2022) High parasite prevalence in the squash bees Eucera (Peponapis) pruinosa from the northeastern United States. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 195: 107848.

Levenson, H. K. and D. R. Tarpy. (2022). Effects of planted pollinator habitat on pathogen prevalence and interspecific detection between bee species. Scientific Reports, 12: 7806.

Papach, A., Beaurepaire, A., Yañez, O., Huwiler, M., Williams, G.R., Neumann, P. 2022. Multiple mating by both sexes in an invasive insect species, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Insect Science https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.13112

Papach, A., Balusu, R., Williams, G.R., Fadamiro, H.Y., Neumann, P. 2022. The smell of sex: cuticular hydrocarbons of adult small hive beetles, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). Journal of Apicultural Research 61, 365-367.

Walton, A., Toth A. L., Dolezal, A.G. 2021. Developmental environment shapes honeybee worker response to virus infection. Scientific reports 11 (1), 1-12

 

Objective 1b: Abiotic Stressors (Pesticides, nutrition, landscapes)

Bartlett, L.J., Bruckner, S., Delaney, D.A., Williams, G.R., Delaplane, K.S., 2022. A computational approach to tracking age-based task frequency distributions of Apis mellifera worker cohorts. Journal of Apicultural Research, 61, 147-150.

Carlson, E.A, Melathopoulos A and Sagili R (2022) The Value of Hazard Quotients in Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Ecotoxicology: A Review. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10:824992. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.824992 

Chakrabarti, P.# , Milone, J.P.^#, Sagili, R.R. and Tarpy, D.R. (2021) Colony-level pesticide exposure affects honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) royal jelly production and nutritional composition. Chemosphere 263: 128183. (# Equal first author contributions)

Chakrabarti, P. and Sagili, R.R. (2020) Changes in honey bee head proteome in response to dietary 24-methylenecholesterol manipulation. Insects 11: 743.

Chakrabarti, P., Carlson, E.A.^, Lucas, H.M., Melathopoulos, A. and Sagili, R.R. (2020) Field rates of Sivanto™ (flupyradifurone) and Transform® (sulfoxaflor) increase oxidative stress and induce apoptosis in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). PLOS ONE 15(5): e0233033.

Chakrabarti, P., Lucas, H.M. and Sagili, R.R. (2020) Novel Insights into Dietary Phytosterol Utilization and Its Fate in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.). Molecules 25: 571.

Crone, M. K., Biddinger, D. J., and C.M. Grozinger. “Wild bee nutritional ecology: Integrative strategies to assess foraging preferences and nutritional requirements” Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6:847003. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.847003

Dai, W., Yang, Y., Patch, H.M., Grozinger, C.M., and J. Mu “Soil moisture affects plant-pollinator interactions in an annual flowering plant”  Philosophical Transactions B 3772021042320210423 http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0423

Démares, F.J., Schmehl, D.R., Bloomquist, J.R., Cabrera, A.R., Huang, Z.Y., Lau, P., Rangel, J., Sullivan, J., Xie, X., Ellis, J.D. 2022. Honey bee (Apis mellifera) exposure to pesticide residues in nectar and pollen in urban and suburban environments from four regions of the United States. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 41(4): 991-1003. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5298. 

Douglas, M.R., Baisley, P., Soba, S., Kammerer, M.A., Lonsdorf, E.V., and C.M. Grozinger.  “Putting pesticides on the map for pollinator research and conservation” Scientific Data 9, 571  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01584-z

Erickson, E., Grozinger, C.M., and H.M. Patch. “Measuring plant attractiveness to pollinators: methods and considerations”  Journal of Environmental Entomology toac066, https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toac066

Frizzera, D., Ray, A., Seffin, E., Zanni, V., Annoscia, D., Grozinger, C. and F. Nazzi. “The beneficial effect of pollen on Varroa infected bees depends on its effects on behavioral maturation genes”  Frontiers in Insect Science  vol 2, https://doi.org/10.3389/finsc.2022.864238

Gupta Vakil, S.*, Biswas, S., Snow, D., Wu-Smart, J. 2022. Targeted Method for Quantifying Air-Borne Pesticide Residues from Conventional Seed Coat Treatments to Better Assess Exposure Risk During Maize Planting. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 109, 1051–1058. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-022-03627-y

Harvey J, Tougeron K, Gols R, Heinen R, Abarca M, Abram PK, Basset Y, Berg M, Boggs C, Brodeur J, Cardoso P, de Boer JG, De Snoo G, Deacon C, Dell JE, Desneux N, Dillon M, Duffy GA, Dyer L, Jacintha E, Espíndola A, Fordyce J, Forister M, Fukushima C, García-Robledo C, Gely C, Gobbi M, Hallmann C, Hance T, Harte J, Hochkirch A, Hof C, Kingsolver J, Lamarre GPA, Laurance W, Lavandero B, Le Lann C, Ma C-S; Ma G, Moiroux J, Monticelli L, Shah AA, Thakur MP, Thomas M, Van de Pol M, Verberk WCEP, Lehmann P, López-Uribe MM; Nice C, Ode P, Pincebourde S, Ripple W, Rowe M, Samways M, Sentis A, Stork N, Terblanche J, Tylianakis J, van Baaren J, van der Putten W, Wagner D, Van Dyck H, Chown S, Wyckhuys K, Woods HA, Wetzel W, Weisser W. (2022) Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects. Ecological Monographs e1553 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1553

Kumar, D., Banerjee, D., Chakrabarti, P., Sarkar, S. and Basu, P. (2022) Oxidative stress and apoptosis in Asian honey bees (A. cerana) exposed to multiple pesticides in intensive agricultural landscape. Apidologie 53: 25.

Hall, M.J., Zhang, G., O’Neal, M.E., Bradbury, S.P. and Coats, J.R., 2022. Quantifying neonicotinoid insecticide residues in milkweed and other forbs sampled from prairie strips established in maize and soybean fields. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 325, p.107723.

Heller, S.; Fine, J.; Phan, N.T.; Rajotte, E.G.; Biddinger, D.J.; Joshi, N.K. Toxicity of Formulated Systemic Insecticides Used in Apple Orchard Pest Management Programs to the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera (L.)). Environments 2022, 9, 90. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments9070090

Incorvaia, D.C., T. Dalrymple, Z.Y. Huang, F.C. Dyer. 2022. Short and long-term modulation of forager motivation by colony state in bumblebees. Animal Behavior,. 190: 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.05.007

Insolia, L., Molinari, R., Rogers, S.R., Williams, G.R., Chiaromonte, F., Calovi, M., 2022. Honey bee colony loss linked to parasites, pesticides and extreme weather across the United States. Scientific Reports 12, 20787.

Levenson, H. K., A. Sharp, and D. R. Tarpy. (2022). Evaluating the impact of increased pollinator habitat in surrounding agricultural systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment, 331: 107901.

Lin C-H, Suresh S, Matcham E, Monagan P, Curtis H, Richardson RT, et al. Soybean is a Common Nectar Source for Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a Midwestern Agricultural Landscape. J Econ Entomol. 2022;115: 1846–1851. doi:10.1093/jee/toac140

Mathis, C.L., Neil, D.J., Lee, M.R., Grozinger, C.M., Otto, C.R.V., and J. L. Larkin. “ Can’t See the Flowers for the Trees: Factors Driving Floral Abundance within Early-successional Forests in the Central Appalachian Mountains” Canadian Journal of Forest Research https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2022-0014

McAfee, A., B. N. Metz, J. P. Milone, L. J. Foster, and D. R. Tarpy. (2022). Drone honey bees (Apis mellifera) are disproportionately sensitive to abiotic stressors despite expressing high levels of stress response proteins. Communication Biology, 5: 141.

McMinn-Sauder H, Lin C-H, Eaton T, Johnson R. A comparison of springtime pollen and nectar foraging in honey bees kept in urban and agricultural environments. Front Sustain Food Syst. 2022;6. doi:10.3389/fsufs.2022.825137

McLaughlin, R., Keller, J., Wagner, E., Biddinger, D., Grozinger, C. and K. Hoover.  “Insect visitors of black cherry (Prunus serotina) (Rosales: Rosaceae) and factors affecting viable seed production” Environmental Entomology nvab141, https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvab14

Metz, B.N., Chakrabarti, P. and Sagili R.R. (2021) Honey bee nursing responses to cuticular cues emanating from short-term changes in larval rearing environment. Journal of Insect Science 21: 7.

Overturf, K.A., Steinhauer, N., Molinari, R., Wilson, M.E., Watt, A.C., Cross, R.M., vanEngelsdorp, D., Williams, G.R., Rogers, S.R. 2022. Winter weather predicts honey bee colony loss at the national scale. Ecological Indicators 145, 109709.

Prestby, T.J., Robinson, A.C., McLaughlin, D., Dudas, P.M., and C.M. Grozinger. “Characterizing user needs for Beescape: A spatial decision support tool focused on pollinator health”  Journal of Environmental Management 325: 116416 (2023).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.1164

Price, B.E , Breece C, Galindo G, Greenhalgh A, Sagili R, Choi M, Lee J (2022) Nonnutritive Sugars for Spotted-Wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Control Have Minimal Nontarget Effects on Honey Bee Larvae, a Pupal Parasitoid, and Yellow Jackets, Environmental Entomology, nvac095, https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvac095

Quinlan GM, Sponsler D, Gaines-Day HR, McMinn-Sauder HBG, Otto CRV, Smart AH, Colin T, Gratton C, Isaacs R, Johnson R, Milbrath MO, Grozinger CM. Grassy–herbaceous land moderates regional climate effects on honey bee colonies in the Northcentral US. Environ Res Lett. 2022;17: 064036. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac7063

Straub, L., Strobl, V., Bruckner, S., Camenzind, D.W., Van Oystaeyen, A., Wäckers, F., Williams, G.R., Neumann, P. 2022. Buffered fitness components: Antagonism between malnutrition and an insecticide in bumble bees. Science of The Total Environment 833, 155098.

Topitzhofer, E., Lucas, H.M., Carlson, E.A.^, Chakrabarti, P., Sagili, R.R. (2021) Collection and Identification of Pollen from Honey Bee Colonies. Journal of Visualized Experiments. DOI: 10.3791/62064.

Tsuruda, J.M.#, Chakrabarti, P.# and Sagili, R.R. (2021) Honey Bee Nutrition. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice – Honey Bee Veterinary Medicine. Invited review currently in press. (# Equal first author contributions)

Walker EK, Brock GN, Arvidson RS, Johnson RM. Acute toxicity of fungicide-insecticide-adjuvant combinations applied to almonds during bloom on adult honey bees. Environ Toxicol Chem. 2022;41: 1042–1053. doi:10.1002/etc.5297

Zhang, G., St. Clair, A.L., Dolezal, A.G., Toth, A.L. and O’Neal, M.E., 2022. Can native plants mitigate climate-related forage dearth for honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)?. Journal of economic entomology, 115(1), pp.1-9.

 

Objective 2: Genetics, Breeding, Diversity

Metz, B. N. and D. R. Tarpy. (2022). Variation in drone size leads to different life history decisions consistent with varying, long-term mating strategy. PeerJ, 10: e13859.

 

Objective 3: Management

Berry, J., Bartlett, L.J., Bruckner, S., Baker, C., Braman, K., Delaplane, K.S., Williams, G.R. 2022. Assessing repeated oxalic acid vaporization in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies for control of the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor. Journal of Insect Science 22, https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieab089.

Borchardt, K.E., Morales, C.L., Aizen, M.A. and Toth, A.L., 2021. Plant–pollinator conservation from the perspective of systems-ecology. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 47, pp.154-161.

Cass, R.P., Hodgson, E.W., O’Neal, M.E., Toth, A.L. and Dolezal, A.G., 2022. Attitudes About Honey Bees and Pollinator-Friendly Practices: A Survey of Iowan Beekeepers, Farmers, and Landowners. Journal of Integrated Pest Management, 13(1), p.30.

Dolezal, A.G., Torres, J. and O’Neal, M.E., 2021. Can solar energy fuel pollinator conservation?. Environmental entomology, 50(4), pp.757-761.

Hopkins, B.K., Chakrabarti, P., Lucas, H.M., Sagili, R.R. and Sheppard, W.S. (2021) Impacts of different winter storage conditions on the physiology of diutinus honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Journal of Economic Entomology toaa302: 1-6.

Jack, C.J., Kleckner, K., Demares, F., Rault, L.C., Anderson, T.D., Carlier, P.R., Bloomquist, J.R., Ellis, J.D. 2022. Testing new compounds for efficacy against Varroa destructor and safety to honey bees (Apis mellifera). Pest Management Science, 78: 159-165. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6617.

Kleckner, K., De Carolis, A., Jack, C., Stuhl, C., Formato, G., Ellis, J.D. 2022. A novel acute toxicity bioassay and field trial to evaluate compounds for small hive beetle control. Applied Sciences, 12, 9905. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199905. 

Kline, O.; Phan, N.T.; Porras, M.F.; Chavana, J.; Little, C.Z.; Stemet, L.; Acharya, R.S.; Biddinger, D.J.; Reddy, G.V.P.; Rajotte, E.G.; Joshi, N.K. Biology, Genetic Diversity, and Conservation of Wild Bees in Tree Fruit Orchards. Biology 2023, 12, 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12010031

Lamke, K., Wedin D., and Wu-Smart, J. 2022. Remnant prairies and high-diversity restorations support wild bees season-long. The Prairie Naturalist Journal Special Edition 1: 30-40. 

Simone-Finstrom, M., M. K. Strand, D. R. Tarpy, and O. Rueppell. (2022). Impact of honey bee migratory management on pathogen loads and immune gene expression is affected by complex interactions with environment, worker life history, and season. Journal of Insect Science, 22: 17: 1–10.

 

Other publications

Aldercotte A, D T Simpson, and R Winfree. 2022. Crop visitation by wild bees declines over an eight-year time series —a dramatic trend, or just dramatic between-year variation? Insect Conservation and Diversity. DOI: 10.1111/icad.12589 

Andrade TO, Ramos KS, López-Uribe MM, Branstetter MG, Brandão CRF. (2022) Integrative approach resolves the taxonomy of Eulaema cingulata (Apidae, Euglossini), an important pollinator in the Neotropics. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 94: 247–269

Dharampal, P., B.N. Danforth, S. Steffan (2022). Exosymbiotic microbes within fermented pollen-provisions are as important for the development of solitary bees as the pollen, itself. Ecology and Evolution 2022;12:e8788 [published online 7 April, 2022; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8788]

Genung, M A, Reilly, N M Williams, A Buderi, J Gardner, and R Winfree. 2023. Rare and declining bee species are key to consistent pollination of wildflowers and crops across large spatial scales. Ecology  104: e3899   https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3899

Han, B., Q. Wei, E. Amiri, H. Hu, L. Meng, M. K. Strand, D. R. Tarpy, S. Xu, and O. Rueppell. (2022). The molecular basis of socially induced egg size plasticity in honey bees. eLife, 11: e80499.

Hines HM, Kilpatrick SK, Mikó I, Snellings D, López-Uribe MM, Tian L. (2022) The diversity, evolution, and development of setal morphologies in bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.). PeerJ 10: e14555

Lemanski, N, N M Williams, and R Winfree. 2022. Greater bee diversity is needed to maintain crop pollination over time. Nature Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01847-3 

Simpson, D T, L R Weinman, M A Genung, M E Roswell, M MacLeod, and R Winfree. 2022. Many bee species, including rare species, are important for function of entire plant-pollinator networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 289: 20212689 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2689 

Smith, C,  Harrison, J Gardner, and R Winfree. 2021. Forest-associated bees persist amid forest loss and regrowth in eastern North America.  Biological Conservation 260: 109202 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109202

Turley NEϒ, Biddinger DJ, Joshi NK, López-Uribe MM. (2022) Six years of wild bee monitoring shows changes in biodiversity within and across years and declines in abundance. Ecology and Evolution: 12(8):e9190 

Wu X, Bhatia N, Grozinger CM, Yi SV. Comparative studies of genomic and epigenetic factors influencing transcriptional variation in two insect species. G3 (Bethesda) 12(11):jkac230. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac230

 

02/28/2023

Summary table and list of publications by topic reported by NC1173 committee members for 2023. NC1173 authors are indicated in bold.

Publications by topic	2023
Obj 1a: Biotic (Pests & pathogens)	11
Obj 1b: Abiotic (Pesticides, nutrition, landscapes)	10
Obj 2: Genetics, Breeding, Diversity	5
Obj 3: Management	16
Other Publications	10
Total	52
Publications with >1 NC1173 authors	16

Objective 1a: Biotic Stressors (Pests & pathogens)

Clair ALS, Zhang G, Dolezal AG, O’Neal ME, Toth AL (2023) Agroecosystem landscape diversity shapes wild bee communities independent of managed honey bee presence Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 327, 107826

Dickey M, Whilden M, Twombly Ellis J, Rangel J (2023) A preliminary survey reveals that common viruses are found at low levels in a wild population of honey bees (Apis mellifera). Journal of Insect Science. 23(6): 26; 1–11.

Gratton EM, McNeil DJ, Grozinger CM, Hines HM. (2023) Local habitat type influences bumble bee pathogen loads and bee species distributions” Environmental Entomology 52 (3), 491-501 https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad027

Iredale ME, Viadanna PHO, Subramaniam K, Tardif E, Bonning BC, Ellis JD. Report of amoebic disease in a colony of Western honey bees (Apis mellifera). Veterinary Pathology, 2023;60(5): 709-713. https://doi.org/10.1177/03009858231179956. 

Jack CJ, Oliveria IdB, Kimmel CB, Ellis JD. Seasonal differences in Varroa destructor population growth in western honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023;11:1102457. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1102457. 

Liu J, Zhang R, Tang R, Zhang Y, Guo R, Xu G, Chen D, Huang ZY, Chen Y, Han R, Li, W. The role of honey bee derived aliphatic esters in the host-finding behavior of Varroa destructor. Insects 2023, 14, no. 1: 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14010024

Orlova M., Porter M, Hines HM, Amsalem E. Symptomatic infection with Vairimorpha bombi decreases diapause survival in wild bumble bee species (Bombus griseocollis). Animals 2023;13 (10):1656

Powell JE, Lau P, Rangel J, Arnott R, DeJong T, Moran NA (2023) The microbiome and gene expression of honey bee workers are affected by a diet containing pollen substitutes. PLoS ONE. 18(5): e0286070. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286070 

Prouty C, Jack C, Sagili R, Ellis JD. Evaluating the efficacy of common treatments for Vairimorpha (Nosema) spp. control. Applied Sciences, 2023;13(3): 1303. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031303.

Ray AM, Gordon EC, Seeley TD, Rasgon JL, Grozinger CM. (2023) Signatures of adaptive decreased virulence of deformed wing virus in an isolated population of wild honey bees (Apis mellifera). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290(2009). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.196. 

Wen P, Chen J, Huang ZY. (2023). Death recognition by undertaker honey bees based on reduced cuticular hydrocarbon emissions. Entomologia Gereralis. DOI: 10.1127/entomologia/2023/1607

 

Objective 1b: Abiotic Stressors (Pesticides, nutrition, landscapes)

Bruckner S, Straub L, Neumann P, Williams GR. (2023) Negative but antagonistic effects of neonicotinoid insecticides and ectoparasitic mites Varroa destructor on Apis mellifera honey bee food glands. Chemosphere 313:137535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137535

Chakrabarti P, Sagili RR. Managed foraging for honey and crop pollination – Honey bees as livestock. Chapter 8 in the book The Foraging Behavior of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.). 2023:175–193. Edited by John Purdy, Elsevier Academic Press, ON, Canada. 

Crone M, Boyle N, Bresnahan S, Biddinger D, Richardson R, Grozinger CM. (2023) More than mesolectic: Characterizing the nutrition niche of Osmia cornifrons” Ecology and Evolution 13(10), e10640. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10640.

Feuerborn, C., Quinlan, G., Shippee, R., Strausser, T.L., Terranova, T., Grozinger CM, Hines HM. (2023) Variance in heat tolerance in bumble bees correlates with species geographic range and is associated with several environmental and biological factors” Ecology and Evolution 13, e10730. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10730. 

Lau P, Sgolastra F, Williams GR, Straub L. (2023) Editorial: Insect pollinators in the Anthropocene: How multiple environmental stressors are shaping pollinator health. Front Ecol Evol. 2023;11:1279774 https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1279774.

Lau PW, Esquivel IL, Parys KA, Hung K-LJ, Chakrabarti P. (2023) The nutritional landscape in agroecosystems: a review on how resources and management practices can shape pollinator health in agricultural environments. Annals of the Entomological Society of America:1-15.

Manaswi A, Noordyke E, Prouty C, Ellis JD. (2023) Western honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) attraction to commercial pollen substitutes and wildflower pollen in vitro. Journal of Applied Research 147: 244-247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jen.13102. 

Quinlan GM, Miller DAW, Grozinger CM (2023) Examining spatial and temporal drivers of pollinator nutritional resources: Evidence from five decades of honey bee colony productivity data. Environmental Research Letters 18(11): 114018 DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/acff0c 

Quinlan GM, Grozinger CM (2023) Honey bee nutritional ecology: From physiology to landscapes. Advances in Insect Physiology https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aiip.2023.01.003. 

Quinlan GM, Feuerborn C, Hines HM, Grozinger CM (2023)Beat the heat: Thermal respites and access to food associated with increased bumble bee heat tolerance Journal of Experimental Biology 226 (17): jeb245924. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245924. 

 

Objective 2: Genetics, Breeding, Diversity

Bresnahan ST, Lee E, Clark L, Ma R, Rangel J, Grozinger CM, Li-Byarlay H (2023) Examining parent-of-origin effects on transcription and RNA methylation in mediating aggressive behavior in honey bees (Apis mellifera). BMC Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-023-09411-4

Cambron-Kopco L, Underwood RM, Given JK, Harpur BA, López-Uribe MM. (2023) Honey bee stocks exhibit high levels of intra-colony variation in viral loads. J. Apic. Res. 1–4 doi:10.1080/00218839.2023.2285153 

Gmel AI, Guichard M, Dainat B, Williams GR, Eynard S, Vignal A, Servin B, the Beestrong Consortium, and Neuditschko M. Identification of runs of homozygosity in western honey bees (Apis mellifera) using whole-genome sequencing data. Ecol Evol. 2023;13:e9723. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9723

Karlikow M, Amalfitano E, Yang X, Doucet J, Chapman A, Mousavi PS, Homme P, Sutyrina, P, Chan W, Lemak S, Yakunin, AF, Dolezal AG, Kelley S, Foster LJ, Harpur BA, Pardee K. CRISPR-induced DNA reorganization for multiplexed nucleic acid detection. Nature Communications. 2023; doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36874-6 

Morfin N, Harpur BA, De la Mora A, Guzman-Novoa E. Breeding honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) for low and high Varroa destructor population growth: gene expression of bees performing grooming behavior. Frontiers in Insect Science. 2023; doi:10.3389/finsc.2023.951447

 

Objective 3: Management

 Abou-Shaara HF, Jack CJ, Ellis JD. The impact of smoke and fogged/vaporized thyme oil on honey bee (Apis mellifera) survival and behavior in vitro. Journal of Apicultural Research, 2023;62(3): 643-645. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2022.2135809.

Bartlett LJ, Baker C, Bruckner S, Delaplane KS, Hackmeyer EJ, Phankaew C, Williams GR, Berry JA. (2023) No evidence to support the use of glycerol–oxalic acid mixtures delivered via paper towel for controlling Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) mites in the Southeast United States. Journal of Insect Science 23(6):18.

Berry JA, Braman SK, Delaplane KS, Bartlett LJ. Inducing a summer brood break increases the efficacy of oxalic acid vaporization for Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) control in Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies. Journal of Insect Science. 2023 Nov 1;23(6):14.

Borchardt KE, Kadelka C, Schulte LA, Toth AL (2023) An ecological networks approach reveals restored native vegetation benefits wild bees in agroecosystems. Biological Conservation 287, 110300.

Browning AD,  Smitley D,  Studyvin J, Runkle ES, Huang ZY,  Hotchkiss E (2023). Variation in pollinator visitation among garden cultivars of marigold, portulaca, and bidens. Journal of Economic Entomology 116: 872–881

Cass RP, Hodgson EW, O’Neal ME, Toth AL, Dolezal AG (2023) Attitudes about honey bees and pollinator-friendly practices: a survey of Iowan beekeepers, farmers, and landowners. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 13 (1), 30. 

Cruz SM, Grozinger CM. (2023). Mapping student understanding of bees: Implications for pollinator conservation. Conservation Science and Practice, 5( 3), e12902. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12902 (2023).

Hackmeyer EJ, Washburn TJ, Delaplane KS, Bartlett LJ. (2023) Successful application of anthranilic diamides in preventing small hive beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) infestation in honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies. Journal of Insect Science 23(6):12.

Genung MA,  Reilly J, Williams NM, Buderi A, Gardner J, Winfree R (2023) Rare and declining bee species are key to consistent pollination of wildflowers and crops across large spatial scales. Ecology 104: e3899 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3899

Petitta IR, López-Uribe MM, Sabo AE. (2023) Biology and management of wild lupine (Lupinus perennis L.): a case study for conserving rare plants in edge habitat. Plant Ecology  [link]

Prestby TJ, Robinson AC, McLaughlin D, Dudas PM, Grozinger CM. (2023)“Characterizing user needs for Beescape: A spatial decision support tool focused on pollinator health” Journal of Environmental Management 325: 116416 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116416

Prouty C, Abou-Shaara HF, Stanford B, Ellis JD, Jack C. (2023) Oxalic acid application method and treatment intervals for reduction of Varroa destructor populations in western honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies. Journal of Insect Science. 23(6): 13. 

Prouty C, Jack C, Sagili R, Ellis JD. (2023) Evaluating the efficacy of common treatments used for Vairimorpha (Nosema) spp. Control. Applied Sciences. 13(3): 1303.

Underwood RM, Lawrence B, Turley NE, Cambron-Kopco L, Kietzman P, Traver BE, López-Uribe MM. (2023) A longitudinal experiment demonstrates that organic beekeeping management systems support healthy and productive honey bee colonies. Scientific Reports 13(1): 6072

Weinman LR, Ress T, Gardner J, Winfree R. (2023). Individual bee foragers are less efficient transporters of pollen for the plants from which they collect the most pollen into their scopae. American Journal of Botany DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16178 

Zhang G, Murray CJ, Clair AL, Cass RP, Dolezal AG, LA Schulte, O’Neal ME, Toth AL (2023) Native vegetation embedded in landscapes dominated by corn and soybean improves honey bee health and productivity. Journal of Applied Ecology 60 (6), 1032-1043

 

Other peer-reviewed publications

Bresnahan ST, Galbraith D, Ma R, Anton K, Rangel J, Grozinger CM (2023) Beyond conflict: Kinship theory of intragenomic conflict predicts individual variation in altruistic behaviour. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17145 

Freitas F, Branstetter M, Franceschini-Santos V, Dorchin A, Wright K, López-Uribe MM, Griswold T, Silveira F, Almeida E. (2023). UCE phylogenomics, biogeography, and classification of long-horned bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euceerini), with insights on using specimens with extremely degraded DNA. Insect Systematics and Diversity 7(4):3

Gutierrez GM, LeCroy LA, Roulston TH, Biddinger DJ, López-Uribe MM. (2023) Osmia taurus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): A new non-native bee species with invasiveness potential in North America. Environmental Entomology 52(2):149–156

Han B, Amiri E, Wei Q, Tarpy DR, Strand MK, Xu S, Rueppell O. Group size influences maternal provisioning and compensatory larval growth in honeybees. Iscience. 2023 Dec 15;26(12).

Miles GP, Liu XF, Amiri E, Grodowitz MJ, Allen ML, Chen J. Co-Occurrence of wing deformity and impaired mobility of alates with Deformed Wing Virus in Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insects. 2023 Sep 27;14(10):788.

Mortensen AN, Ellis JD. (2023) Honey bees reared in isolation adhere to normal age-related division of labor when introduced into a colony. Applied Animal Behavior Science 258: 105824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2022.105824.

Pope N, Singh A, Childers A, Kapheim K, Evans J, López-Uribe MM. (2023) Expansion of agriculture drives adaptive evolution in a specialized squash pollinator. PNAS 120(15): e2208116120

Prouty C, Bartlett LJ, Krischik V, Altizer S. Adult monarch butterflies show high tolerance to neonicotinoid insecticides. Ecological Entomology. 2023 Apr 13.

Rangel J, Lau P, Strauss B, Hildinger E, Hernandez B, Rodriguez S, Bryant V, Tarone AM (2023) A Texas population of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) highlights underappreciated aspects of their biology. Ecological Entomology. 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13298 

Sandoval-Arango S, Branstetter M, Cardoso C, López-Uribe MM. (2023). Phylogenomics reveals within species diversification but incongruence with color phenotypes in widespread orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini). Insect Systematics and Diversity 7(2):1-13

 

Non peer-reveiwed publications

Anton K, Darnell C, Grozinger CM, Underwood R. “An Introduction to Honey Bee Breeding Program Design”. Penn State Extension. 2023 https://extension.psu.edu/an-introduction-to-honey-bee-breeding-program-design https://pollinators.psu.edu/news/honey-bees-may-inherit-altruistic-behavior-from-their-moth

Bruckner S, López-Uribe MM, Underwood RM (2023) Organic and Treatment-free Colony Management – They are not the same. American Bee Journal 163(10):1123-1125.

Chakrabarti, P. Young Zoologist - Honey Bees. neon Squid Books, McMillan Publishers, London.

Delaplane K, Hudson W, Johnson A. Yellow-Legged Hornet. UGA Extension bees.caes.uga.edu

Dickey M*, Rangel J (2023) Comparative quantification of honey bee (Apis mellifera) associated viruses in wild and managed colonies. In: López-Uribe MM, Chakrabarti P, Harpur BA (eds.) Proceedings of the 2023 American Bee Research Conference. Bee Culture. A https://doi.org/10.55406/ABRC.23

Lee K, Reuter GS, Spivak M. Beekeeping in Northern Climates. Third Edition. University of Minnesota Extension. 2024 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VCZSD89XPYtWmNn3vh9IypfGpNUMYics/view

López-Uribe MM, Chakrabarti P, Harpur BA, Rangel J, Goblirsch M, Underwood R (2023) Introduction to the Proceedings. In: López-Uribe MM, Chakrabarti,P., Harpur, BA (eds.) Proceedings of the 2023 American Bee Research Conference. Bee Culture. A https://doi.org/10.55406/ABRC.23

López-Uribe MM, Underwood RM, Bruckner S (2023) The benefits of organic beekeeping and how management affects honey bee colony health, survival, and productivity. American Bee Journal 163(7):753-755.

Rangel J, Fei C, Chen Y, Woodward R (2023) Market implications of changes in climate, land coverage and annual colony loss rates for U.S. commercial beekeeping operations. In: López-Uribe MM, Chakrabarti P, Harpur BA (eds.) Proceedings of the 2023 American Bee Research Conference. Bee Culture. A https://doi.org/10.55406/ABRC.23 

Rangel J, Pino M (2023) Food 4 Farmers: A nonprofit organization working with coffee growers in Latin America on beekeeping and alternative farming activities to overcome food insecurity during the “thin” months. American Bee Journal. 163(11): 1227-1230. 

Smith D, Rangel J, Bouga M, Parejo M (2022 and 2023) Special issue on stingless bees. Journal of Apicultural Research. 61(5): 577-577, https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2022.2122307 

Toth, A. 2023. Honey bees: Good guys or bad guys? Beeline (Newsletter of the Central Iowa Beekeepers' Association), Spring 2023 Issue.

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Vu AT, Ellis JD. 2023. Episode 130: Controlling Varroa Through Genetic Technology. Two Bees in a Podcast. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ufhbrel 

Vu, A.T., Ellis, J.D. 2023. Episode 127: Varroa Control Methods in Ontario. Two Bees in a Podcast. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ufhbrel

Vu, A.T., Ellis, J.D. 2023. Episode 131: Follow-up on Microplastics. Two Bees in a Podcast. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ufhbrel 

Vu AT, Ellis JD. 2023. Episode 135: Shipping Queen Cells. Two Bees in a Podcast. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ufhbrel 

Vu AT, Ellis JD. 2023. Episode 147: Generational Beekeeping and Queen Breeding with Ted Miksa. Two Bees in a Podcast. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ufhbrel 

Vu AT, Ellis JD. 2023. Episode 149: Drones Galore! Two Bees in a Podcast. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ufhbrel