Alison McAfee

Elevated virus infection of honey bee queens reduces methyl oleate production and destabilizes colony-level social structure

McAfee, A., Chapman, A., Magaña, A. A., Marshall, K. E., Hoover, S. E., Tarpy, D. R., & Foster, L. J. (2025, October 14). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 10.

Factors affecting heat resilience of drone honey bees (Apis mellifera) and their sperm

PLOS ONE, 20(2), e0317672.

Mating-induced patterns of spermathecal fluid protein expression in two eusocial insect species, Lasius niger and Apis mellifera

McAfee, A., Degueldre, F., Hoover, S. E., Aron, S., & Foster, L. J. (2025, November 6). Scientific Reports.

Regional patterns and climatic predictors of viruses in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies over time

McAfee, A., Alavi-Shoushtari, N., Labuschagne, R., Tran, L., Common, J., Higo, H., … Foster, L. J. (2025, January 2). Scientific Reports.

Revolta de operárias contra rainhas enfraquecidas por vírus podem ser causa da redução das colônias de abelhas no Canadá

McAfee, A. (2025, November 25).

Standard methods and good practices in Apis honey bee omics research

Techer, M. A., Chakrabarti, P., Caesar, L., Eynard, S. E., Farrell, M. C., Foster, L. J., … McAfee, A. (2025, March 15). Journal of Apicultural Research.

Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) beehives have no impact on honey bee (Apis mellifera) overwintering colony survival or detoxification enzyme expression

McAfee, A., Tarpy, D. R., & Foster, L. J. (2025, April 9). PLoS ONE, Vol. 20.

Worker honey bees can sense infections in their queen, leading to revolt

McAfee, A. (2025, November 23).

Common viral infections inhibit egg laying in honey bee queens and are linked to premature supersedure

Chapman, A., McAfee, A., Tarpy, D. R., Fine, J., Rempel, Z., Peters, K., … Foster, L. J. (2024, July 27). Scientific Reports, Vol. 14.

Conserved and Unique Protein Expression Patterns Across Reproductive Stage Transitions in Social Hymenopteran Queens

McAfee, A., Martinet, B., Przybyla, K., Degueldre, F., Hoover, S. E., Aron, S., & Foster, L. J. (2024, November 3). Molecular Ecology.

Differences in honeybee queen pheromones revealed by LC-MS/MS: Reassessing the honest signal hypothesis

McAfee, A., Magaña, A. A., Foster, L. J., & Hoover, S. E. (2024, September 12). IScience.

Higher prevalence of sacbrood virus in Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies after pollinating highbush blueberries

McAfee, A., French, S. K., Wizenberg, S. B., Newburn, L. R., Tsvetkov, N., Higo, H., … Foster, L. J. (2024, June 15). Journal of Economic Entomology.

Investigating trade-offs between ovary activation and immune protein expression in bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) workers and queens

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, Biological Sciences, 291(2015), 20232463.

Metagenomic analysis of the honey bee queen microbiome reveals low bacterial diversity and Caudoviricetes phages

MSystems, 9(2).

What proteomics has taught us about honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) health and disease

Arad, M., Ku, K., Frey, C., Hare, R., McAfee, A., Ghafourifar, G., & Foster, L. J. (2024, June 19). PROTEOMICS.

Drone honey bees are disproportionately sensitive to abiotic stressors despite expressing high levels of stress response proteins

McAfee, A., Metz, B. N., Milone, J. P., Foster, L. J., & Tarpy, D. R. (2022, February 17). Communications Biology, Vol. 2.

Editorial: Insect Fertility in a Changing Environment

McAfee, A., Stillman, J. H., Marshall, K. E., & Metz, B. N. (2022, February 11). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

Fertility costs of cryptic viral infections in a model social insect

Chapman, A., Amiri, E., Han, B., McDermott, E., Rueppell, O., Tarpy, D. R., … McAfee, A. (2022, September 23). Scientific Reports, Vol. 12.

Honey bee queen health is unaffected by contact exposure to pesticides commonly found in beeswax

McAfee, A., Milone, J. P., Metz, B., McDermott, E., Foster, L. J., & Tarpy, D. R. (2021, July 26). Scientific Reports, Vol. 7.

Queen honey bees exhibit variable resilience to temperature stress

McAfee, A., Tarpy, D. R., & Foster, L. J. (2021, August 11). PLoS ONE.

Trade-offs between sperm viability and immune protein expression in honey bee queens (Apis mellifera)

McAfee, A., Chapman, A., Pettis, J. S., Foster, L. J., & Tarpy, D. R. (2021, January 8). Communications Biology, Vol. 4.

Candidate stress biomarkers for queen failure diagnostics

McAfee, A., Milone, J., Chapman, A., Foster, L. J., Pettis, J. S., & Tarpy, D. R. (2020, August 20). BMC Genomics, Vol. 21.

Differences in larval pesticide tolerance and esterase activity across honey bee (Apis mellifera) stocks

Milone, J. P., Rinkevich, F. D., McAfee, A., Foster, L. J., & Tarpy, D. R. (2020, September 2). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Vol. 206.

Honey bee survival mechanisms against the parasite Varroa destructor: a systematic review of phenotypic and genomic research efforts

Mondet, F., Beaurepaire, A., McAfee, A., Locke, B., Alaux, C., Blanchard, S., … Conte, Y. L. (2020, May 4). International Journal for Parasitology.

Varroa destructor: A Complex Parasite, Crippling Honey Bees Worldwide

Traynor, K. S., Mondet, F., Miranda, J. R., Techer, M., Kowallik, V., Oddie, M. A. Y., … McAfee, A. (2020, May 23). Trends in Parasitology.

Vulnerability of honey bee queens to heat-induced loss of fertility

McAfee, A., Chapman, A., Higo, H., Underwood, R., Milone, J., Foster, L. J., … Pettis, J. S. (2020, March 23). Nature Sustainability.

Feminizer and doublesex knock-outs cause honey bees to switch sexes

McAfee, A., Pettis, J. S., Tarpy, D. R., & Foster, L. J. (2019, May 6). PLoS Biology, Vol. 17.