David R. Tarpy

Morphometric photographs of queen honey bees originating from Canada, the U.S., Australia, Chile, and Italy

McAfee, A., Daisley, B., Brettingham, D., Mallory, E., Macpherson, C., Magaña, A., … Foster, L. (2026, February 2). Borealis, Vol. 2.

Morphometric photographs of queen honey bees originating from Canada, the U.S., Australia, Chile, and Italy

McAfee, A., Daisley, B., Brettingham, D., Mallory, E., Macpherson, C., Magaña, A., … Foster, L. (2026, January 8). (Vol. 1). Vol. 1.

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.

Honey bee egg composition changes seasonally and after acute maternal virus infection

Scientific Reports, 15(1).

Redefining the Geographic Distribution of Two Cryptic Halictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) Species in the Eastern United States

Levenson, H. K., Tembrock, L. R., Zink, F. A., Mollet, K. A., & Tarpy, D. R. (2025, June 1). Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 15.

The gut microbiome differs between hygiene-performing and non-hygiene-performing worker honey bees

Insectes Sociaux, 3.

Virus infection of honey bee queens alters lipid profiles and indirectly suppresses a retinue pheromone component via reducing ovary mass

McAfee, A., Chapman, A., Magaña, A. A., Marshall, K., Hoover, S. E., Tarpy, D. R., & Foster, L. J. (2025, February 26). (Vol. 2). Vol. 2.

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.

A tale of two worms: comparing commercial and wild wax worms

NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster presented at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.

Collective decision making during reproduction in social insects: the case of queen supersedure in honey bees (Apis mellifera L)

ESA-SEB invited symposium. Presented at the ESA-SEB invited symposium, Augusta GA.

Collective decision-making during reproduction in social insects: a conceptual model for queen supersedure in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Tarpy, D. R. (2024, September 6). Current Opinion in Insect Science, Vol. 66.

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.

Comparisons of parasitism within honey bee colonies as a function of queen reproductive potential

NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster presented at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.

Deciphering abundance, diversity, and symbiotic roles of prophages within bee gut microbiome

NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster presented at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.

Effects of study design parameters on estimates of bee abundance and richness in agroecosystems: a meta-analysis

Levenson, H. K., Metz, B. N., & Tarpy, D. R. (2024, January 19). (K. Parys, Ed.). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol. 1.

Honey bee drone reproductive viability as a result of competing stress factors

NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster presented at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.

How mass and size related to mating behavior in male honey bees

NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster presented at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.

Identifying and creating on-farm nesting habitat for blueberry specialist pollinators

ESA Meeting. Presented at the ESA Meeting, Phoenix AZ.

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).

Performance of hygienic behavior alters the composition of the honey bee gut microbiome

North Carolina Microbiome Symposium. Poster presented at the North Carolina Microbiome Symposium.

Phenotypic plasticity of honey bee queens and the consequences of colony collective decision making

ICE invited symposium. Presented at the ICE invited symposium, Kyoto, Japan.

Physiological trade-offs in male social insects: Interactions among infection, immunity, fertility, size, and age in honey bee drones

Metz, B. N., Molina-Marciales, T., Strand, M. K., Rueppell, O., Tarpy, D. R., & Amiri, E. (2024, November 5). Journal of Insect Physiology, Vol. 159.

Treating nosemosis in honey bees using various medications

NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster presented at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.

A love for honey bees: a model system in applied ecology

Bee Culture, 40–41.

Analysis of Host-Virus interaction in Honey bees infected by Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus infection

ABRC Meeting. Presented at the ABRC Meeting, Jacksonville FL.

Effects of amitraz on pathogens in honey bee colonies

NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster presented at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.

Group size influences maternal provisioning and compensatory larval growth in honeybees

Han, B., Amiri, E., Wei, Q., Tarpy, D. R., Strand, M. K., Xu, S., & Rueppell, O. (2023, November 23). IScience, Vol. 26.

Impact of Viral Infection on the Fertility of Honey Bee Drones

NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster presented at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.

Influence of the Gut Microbiome on Honey Bee Lifespan

NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster presented at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.

Meta-analysis of genetic diversity and intercolony relatedness among reproductives in commercial honey bee populations

Tarpy, D. R., Caren, J. R., & Delaney, D. A. (2023, January 30). Frontiers in Insect Science, Vol. 3.

Planted pollinator habitat in agroecosystems: How does the pollinator community respond?

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11.

Describing the interactions between pathogens and paraistges within honey bee colonies

NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster presented at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.

Does adding pollinator conservation habitat increase mite abundance on bees?

NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster presented at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.

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.

Effects of planted pollinator habitat on pathogen prevalence and interspecific detection between bee species

Levenson, H. K., & Tarpy, D. R. (2022, May 12). Scientific Reports, Vol. 5.

Evaluating the impact of increased pollinator habitat on bee visitation and yield metrics in soybean crops

Levenson, H. K., Sharp, A. E., & Tarpy, D. R. (2022, February 17). Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Vol. 6, p. 107901.

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.

Testing of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing in Apis mellifera in vitro and in vivo

ICE Conference. Presented at the ICE Conference, Helsinki Finland.

The effect of antibiotics on the microbial colonization of bee bread

NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster presented at the NCSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.

The molecular basis of socially induced egg-size plasticity in honey bees

Han, B., Wei, Q., Amiri, E., Hu, H., Meng, L., Strand, M. K., … Rueppell, O. (2022, November 8). ELife, Vol. 11.

Variation in the reproductive quality of honey bee males affects their age of flight attempt

Metz, B. N., & Tarpy, D. R. (2022, August 2). PeerJ, Vol. 8.

Assessment and Comparison of Two Different Methods to Extract Nucleic Acids From Individual Honey Bees

Swami, R., Ganser, B., Tarpy, D. R., Strand, M. K., & Li-Byarlay, H. (2021, June 15). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol. 9.

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.

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

Simone-Finstrom, M., Strand, M. K., Tarpy, D. R., & Rueppell, O. (2021, November 10). Journal of Insect Science, Vol. 1.

Influence of brood pheromone on honey bee colony establishment and queen replacement

Tarpy, D. R., Talley, E., & Metz, B. N. (2021, January 12). Journal of Apicultural Research.

Introduction of Varroa destructor has not altered honey bee queen mating success in the Hawaiian archipelago

Rusert, L. M., Pettis, J. S., & Tarpy, D. R. (2021, January 14). Scientific Reports, Vol. 11.

Queen honey bees exhibit variable resilience to temperature stress

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

Reproductive and Morphological Quality of Commercial Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Drones in the United States

Metz, B. N., & Tarpy, D. R. (2021, July 1). Journal of Insect Science, Vol. 11.

Survey-derived best management practices for backyard beekeepers improve colony health and reduce mortality

Kulhanek, K., Steinhauer, N., Wilkes, J., Wilson, M., Spivak, M., Sagili, R. R., … vanEngelsdorp, D. (2021, January 15). PLoS ONE, Vol. 16.

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.

Colony-level pesticide exposure affects honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) royal jelly production and nutritional composition

Milone, J. P., Chakrabarti, P., Sagili, R. R., & Tarpy, D. R. (2020, August 29). Chemosphere, Vol. 263.

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.

Egg transcriptome profile responds to maternal virus infection in honey bees, Apis mellifera

Amiri, E., Herman, J. J., Strand, M. K., Tarpy, D. R., & Rueppell, O. (2020, September 16). Infection Genetics and Evolution, Vol. 85.

Egg‐size plasticity in Apis mellifera : Honey bee queens alter egg size in response to both genetic and environmental factors

Amiri, E., Le, K., Melendez, C. V., Strand, M. K., Tarpy, D. R., & Rueppell, O. (2020, January 21). Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Honey Bee Queens and Virus Infections

Viruses, 12(3), 322.

The Pathogen Profile of a Honey Bee Queen Does Not Reflect That of Her Workers

Kevill, J. L., Lee, K., Goblirsch, M., McDermott, E., Tarpy, D. R., Spivak, M., & Schroeder, D. C. (2020, June 20). Insects.

Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Dynamics of Honey Bees in Response to Lethal Viral Infection

Li-Byarlay, H., Boncristiani, H., Howell, G., Herman, J., Clark, L., Strand, M. K., … Rueppell, O. (2020, September 24). Frontiers in Genetics, Vol. 11.

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.

Apiculture

Colony Collapse Disorder

Correction: Amiri, E. et al. Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus: Honey Bee Queen–Worker Interaction and Potential Virus Transmission Pathways. Insects 2019, 10, 9

Amiri, E., Seddon, G., Smith, W. Z., Strand, M. K., Tarpy, D. R., & Rueppell, O. (2019, April 28). Insects, Vol. 10.

Does viral load alter behavior of the bee parasite Varroa destructor?

Giuffre, C., Lubkin, S. R., & Tarpy, D. R. (2019, June 13). (O. Rueppell, Ed.). PLoS ONE, Vol. 14, p. e0217975.

Effects of Temperature During Package Transportation on Queen Establishment and Survival in Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Withrow, J. M., Pettis, J. S., & Tarpy, D. R. (2019, January 9). Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 112, pp. 1043–1049.

Effects of larval Age at Grafting and Juvenile Hormone on Morphometry and Reproductive Quality Parameters of in Vitro Reared Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Souza, D. A. D., Hartfelder, K. H., & Tarpy, D. R. (2019, May 13). Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 112, pp. 2030–2039.

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.

Is the Brood Pattern within a Honey Bee Colony a Reliable Indicator of Queen Quality?

Lee, K. V., Goblirsch, M., McDermott, E., Tarpy, D. R., & Spivak, M. (2019, January 8). Insects, Vol. 10.

Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus: Honey Bee Queen–Worker Interaction and Potential Virus Transmission Pathways

Amiri, E., Seddon, G., Smith, W. Z., Strand, M. K., Tarpy, D. R., & Rueppell, O. (2019, January 8). Insects, Vol. 10.

Reproductive Senescence in Drones of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Metz, B., & Tarpy, D. (2019, January 8). Insects, Vol. 10.

Cryptic “royal” subfamilies in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies

Withrow, J. M., & Tarpy, D. R. (2018, July 11). PLoS ONE, Vol. 13.

Experimental improvement of honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen quality through nutritional and hormonal supplementation

SOUZA, D. A. D., HUANG, M. H., & TARPY, D. R. (2018, November 13). Apidologie, Vol. 50, pp. 14–27.

Honey Bee Queens Do Not Count Mates to Assess their Mating Success

Simone-Finstrom, M., & Tarpy, D. R. (2018, March 1). Journal of Insect Behavior, Vol. 31, pp. 200–209.

Honey Bee Survival and Pathogen Prevalence: From the Perspective of Landscape and Exposure to Pesticides

Alburaki, M., Chen, D., Skinner, J., Meikle, W., Tarpy, D., Adamczyk, J., & Stewart, S. (2018, June 13). Insects, Vol. 9.

Medicinal value of sunflower pollen against bee pathogens

Scientific Reports, 8(1).

Quantitative patterns of vertical transmission of deformed wing virus in honey bees

Amiri, E., Kryger, P., Meixner, M. D., Strand, M. K., Tarpy, D. R., & Rueppell, O. (2018, March 29). PLoS ONE, Vol. 13.

A national survey of managed honey bee 2015–2016 annual colony losses in the USA

Kulhanek, K., Steinhauer, N., Rennich, K., Caron, D. M., Sagili, R. R., Pettis, J. S., … vanEngelsdorp, D. (2017, July 6). Journal of Apicultural Research.

Agricultural Landscape and Pesticide Effects on Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Biological Traits

Alburaki, M., Steckel, S. J., Williams, M. T., Skinner, J. A., Tarpy, D. R., Meikle, W. G., … Stewart, S. D. (2017, March 23). Journal of Economic Entomology, Vol. 110, pp. 835–847.

Automated assay and differential model of western honey bee (Apis mellifera) autogrooming using digital image processing

Giuffre, C., Lubkin, S. R., & Tarpy, D. R. (2017, March 1). Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Vol. 135, pp. 338–344.

Effects of synthetic acaricides on honey bee grooming behavior against the parasitic Varroa destructor mite

Mattos, I. M., Soares, A. E. E., & Tarpy, D. R. (2017, February 15). Apidologie, Vol. 48, pp. 483–494.

Higher immunocompetence is associated with higher genetic diversity in feral honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera)

López-Uribe, M. M., Appler, R. H., Youngsteadt, E., Dunn, R. R., Frank, S. D., & Tarpy, D. R. (2017, February 21). Conservation Genetics, Vol. 18, pp. 659–666.

Landscape and pesticide effects on honey bees: forager survival and expression of acetylcholinesterase and brain oxidative genes

Alburaki, M., Steckel, S. J., Chen, D., McDermott, E., Weiss, M., Skinner, J. A., … Stewart, S. D. (2017, February 15). Apidologie, Vol. 48, pp. 556–571.

Levels of selection shaping caste interactions during queen replacement in the honey bee, Apis mellifera

Long, K., Cao, T. T., Keller, J. J., Tarpy, D. R., Shin, M., & Schneider, S. S. (2017, February 1). Insectes Sociaux, Vol. 64, pp. 227–240.

Mitigating effects of pollen during paraquat exposure on gene expression and pathogen prevalence in Apis mellifera L

Mattos, I. M., Soares, A. E. E., & Tarpy, D. R. (2017, October 24). Ecotoxicology, Vol. 27, pp. 32–44.

Novel microsatellite loci reveal high genetic diversity yet low population structure for alfalfa leafcutting bees in North America

Strange, J. P., Delaney, D. A., Tarpy, D. R., & James, R. R. (2017, February 17). Conservation Genetics, Vol. 18, pp. 679–687.

Queen Quality and the Impact of Honey Bee Diseases on Queen Health: Potential for Interactions between Two Major Threats to Colony Health

Amiri, E., Strand, M., Rueppell, O., & Tarpy, D. (2017, May 8). Insects, Vol. 8.

Genetic diversity confers colony-level benefits due to individual immunity

Biology Letters, 12(3), 20151007.

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Queen Reproductive Potential Affects Queen Mandibular Gland Pheromone Composition and Worker Retinue Response

PLOS ONE, 11(6), e0156027.

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) drones survive oxidative stress due to increased tolerance instead of avoidance or repair of oxidative damage

Li-Byarlay, H., Huang, M. H., Simone-Finstrom, M., Strand, M. K., Tarpy, D. R., & Rueppell, O. (2016, July 15). Experimental Gerontology, Vol. 83, pp. 15–21.

In-Hive Miticides and their Effect on Queen Supersedure and Colony Growth in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Journal of Environmental & Analytical Toxicology, 06(03).