03/03/2025

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

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.