03/03/2025

Summary table and list of publications by objective reported by NC1173 members for 2024.

Publications by topic	2024
Obj 1a: Biotic (Pests & pathogens)	35
Obj 1b: Abiotic (Pesticides, nutrition, landscapes)	24
Obj 2: Genetics, Breeding, Diversity	10
Obj 3: Monitoring	11
Obj 4: Management	10
Total	90

 

Objective 1a:

1. Bartlett LJ, Boots M, Brosi BJ, Delaplane KS, Dynes TL, de Roode JC. Faster-growing parasites threaten host populations via patch-level population dynamics and higher virulence; a case study in Varroa mites (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) and honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Insect Science. 2024 May 1;24(3):17.


2. Bartlett LJ, Alparslan S, Bruckner S, Delaney DA, Menz JF, Williams GR, Delaplane KS. Neonicotinoid exposure increases Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) mite parasitism severity in honey bee colonies and is not mitigated by increased colony genetic diversity. Journal of Insect Science. 2024 May 1;24(3):20.


3. Beaurepaire, A.L., Hogendoorn, K., Kleijn, D., Otis, G.W., Potts, S.G., Singer, T.L., Boff, S., Pirk, C., Settele, J., Paxton, R.J., Raine, N.E., Tosi, S., Williams, N., Klein, A.-M., Le Conte, Y., Campbell, J.W., Williams, G.R., Marini, L., Brockmann, A., Sgolastra, F., Boyle, N., Neuditschko, M., Straub, L., Neumann, P., Charrière, J.-D., Albrecht, M., & Dietemann, V. 2025. Avenues towards reconciling wild and managed bee proponents. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Volume 40, Issue 1, 7 – 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.11.009


4. Boardman L, Marcelino JAP, Valentin RE, Boncristiani H, Standley J, Ellis JD. Novel eDNA approaches to monitor western honey bee (Apis mellifera) microbial and arthropod communities. Environmental DNA. 2024;6(1):e419. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.419.


5. Brummel, C., Kittle, S., Lynch-O'Brien, L., Weller, S., & Wu-Smart, J. (2024, August 29). How to Build an All-Season Mouse Guard for Langstroth Honey Bee Hives (NebGuide G2361). University of Nebraska-Lincoln. https://extensionpubs.unl.edu/publication/g2361/2024/pdf/view/g2361-2024.pdf


6. Cambron-Kopco L, Underwood RM, Given K, Harpur BA, López-Uribe MM. Honey bee stocks exhibit high levels of intra-colony variation in viral loads. Journal of Apicultural Research 2024; 63(2): 256-259.


7. Chapman A, McAfee A, Tarpy DR, Fine J, Rempel Z, Peters P, Currie R, Foster LJ. Common viral infections inhibit egg laying in honey bee queens and are linked to premature supersedure. Scientific Reports. (2024) 14: 17285.


8. Christensen SM, Srinivas S, McFrederick Q, Danforth BN, Buchmann SL, Vannette RL Symbiotic bacteria and fungi proliferate in diapause and may enhance overwintering survival in a solitary bee. ISME J 18:1. https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae089


9. Cornelissen B, Ellis JD, Gort G, Hendriks M, van Loon JJA, Stuhl CJ, Neumann P. The small hive beetle’s capacity to diverse over long distances by flight. Scientific Reports. 2024;14:14859. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65434-1.


10. Crone M, Fornoff F, Klein AM, Grozinger C. DNA metabarcoding reveals unexpected diet breadth of the specialist large‐headed resin bee (Heriades truncorum) in urbanised areas across Germany. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 2024 Nov.


11. Dickey M, Whilden M, Twombly Ellis J, Rangel J (2024) Comparative prevalence of Nosema ceranae infection between wild and managed honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in South Texas. Apidologie. 55: 62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-024-01107-2


12. Doublet, V., Oddie, M.A.Y., Mondet, F., Forsgren, E., Dahle, B., Furuseth-Hansen, E., Williams, G.R., De Smet, L., Natsopoulou, M.E., Murray, T.E., Semberg, E., Yañez, O., de Graaf, D.C, Le Conte, Y., Neumann, P., Rimstad, E., Paxton, R.J., de Miranda, J.R. 2024. Shift in virus composition in honeybees (Apis mellifera) following world-wide invasion by the parasitic mite and virus vector Varroa destructor. Royal Society Open Science 11 (1), 231529. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.231529


13. Gratton EM, McNeil DJ, Sawyer R, Martinello A, Grozinger CM, Hines HM. The role of landscape factors in shaping bumble bee pathogen loads across regions of the eastern Nearctic. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 2024 Nov;17(6):1098-112.


14. Hoebeke ER, Bartlett LJ, Evans M, Freeman BE, Wares JP. First Records of Vespa velutina (Lepeletier) (Color form Nigrithorax) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in North America, an Invasive Pest of Domesticated Honeybees. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 2024 Oct;126(2):193-205.


15. Iredale ME, Cobb G, Vu ED, Ghosh S, Ellis JD, Bonning BC. Development of a multiplex real-time quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction for the detection of four bee viruses. Journal of Virological Methods. 2024;328:114953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2024.114953.


16. Jack CJ, Boncristiani H, Prouty C, Schmehl D, Ellis JD. Evaluating the seasonal efficacy of commonly used chemical treatments on Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) population resurgence in honey bee colonies. Journal of Insect Science. 2024;24(3):1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieae011.


17. Johnson BL, Prouty C, Jack CJ, Stuhl C, Ellis JD. Developing a method to rear Varroa destructor in vitro. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 2024;92:795 - 808. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-024-00905-8.

18. Jones LJ, Miller D, Schilder RJ, López-Uribe MM. Body mass, temperature, and pathogen intensity differentially affect critical thermal maxima and their population-level variation in a solitary bee. Ecology and Evolution. 2024; 14(2):e10945.


19. Kammerer M, Iverson AL, Li K, Tooker JF, Grozinger CM. Seasonal bee communities vary in their responses to resources at local and landscape scales: implication for land managers. Landscape Ecology. 2024 Apr 27;39(5):97.


20. Kernen, H. G., Jean, R. P., Harpur, B. A., Buck, J. & Noseworthy, J. New records of two adventive bee species in Indiana (Hymenoptera: Colletidae; Megachilidae). Great Lakes Entomol. doi: 10.22543/0090-0222.2485s


21. Metz BN, Molina-Marciales T, Strand MK, Rueppell O, Tarpy DR, Amiri E. Physiological trade-offs in honey bee males: interactions among infection, immunity, fertility, and size in young and old drones. Journal of Insect Physiology. (2024) 159: 104720.


22. Miles, GP, Liu XF, Scheffler BE, Amiri E, Weaver MA, Grodowitz MJ, & Chen J. Solenopsis richteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) alates infected with deformed wing virus display wing deformity with altered mobility. The Science of Nature. 2024; 111(5), 47.


23. Mokkapati JS, Hill M, Boyle NK, Ouvrard P, Sicard A, Grozinger CM. Foraging bee species differentially prioritize quantity and quality of floral rewards. PNAS nexus. 2024 Oct;3(10):pgae443.


24. Mu J, Che P, Li D, Chen J, Zhao C, Grozinger CM. Honey bees and bumble bees react differently to nitrogen-induced increases in floral resources. Environmental entomology. 2024 Dec;53(6):1111-9.


25. Nichols K, Khan KA, Shepherd T, Ghramh HA, Rangel J (2024) Haplotype diversity and Varroa destructor infestation patterns in commercial beekeeping operations across Southwestern Saudi Arabia. 55: 69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-024-01105-4


26. Quinlan GM, Doser JW, Kammerer MA, Grozinger CM. Estimating genus-specific effects of non-native honey bees and urbanization on wild bee communities: A case study in Maryland, United States. Science of The Total Environment. 2024 Nov 25;953:175783.


27. Rangel J (2024) Systems theory: A novel approach for understanding how stressors affect honey bee health ‘all at once. Current Biology. 34(10): R498-R501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.04.009


28. Rinkevich FD, Danka RG, Rinderer TE, Margotta JW, Bartlett LJ, Healy KB. Relative impacts of Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) infestation and pesticide exposure on honey bee colony health and survival in a high-intensity corn and soybean producing region in northern Iowa. Journal of Insect Science. 2024 May 1;24(3):18.


29. Rutkowski DR, Weston M§, Vannette RL. Bees just wanna have fungi: A review of bee associations with non-pathogenic fungi, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 99 (8), fiad077. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiad077


30. Sagili R, Breece C, Sheppard W. 2024. Honey Bee Pests. Pacific Northwest Insect Management Handbook. https://pnwhandbooks.org/insect


31. Sbardellati DL, Vannette RL. Targeted viromes and total metagenomes capture distinct components of bee gut phage communities. Microbiome 12(1) 155 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-01875-0


32. Steffan, S.A., Dharampal, P.S., Kueneman, J.G., Keller, A., Argueta-Guzmán, M.P., McFrederick, Q.S., Buchmann, S.L., Vannette, R.L., Edlund, A.F., Mezera, C.C. and Amon, N., 2023. Microbes, the ‘silent third partners’ of bee–angiosperm mutualisms. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.09.001


33. Amant J, Bisiau A, Jack C. Evaluating the Efficacy of Active Ingredients Used in Roach Baits against Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida) and Their Safety to Honey Bees (Apis mellifera). Insects 2024; 15: 472.


34. Williams M-K, Cleary D, Szalanski A.L. Occurrence of Lotmaria passim in Africanized and European Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, lineages from the United States. Journal of Apicultural Science. 2024; 68:(1). https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2024-0002


35. Zhang L, Shao L, Raza MF, Zhang Y, Huang ZY, Chen Y, Su S, Han R, Li W. 2024. Large cells suppress the reproduction of Varroa destructor. Pest Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8249

 

Objective 1b:

1. Abbate, A.P., Campbell, J.W., Grodsky, S.M., & Williams, G.R. 2024. Assessing the attractiveness of native wildflower species to bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in the southeastern United States. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 5 (3), e12363. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12363


2. Abou-Shaara H, Mehrparvar S, Read QD, Chen J, Amiri E. Impact of commercial plastic queen cell cups on rearing success and development of honey bee queens. Journal of Apicultural Research; 2024; 1–11.


3. Bruckner, S., Delaney, D.A., Menz, J.F., Williams, G.R., & Delaplane, K.S. 2024. Neonicotinoid exposure increases Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) mite parasitism severity in honey bee colonies and is not mitigated by increased colony genetic diversity. Journal of Insect Science 24 (3): 20. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieae056


4. Bruckner, S., Straub, L., Villamar Bouza, L., Beneduci, Z., Neumann, P., & Williams, G. 2024. Life stage dependent effects of neonicotinoid exposure on honey bee hypopharyngeal gland development. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 288. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.117337


5. Carlson EA, Melathopoulos A, Sagili R (2024) The power to (detect) change: Can honey bee collected pollen be used to monitor pesticide residues in the landscape? PLoS ONE 19(9): e0309236. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309236


6. Chakrabarti P, Sagili, RR. Managed foraging for honey and crop pollination—Honey bees as livestock. In John Purdy (ed.) The Foraging Behavior of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera, L.) (2024). 175-193.


7. Coelho, P. B., Fitzgerald, G., Isaacson, K., Diop, R., Prabhakar, G., Heffner, S., Verma, A., Youngblood, J. P., Choi, Y. J., Surdyka, S., Spears, S. A., Frisbee, M. D., Del Real, K. R., Gustafson, L. A., Núñez-Torres, A. M., Proctor, C. R., Lee, L. S., Whitehead, H. D., Doudrick, K., Harpur, B. A. & Whelton, A. J. (2024). Environmental and private property contamination following the Norfolk Southern chemical spill and chemical fires in Ohio. Environ. Sci. (Camb.) doi:10.1039/D4EW00456F


8. Delaplane K, Hagan K, Vogel K, Bartlett L. Mechanisms for polyandry evolution in a complex social bee. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2024 Mar;78(3):39.


9. Dreistadt SH, Nino EL, Varela LG, Hooven L, Sagili R, Phillips B, Lawrence T (2024) Bee precaution pesticide ratings. University of California IPM. https://www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/beeprecaution/


10. Glinski DA, Purucker ST, Minucci JM, Richardson RT, Lin CH, Johnson RM, Henderson WM. 2024. Analysis of contaminant residues in honey bee hive matrices. Sci. Total Environ. 954(176329):176329.


11. Hemberger, J., & Williams, N. M. (2024). Warming summer temperatures are rapidly restructuring North American bumble bee communities. Ecology Letters, 27(8), e14492.


12. Huang Y-K, Palma MA, Shaw WD, Rangel J (2024) Can a local food label nudge consumer behavior? Implications of an eye-tracking study of honey products. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 56(1): 101-119. https://doi.org/10.1017/aae.2024.2


13. McMinn-Sauder HBG, Colin T, Gaines Day HR, Quinlan G, Smart A, Miekle WG, Johnson RM, Sponsler DB. 2024. Next-generation colony weight monitoring: a review and prospectus. Apidologie, 55 (1), 13.


14. Melone, G. G., Stuligross, C., & Williams, N. M. (2024). Heatwaves increase larval mortality and delay development of a solitary bee. Ecological Entomology, 49(3), 433-444.


15. Mueller, T., N. Baert, P. Muñiz, D. Sossa, B.N. Danforth, S. McArt (2024). Pesticide risk during commercial apple pollination is greater for honeybees than other managed and wild bees. Journal of Applied Ecology [published online 20 May 2024; https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14661]


16. Nicholson, Charlie C., Eric V. Lonsdorf, Georg KS Andersson, Jessica L. Knapp, Glenn P. Svensson, Mikaela Gönczi, Ove Jonsson, Joachim R. de Miranda, Neal M. Williams, and Maj Rundlöf. ""Landscapes of risk: A comparative analysis of landscape metrics for the ecotoxicological assessment of pesticide risk to bees."" Journal of Applied Ecology 61, no. 5 (2024): 975-986.


17. Quiroz EE, Prapapongpan P, Resch G, Chakrabarti P, Sagili RR, Blakemore PR. Synthesis of [28-13C]-24-methylenecholesterol using 1-tert-butyl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl [13C]-methyl sulfone to methylenate an isopropyl ketone intermediate. (2024) ARKIVOC. DOI:10.24820/ark.5550190.p012.100


18. Rangel J, Lau P, Strauss B, Hildinger E, Hernandez B, Rodriguez S, Bryant V, Tarone AM (2024) A Texas population of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) highlights underappreciated aspects of their biology. Ecological Entomology. 49: 215–224.


19. Reams T, Rueppell O, Rangel J (2024). Honey bee (Apis mellifera) nurse bee visitation of developing worker and drone brood positively affects Varroa destructor mite cell invasion. Journal of Insect Science. 24(3): 16. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieae044


20. Tokach R, Smart A, Wu-Smart, J. An evaluation of honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony behaviors and aging when exposed to a pesticide-contaminated environment. Journal of Insect Science, 2024; 24 (3): 13. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieae034


21. Toth AL, Wyatt CD, Masonbrink RE, Geist KS, Fortune R, Scott SB, Favreau E, Rehan SM, Sumner S, Gardiner MM, Sivakoff FS. New genomic resources inform transcriptomic responses to heavy metal toxins in the common Eastern bumble bee Bombus impatiens. BMC genomics. 2024 Nov 19;25(1):1106.


22. Twombly Ellis J, Rangel J (2024) Stress drives premature self-removal behavior in honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers. Biological Research. 57: 92. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40659-024-00569-z


23. Vaudo AD, Orr M, Zhou Q-S, Zhu C-D, Mu J, López-Uribe MM. Small-scale migratory beekeeping induces intermediate disturbance effects on native bee communities in Tibetan Plateau alpine meadows. Journal of Insect Science. 2024; 24(6):4.


24. Zhang L, Shao L, Raza MF, Zhang Y, Huang ZY, Chen Y, Su S, Han R, Li W. Large cells suppress the reproduction of Varroa destructor. Pest Management Science. 2024; https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8249

 

Objective 2:

1. Büchler, R., Andonov, S., Bernstein, R., Bienefeld, K., Costa, C., Du, M., Gabel, M., Given, K., Hatjina, F., Harpur, B. A., Hoppe, A., Kezic, N., Kovačić, M., Kryger, P., Mondet, F., Spivak, M., Uzunov, A., Wegener, J. & Wilde, J. (2024) Standard methods for rearing and selection of Apis mellifera queens 2.0. J. Apic. Res. 1–57 doi:10.1080/00218839.2023.2295180


2. Cleary D, Adams R, Szalanski A L. Mitochondrial DNA variation in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies from Arkansas, U.S. Journal of Apicultural Research. 2024; 63. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2024.2306446


3. Dickey M, Whilden M, Twombly Ellis J, Rangel J (2024) Comparative prevalence of Nosema ceranae infection between wild and managed honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in South Texas. Apidologie. 55: 62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-024-01107-2


4. Martínez L, Zattara EE, Arbetman MP, Morales CL, Masonbrink RE, Severin AJ, Aizen MA, Toth AL. Chromosome-Level Assembly and Annotation of the Genome of the Endangered Giant Patagonian Bumble Bee Bombus dahlbomii. Genome Biology and Evolution. 2024 Jul;16(7):evae146."


5. Mokkapati, J.S., Hehl, J., Straub, L., Grozinger, C.M. and Boyle, N., 2025. Short-term heat exposure at sublethal temperatures reduces sperm quality in males of a solitary bee species, Osmia cornifrons. Apidologie, 56(1), pp.1-15.


6. Mola, J., Pearse, I., Boone, M., Evans, E., Hepner, M., Jean, R.; Kochanski, J., Nordemeyer, C., Runquist, E., Smith, T., Strange, J., Watson, J., Koch, J. 2024. Range-wide genetic analysis of an endangered bumble bee (Bombus affinis) reveals population structure, isolation by distance, and low colony abundance. Journal of Insect Science 24:19. doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieae041


7. Ryals, D. K., Buschkoetter, A. C., Krispn Given, J. & Harpur, B. A. (2025). Individual and social heterosis act independently in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies. J. Hered. doi:10.1093/jhered/esae043


8. Shultz, R. R., Carey, A., Ragheb, K. E., Robinson, J. P. & Harpur, B. A. (2024). On the distribution and diversity of tissue-specific somatic mutations in honey bee (Apis mellifera) drones. Insectes Soc. doi:10.1007/s00040-024-00948-5


9. Szalanski A L, Cleary D, Adams R. Mitochondrial DNA genetic variation of feral and managed honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies from Oklahoma, U.S.A. Southwestern Entomologist. 2024; 49:(4) "


10. Toth AL, Wyatt CD, Masonbrink RE, Geist KS, Fortune R, Scott SB, Favreau E, Rehan SM, Sumner S, Gardiner MM, Sivakoff FS. New genomic resources inform transcriptomic responses to heavy metal toxins in the common Eastern bumble bee Bombus impatiens. BMC genomics. 2024 Nov 19;25(1):1106.

 

Objective 3:

1. Aurell, D., Bruckner, S., Wilson, M., Steinhauer, N., & Williams, G.R. 2024. A national survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the USA: results from the Bee Informed Partnership for 2020–21 and 2021–22. Journal of Apicultural Research 63, 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2023.2264601


2. Buckner, M.A., S.T. Hoge, B.N. Danforth (2024). Forecasting the effects of global change on a bee biodiversity hotspot. Ecology and Evolution 14:e70638 [published online 30 November 2024; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70638]


3. Giulian, J., B.N. Danforth, & J.G. Kueneman (2024). A large aggregation of Melissodes bimaculatus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) offers perspectives on gregarious nesting and pollination services. Northeastern Naturalist 31(3): 402-417 [published online 4 October 2024; https://doi.org/10.1656/045.031.0314]


4. Kueneman, J.G., C.N. Dobler, & B.N. Danforth (2024). Harnessing community science to conserve and study ground-nesting bee aggregations. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11:1347447. [published online 9 January, 2024; https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1347447]


5. Levenson HK, Metz BN, Tarpy DR. Effects of study design parameters on estimates of bee abundance and diversity in agroecosystems: a meta-analysis. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. (2024).117: 92-106.


6. Levenson, H., Du Clos, B., Smith, T., Jepsen, S., Everett, J., Williams, N., & Woodard, S. (2024). A call for standardization in wild bee data collection and curation. Journal of Melittology, (123).


7. Levenson, H., Carril, O. M., Turley, N., Maffei, C., LeBuhn, G., Griswold, T., ... & Woodard, S. (2024). Standardized protocol for collecting community-level bee data. Journal of Melittology, (123).


8. Quinlan GM, Hines HM, Grozinger CM. Leveraging Transcriptional Signatures of Diverse Stressors for Bumble Bee Conservation. Molecular ecology. 2024 Dec 13:e17626.


9. Rousseau JS, Woodard SH, Jepsen S, Du Clos B, Johnston A, Danforth BN and Rodewald AD (2024) Advancing bee conservation in the US: gaps and opportunities in data collection and reporting. Front. Ecol. Evol. 12:1346795. [published online 21 March, 2024; http://doi: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1346795].


10. Turley NE, Kania SE, Butzler TM, Petitta IR, Sesler VV, Biddinger DJ, López-Uribe MM. (2024) Bee monitoring by community scientist: Comparing a collections-based program with iNaturalist. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 117(4):220–233.


11. Wang L-L, Huang ZY, Dai WF,  Yang YP,  Duan YW.   Mixed effects of honey bees on pollination function in the Tibetan alpine grasslands. Nat Commun. 2024; 15: 8164. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52465-5.

 

Objective 4:

1. Aurell, D., Wall, C., Bruckner, S., & Williams, G.R. 2024. Combined treatment with amitraz and thymol to manage Varroa destructor mites (Acari: Varroidae) in Apis mellifera honey bee colonies (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Insect Science 24 (3): 12. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieae022.


2. Cecala JM, Landucci, L. Vannette RL, Seasonal assembly of nectar microbial communities across angiosperm plant species: assessing contributions of climate and plant traits. Ecology Letters 28 (1) e70045. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70045.


3. Chaudhary P, Foley C, Samiappan S, Kohler L, Senyurek V, Boes D, Chakrabarti P. Honey Bee Image Dataset for Machine Learning and Computer Vision Model Building. Mississippi State University (2024).


4. Gray D, Goslee S, Kammerer M, Grozinger CM. Effective pest management approaches can mitigate honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony winter loss across a range of weather conditions in small-scale, stationary apiaries. Journal of Insect Science. 2024 May 1;24(3):15.


5. Guzman-Novoa, E., Morfin, N., Dainat, B., Williams, G. R., van der Steen, J., Correa-Benítez, A., & Delaplane, K. S. 2024. Standard methods to estimate strength parameters, flight activity, comb construction, and fitness of Apis mellifera colonies 2.0. Journal of Apicultural Research 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2024.2329853.


6. Müller, U., Bruninga‐Socolar, B., Brokaw, J., Cariveau, D. P., & Williams, N. M. (2024). Integrating perspectives on ecology, conservation value, and policy of bee pollinator seed mixes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 22(4), e2715.

7. Müller, U., Bruninga‐Socolar, B., Brokaw, J., Schreiber, J., Cariveau, D. P., & Williams, N. M. (2024). Successful pollinator seed mixes include low grass density and high forb richness across a range of total seeding densities. Restoration Ecology, 32(8), e14262.


8. Sagili RR, Chakrabarti P, Melathopoulos A, Delaplane KS, Dag A, Danka RG, Freitas BM, Garibaldi LA, Hormaza JI, Steinhauer N. In V Dietemann; P Neumann; N L Carreck; J D Ellis (Eds) The COLOSS BEEBOOK 2.0, Volume I: Standard methods for Apis mellifera research 2.0. Journal of Apicultural Research 63:1-35.


9. Tarpy DR. Collective decision making during reproduction in social insects: the case of queen supersedure in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Current Opinions in Insect Science. (2024). 66: 101260.


10. Tokach, R., Chuttong, B., Aurell, D., Panyaraksa, L., & Williams, G.R. 2024. Managing the parasitic honey bee mite Tropilaelaps mercedesae through combined cultural and chemical control methods. Scientific Reports 14 (1), 25677. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76185-4.

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Summary table and list of publications by objective reported by NC1173 members for 2025.

Count of publications by topic	2025
Obj 1a: Biotic (Pests & pathogens)	24
Obj 1b: Abiotic (Pesticides, nutrition, landscapes)	27
Obj 2: Genetics, Breeding, Diversity	9
Obj 3: Monitoring	9
Obj 4: Management	11
Total	79

 

Objective 1a:

1. Strange JP, López-Uribe MM, Whiteman L, Danforth BN, Jha S, Branstetter MG, Koch JBU, Levenson HK, Duclos B, Woodard SH (2025) Standardized protocol for collecting bee samples to generate molecular data. Journal of Melittology 123, 182-194.


2. Ray, A.M., Tehel, A., Rasgon, J.L., Paxton, R.J., Grozinger. C.M.. The intensity of the transcriptional response varies across infection with distinct viral strains in an insect host, BMC Genomics 2025; 26:175 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11365-8.


3. Tokach, R., Aurell, D., Chuttong, B., Williams, G. 2025. First observation of Tropilaelaps mercedesae (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) on Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) exiting colonies. Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae305.


4. Szalanski AL, Cleary DA. Pathogens and parasites of feral and managed honey bee, Apis mellifera1, colonies from Oklahoma. Southwestern Entomologist. 2025;50(4):1262-82.


5. McAfee, A.*, B. N. Metz*, P. Connor, K. Du, C. W. Allen, L. A. Frausto, M. P. Swenson, K. Philips, M. Julien, B. Baer, D. R. Tarpy, and L. J. Foster. (2025). Influence of population origin, body mass, and viral infections on drone honey bee (Apis mellifera) heat tolerance. PLoS ONE, 20: e0317672.


6. Martin AN, Stuligross C, Williams NM, Noroian HM, Vannette RL. Floral microbes provisioned by Osmia lignaria establish in larval food stores, but do not affect bee development or survival. Biorxiv. 2025 Aug 15:2025-08.


7. Vannette RL, Williams NM, Peterson SS, Martin AN. Pollen diet, more than geographic distance, shapes provision microbiome composition in two species of cavity-nesting bees. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2025 Aug;101(8):fiaf067.


8. Valizadeh B, Hardy J, Chen J, Amiri E. Dynamics of Israeli acute paralysis virus in the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren) colonies. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 2025 Jul 1;211:108310.


9. Alger SA, Burnham PA, Miller MS, Amiri E, Jordan C, Wagoner K. Unhealthy brood odor scores predict pathogen loads of several important honey bee diseases. Frontiers in Bee Science. 2025 Apr 2;3:1509871.


10. Liu X, Miles G, Zhu YC, Grodowitz M, Amiri E, Scheffler B, Chen J. Near-complete genome sequence of a type-A deformed wing virus discovered from solenopsis invicta in mississippi, USA. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 2025 Feb 11;14(2):e00921-24.


11. Quinlan G, Hines HM, Grozinger CM. Leveraging transcriptional signatures of diverse stressors for bumble bee conservation. Molecular Ecology. e17626


12. Jones, B.H., Reams, T., Jonas, L., Hopkins, B.K., and Flenniken, M.L., Honey Bee Viromes from Beekeeping Operations Experiencing High Losses in 2022-2023, (2026), Viruses 18(3), 334; https://doi.org/10.3390/v18030334


13. Kaku, N.G. and Flenniken, M.L., Impacts of octopamine signaling in virus infected honey bees, (2026), eLife, accepted, in final review.


14. Amiri, E., Rueppell, O., Tarpy, D.R., and Flenniken, M.L. (2026). Honey Bee Viruses: Pathogenesis and Impact on Colony Health, chapter in Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner 2nd edition, Kane, T.R. and Faux, C.M. (editors), John Wiley & Sons, Inc.


15. Kaku, N.G., Jankauski, M.A., Doyle, B.F., Collins, C.J., and Flenniken, M.L., Inapparent virus infections differentially affect honey bee flight, (2025), Science Advances, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw8382.


16. Jones, B., Daughenbaugh, K.F., Carey, C.C., Kahnonitch, I., Erez, T., Arkin, N., Dorchin, A., Sadeh, A., Chejanovsky, N., Mandelik, Y., and Flenniken, M.L. Bee xinmovirus 1 genome sequenced from honey bees and mining bees in Israel, (2026), Microbiology Resource Announcements.


17. Kate E Borchardt, Morgan Moore, Randall Cass, Matthew O'Neal, Amy L Toth. 2025. Are honey bees altering wild plant–bee interactions in reconstructed native habitats? An investigation of summer season effects in row‐crop agroecosystems with prairie strips. Ecological Entomology. 50(5): 807-823.


18. Shannon B, Zhang R, Marsh L, Johnson RM. 2025. Adjuvants to improve efficacy of miticides in managed honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies to control Varroa destructor. PLoS One. 20(6):e0320037. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320037


19. Palonen, A., Papach, A., Muturi, MNK, Weinstein Teixeira, E., Williams, G.R., Jacobsen, R., Evans, J.D., Posada-Florez, F.J., Pirk, C.W.W., Lattorff, H.M.G., Lawrence, A.K., Oluseyi, M.O., Spooner-Hart, R., House, C.M., Federico, G., Formato, G., Neumann, P. 2025. Spatiotemporal variation of small hive beetle infestation levels in honeybee host colonies. Apidologie 56, 79.


20. Camenzind, D.W., Bruckner, S., Neumann, P., Van Oystaeyen, A.V., Strobl, V., Williams, G.R., Straub, L. 2025. Microsporidian parasite impairs colony fitness in bumblebees. Open Biology 15, 240304.

21. Tokach, R., Aurell, A., Chuttong, B., Williams, G.R. 2025. Observations of Tropilaelaps mercedesae (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) on western honey bees (Apis mellifera) exiting colonies. Journal of Economic Entomology, 118 966-969.


22. Beaurepaire, A.L., Hogendoorn, K., Kleijn, D., Otis, G.W., Potts, S.G., Singer, T.L., Boff, S., Pirk, C., Settele, J., Paxton, R.J., Raine, N.E., Tosi, S., Williams, N., Klein, A.-M., Le Conte, Y., Campbell, J.W., Williams, G.R., Marini, L., Brockmann, A., Sgolastra, F., Boyle, N., Neuditschko, M., Straub, L., Neumann, P., Charrière, J.-D., Albrecht, M., & Dietemann, V. 2025. Avenues towards reconciling wild and managed bee proponents. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Volume 40, 7-10.


23. Aurell, D., Bruckner, S., Steury, T., Williams, G.R. Treating newly split Apis mellifera honey bee colonies with natural miticides – An opportunity for Integrated Pest Management of Varroa destructor mites (Mesostigmata: Varroidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 2025; 118(4):1495-1503, http://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaf126


24. Sokolov, Nina A., Mike Boots, and Lewis J. Bartlett. "Avoiding the tragedies of parasite tolerance in Darwinian beekeeping." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292.2040 (2025): 20242433.

 

Objective 1b:

1. Lawrence BL, Custer GF, Underwood RM, Dunn RR, Dini-Andreote F, López-Uribe MM. (2025) Honey bee bread is characterized by a core microbiome despite the effects of geography and miticide treatments. PeerJ 13:e20366


2. López-Uribe MM. (2025) Ecology: The role of flowers as microclimatic chambers. Current Biology 35(19): R918-920


3. Mokkapati Sravanthi J., Hehl, Straub, Grozinger. C.M., Boyle, N.K.. Short-term heat exposure at sublethal temperatures reduce sperm quality in males of a solitary bee species, Osmia cornifrons. Apidologie 2025; 56(1): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-024-01128-x.


4. Pizzini, O.L., Mokkapati Sravanthi J., Lee., M.J., Boyle, N.K. Grozinger. C.M.. Nutritional, foraging and nesting preferences of three species of solitary bees, Megachile rotundata, Megachile pugnata, and Megachile sculpturalis Apidologie 2025; 56, 104 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-025-01229-1


5. McAfee, A., D. R. Tarpy, and L. J. Foster. (2025). Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) beehives have no impact on honey bee (Apis mellifera) overwintering colony survival or detoxification enzyme expression. PLoS ONE, 20: e0318764.


6. Sbardellati DL, Mehra A, Ricigliano VA, Fine J, Lee Vannette R. Temperate Phage Shape Honey Bee Gut Microbiome Structure and Response to Antibiotic Treatment. bioRxiv. 2026 Jun 13:2026-06.


7. Sbardellati DL, Vannette RL. Bee Microbiomes Harbor Diverse Antimicrobial Resistance Genes on Plasmids. bioRxiv. 2025 Sep 24:2025-09.


8. Shippee R, Feuerborn C, Bradley A, Jahnke H., Hines HM. 2025. Secondary compounds in milkweed nectar negatively impact thermal tolerance in bumble bees. Ecology and Evolution. 15(11):e72420. doi: 10.1002/ece3.72420


9. Quinlan G, Hines HM, Grozinger CM. Leveraging transcriptional signatures of diverse stressors for bumble bee conservation. Molecular Ecology. e17626


10. Lawrence BL, Custer GF, Underwood RM, Dunn RR, Dini-Andreote , López-Uribe MM. The bee bread of honey bees is characterized by a core microbiota despite the application of miticide treatments and variation across space and time. PeerJ, 2025;13:e20366.


11. Underwood RM, Kelsey TW, Turley NE, López-Uribe MM. Organic colony management practices are profitable for backyard beekeepers. Journal of Economic Entomology,. 2025;118(4):1504.


12. Brandt S, Penaloza-Aponte D, Underwood RM, Bruckner S, DeMoras B, López-Uribe M.M, Urbina J. BeeCam-AprilTag: timing the flight duration of individual honey bees in remote field settings with AprilTag and Raspberry Pi. MethodsX. 2025;15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2025.103624


13. Josefina Lohrmann, Nicolás R Cecchetto, Lican E Martínez, Amy L Toth, Marina P Arbetman, Eduardo E Zattara. 2025. Cold Tolerance Differences Between Declining Native and Invasive Bumblebees in Patagonia.Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology. 343(10): 1178-1190.


14. Ashley L St Clair, Adam G Dolezal, Randall P Cass, Harmen P Hendriksma, David S Stein, Kate E Borchardt, Erin W Hodgson, Matthew E O'Neal, Amy L Toth. 2025. Insecticide application prevents honey bees from realizing benefits of native forage in an agricultural landscape. Science of the Total Environment. 959: 178146.


15. Colton L Poore, Erika J Ibarra-Garibay, Amy L Toth, Eric A Riddell. 2025. Lack of thermal acclimation in multiple indices of climate vulnerability in bumblebees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 292(2038): 20242216-20242216.


16. Hearon LE, Johnson LHP, Underwood J, Lin CH, Johnson RM. Buzzdetect: An open-source deep learning tool for automated bioacoustic pollinator monitoring. Journal of Insect Science 2025.25(6):ieaf104. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieaf104.


17. Shannon B, Tarver L, Jeon H, Johnson RM. Assessing toxicity of pesticide inert ingredients and spray adjuvant principal functioning agents to honey bees (Apis mellifera). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 2025:vgaf283. https://doi.org/10.1093/etojnl/vgaf283.


18. Cuminale, W.A., Abbate, A.P., Campbell, J.W., Balkcom, K.S., Williams, G.R. Tillage in southeastern US row crops reduces ground‐nesting bee incidence and diversity compared to field edges. Insect Conservation and Diversity, DOI: 10.1111/icad.70054, accepted 18 December 2025.


19. Abbate, A.P. Campbell, J.W., Cuminale, A.W., West, N.M, Williams, G.R. 2025. Seed production and pollinator dependence in native wildflowers: guiding species selection for conservation plantings. Ecology and Evolution 15, e72127.


20. Olatinwo, R.O., Bataineh, M., Standley, J.M., Abbate, A.P., Williams, G.R., Lau, P.W. 2025. Chloroplast markers for detecting Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) DNA in environmental samples. Forests 16, 437.


21. Butters, J., Spiesman, B. J., Maynard, E., and T. N. Kim. 2025. Fire frequency and bison presence have direct and indirect effects on below- and above-ground nesting bee communities in tallgrass prairies. Biodiversity and Conservation. 34, 2549–2563 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-025-03086-x


22. Brandt, S., Penaloza-Aponte, D., Underwood, R.M., Bruckner, S., DeMoras B., López-Uribe, M.M., Urbina, J. BeeCam-AprilTag: timing the flight duration of individual honey bees in remote field settings with AprilTag and Raspberry Pi. MethodsX 15. 2025; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2025.103624


23. Camenzind, D.W., Bruckner, S., Neumann, P., Van Oystaeyen, A.V., Strobl, V., Williams, G.R., Straub, L. Microsporidian parasite impairs colony fitness in bumblebees. Open Biology. 2025; 15 (2), 240304, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.240304


24. Batt, A. L., Brunelle, L. D., Stebel, E. K., Snow, D. D., Mutlu, E., Williams, A. J., Janesch, G., Tebes-Stevens, C., Ferland, T. M., Bartelt-Hunt, S., & Wu-Smart, J. 2025. Identification of pesticides and their transformation products in surface water and groundwater surrounding a closed bioethanol production facility using non-targeted analysis. Environmental Pollution. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.127105


25. Catchot III, A.L.^, Gore, J., Chakrabarti, P., Crow, W.D., Towles, T., Catchot Jr., A.L., Cook, D.R., Stewart, S., Trash, B., Bateman, N., Kerns, D., Brown, S., & Studebaker, G. 2025. Incorporating Honey Bee Toxicity into Foliar Insecticide Selection for Insect Pest Management in Cotton. Journal of Cotton Science 29: 148-157.


26. Hayes, J.J.M.^, Bell, N.C.S.^, Best, L.R., Bruslind, S.R., Case, L.A., Johnson, D.O., Legier, K.N., Mead, M.E., Spofford, T.S., Chakrabarti, P., Baugus, L.N.^ and Langellotto, G.A. (2025) Pacific Northwest native plants and native cultivars part II: plant and pollinator traits. Environmental Entomology 00: 1–17.


27. Chakrabarti, P.*, Baugus, L.,^ Eaton, E.&, Steinhauer, N.A. and Sagili, R.R. (2025) Pollen Production and Nutrient Composition in Two Northern Highbush Blueberry Cultivars: Implications for Pollinator Nutrition. Agriculture 15(5): 461.

 

Objective 2:

1. Bresnahan, S. T., Mahony, S., Anton, K., Harpur, B., Grozinger, C.M.. Intragenomic conflict underlies extreme phenotypic plasticity in queen-worker caste determination in honey bees (Apis mellifera) Genome Biology 2025; 26, 171 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-025-03628-0.


2. Levenson, H. K., L. R. Tembrock, K. Mollet, F. A. Zink, and D. R. Tarpy. (2025). Redefining the geographic distribution of two cryptic Halictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) species in the eastern United States. Ecology & Evolution. DOI: 10.22541/au.173140063.37690973/v1.


3. Tola, Y. H., K. Wagoner, M. Strand, O. Rueppell, and D. R. Tarpy. (2025). Hygiene performance increases abundance of honey bee gut microbiota. Insectes Sociaux, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-025-01029-x.


4. Valizadeh B, Zhu YC, Caren J, Huang L, Amiri E. Indirect effects of insecticides on honey bee queens and their eggs via workers exposed to sublethal doses. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety.;307:119403.


5. Amiri E, Abou-Shaara H, Mcafee A. The effect of major abiotic stressors on honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens and potential impact on their progeny: E. Amiri et al. Apidologie. 2025 Feb;56(1):2.


6. Bresnahan, S. T., Mahony, S., Anton, K., Harpur, B. A. & Grozinger, C. M. (2025). Intragenomic conflict associated with extreme phenotypic plasticity in queen-worker caste determination in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Genome Biol. doi:10.1186/s13059-025-03628-0


7. Büchler, R., Andonov, S., Bernstein, R., Bienefeld, K., Costa, C., Du, M., Gabel, M., Given, K., Hatjina, F., Harpur, B. A., Hoppe, A., Kezic, N., Kovačić, M., Kryger, P., Mondet, F., Spivak, M., Uzunov, A., Wegener, J. & Wilde, J. (2025) Standard methods for rearing and selection of Apis mellifera queens 2.0. J. Apic. Res. 1–57 doi:10.1080/00218839.2023.2295180


8. Taylor, B. A. •, Slater, G.P**, Stolle, E., Buchmann, G., Oldroyd, B.P., Gloag, R & Harpur, B.A. (2025). Population differentiation and sociogenomics of two cryptic Tetragonula stingless bee species. Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/mec.17823


9. Ryals, D. K.**, Buschkoetter, A. C.*, Krispn Given, J. & Harpur, B. A. (2025). Individual and social heterosis act independently in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies. J. Hered. doi:10.1093/jhered/esae043

 

Objective 3:

1. López-Uribe MM, Strange JP, Whiteman L, Danforth BN, Jha S, Branstetter MG, Koch JBU, Levenson HK, Duclos B, Woodard SH (2025) Standardized protocol for collecting bee samples to generate molecular data. Journal of Melittology

2. Hines HM. 2025. Comparative evolution of social and ecological traits in bumble bees. Annual Review of Entomology. 71. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-121423-013636

3. Otto, C., Bailey, L., Du Clos, B., Smith, T., Evans, E., Pearse, I., Killingsworth, S., Jepsen, S., Woodard, S.H.. Estimating occupancy of focal bee species. Journal of Mellitology 2025;123: 139-162 doi.org/10.17161/jom.vi123.22555

4. Liao, Z, Shen X, Zhang J, Zhu M, Deng Z, Liu F, Huang ZY, Zhang Y. Vegetation coverage and land imperviousness in urban area jointly affect hymenopteran pollinator diversity and spatial pattern, Ecological Indicators, 2025;178, 114116, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114116

5. Cariveau, D. P., Hung, K.J., Williams, N. M., Inouye, D. W., Burns, C. T., Lane, I. G., Irwin, R. E., Levenson, H.K., Du Clos, B. & Woodard, S. H. (2025) Standardized protocols for collecting data on bee-flower interactions and the associated floral community. Journal of Mellitology, 123 (5):104-138

6. Levenson, H. Carril, O.M., Turley, N., Maffei, C., LeBuhn, G., Williams, N. M., & Woodard, S.H. (2025) Standardized protocol for collecting community-level bee data. Journal of Melittology 123(4):78-103.

7. Bruckner, S. Williams, G.R., Tsuruda, J., Underwood, R.M. 2025. Let’s not sugar coat it: the powdered sugar shake is not harmless for honey bee workers. Journal of Apicultural Research 65, 63-68.

8. Guzman-Novoa, E., Morfin, N., Dainat, B., Williams, G.R., van der Steen, J., Correa-Benitez, A., Delaplane, K.S. 2025. Standard methods to estimate strength parameters, flight activity, comb construction and fitness of Apis mellifera colonies, Journal of Apicultural Research, 64, 533-554.

9. Nearman, A., Crawford, C.L., Guarna, M.M., Chakrabarti, P., Lee, K., Cook, S., Hill, E., Seshadri, A., Slater, G., Lamas, Z.S., Chen, Y.P., Downey, D. and Evans, J.D. (2025) Insights from U.S. beekeeper triage surveys following unusually high honey bee colony losses 2024–2025. Science of The Total Environment 1003: 180650.

 

Objective 4:

1. Underwood RM, Turley NE, Kelsey T, López-Uribe MM. (2025) Organic colony management practices are profitable for sideline beekeepers. Journal of Economic Entomology 118(4):1504–1511


2. Houtman, L., Robinson, A.C., McLaughlin, D. Grozinger, C.M.. “Evaluating the usability and utility of a spatial decision support system for pollinator ecology” Ecological Informatics 2025 Volume 89, 103182, ISSN 1574-9541, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103182.


3. Amoah, E.I., White, K., Patch, H.M., Grozinger. C.M.. "FloralArea: AI-powered algorithm for automated calculation of floral area from flower images to support plant and pollinator research" 2025 PLoS ONE 20(9), p.e0332165 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0332165


4. McAfee, A, A. Chapman, A. A. Magaña, K. Marshall, S. E. Hoover, D. R. Tarpy, and L. J. Foster. (2025). Virus infection of honey bee queens alters lipid levels and suppresses a retinue pheromone component indirectly via reducing ovary mass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122: e2518975122


5. Chapman, A., A. McAfee, K. Wrightson, A. Alcazar, D. R. Tarpy, J. Fine, Z. Rempel, K. Peters, R. Currie, S. Hoover, and L. J. Foster. (2025). Honey bee egg composition changes seasonally and after acute maternal virus infection. Scientific Reports, 15: 10418.


6. Büchler, R., Andonov, S., Bernstein, R., Bienefeld, K., Costa, C., Du, M., Gabel, M., Given, K., Hatjina, F., Harpur, B. A., Hoppe, A., Kezic, N., Kovačić, M., Kryger, P., Mondet, F., Spivak, M., Uzunov, A., Wegener, J. & Wilde, J. (2025) Standard methods for rearing and selection of Apis mellifera queens 2.0. J. Apic. Res. 1–57 doi:10.1080/00218839.2023.2295180


7. Bernstein, E, Costello, C, Yang, ... Evans, E. Dawn to dusk division of Monarda fistulosa foraging time by bumble bee species (Bombus spp.) and likelihood to return the next day, The Great Lakes Entomologist 2025;58 (2)


8. Aurell, D., Bruckner, S., Steury, T., Williams, G.R. 2025. Treating newly split Apis mellifera honey bee colonies with natural miticides – An opportunity for Integrated Pest Management of Varroa destructor mites (Mesostigmata: Varroidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 118, 1495-1503.


9. Bruckner, S., Tsuruda, J., Williams, G.R., Underwood, R.M. Let's not sugar coat it: the powdered sugar shake is not harmless for honey bee workers. Journal of Apicultural Research. 2025; 65(1), 63-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2025.2550855


10. Techer, M.A., Chakrabarti, P., Caesar, L., Eynard, S.E., Farrell, M.C., Foster, L.J., Gorrochategui-Ortega, J., Henriques, D., Li-Byarlay, H., Morre, J.T., Newton, I.L.G., Parejo, M., Pinto, M.A., Vignal, A., Zarraonaindia, I. and McAfee, A. (2025) Standard methods and good practices in Apis honey bee omics research. Journal of Apicultural Research 64(2): 307-402.


11. Sagili, R.R., Chakrabarti, P., Melathopoulos, A., Delaplane, K.S., Dag, A., Danka, R.G., Freitas, B.M., Garibaldi, L.A., Hormaza, J.I. and Steinhauer, N. (2025) Standard methods for pollination research with Apis mellifera 2.0. Journal of Apicultural Research 64(2): 612-646.