David R. Tarpy

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

COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 5(1).

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

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1).

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

AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, 331.

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(1).

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

ELIFE, 11.

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

PEERJ, 10.

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

ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 114(5), 614–619.

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

CHEMOSPHERE, 263.

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

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1).

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

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1).

Queen honey bees exhibit variable resilience to temperature stress

PLOS ONE, 16(8).

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

JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE, 21(6).

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

PLOS ONE, 16(1).

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

COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY, 4(1).

Candidate stress biomarkers for queen failure diagnostics

BMC GENOMICS, 21(1).

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

ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, 206.

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

INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 85.

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(4), 534–543.

Honey Bee Queens and Virus Infections

Viruses.

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

JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH, 60(2), 220–228.

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

Insects.

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

FRONTIERS IN GENETICS, 11.

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

NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, 3(5), 367–376.

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

PLOS ONE, 14(6).

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

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 112(3), 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)

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 112(5), 2030–2039.

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

APIDOLOGIE, 50(1), 14–27.

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

PLOS BIOLOGY, 17(5).

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

INSECTS, 10(1).

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

INSECTS, 10(1).

Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus: Honey Bee Queen-Worker Interaction and Potential Virus Transmission Pathways (vol 10, 9, 2019)

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

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

INSECTS, 10(1).

Cryptic "royal" subfamilies in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies

PLOS ONE, 13(7).

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

JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR, 31(2), 200–209.

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

INSECTS, 9(2).

Medicinal value of sunflower pollen against bee pathogens

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8.

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

ECOTOXICOLOGY, 27(1), 32–44.

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

PLOS ONE, 13(3).

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

JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH, 56(4), 328–340.

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

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 110(3), 835–847.

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

COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE, 135, 338–344.

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

APIDOLOGIE, 48(4), 483–494.

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

CONSERVATION GENETICS, 18(3), 659–666.

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

APIDOLOGIE, 48(4), 556–571.

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

INSECTES SOCIAUX, 64(2), 227–240.

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

CONSERVATION GENETICS, 18(3), 679–687.

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

[Review of ]. INSECTS, 8(2).

Genetic diversity confers colony-level benefits due to individual immunity

BIOLOGY LETTERS, 12(3).

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

EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY, 83, 15–21.

Honey bee colonies regulate queen reproductive traits by controlling which queens survive to adulthood

INSECTES SOCIAUX, 63(1), 169–174.

In-hive Pesticide Exposome: Assessing risks to migratory honey bees from in-hive pesticide contamination in the Eastern United States

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6.

Migratory management and environmental conditions affect lifespan and oxidative stress in honey bees

Scientific Reports, 6.

Reduced cellular immune response in social insect lineages

BIOLOGY LETTERS, 12(3).

A national survey of managed honey bee 2013–2014 annual colony losses in the USA

Apidologie, 46(3), 292–305.

A national survey of managed honey bee 2014–2015 annual colony losses in the USA

Journal of Apicultural Research, 54(4), 292–304.

A survivor population of wild colonies of European honeybees in the northeastern United States: investigating its genetic structure

APIDOLOGIE, 46(5), 654–666.

Comparative virulence and competition between Nosema apis and Nosema ceranae in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY, 125, 9–15.

Development of the Honey Bee Gut Microbiome throughout the Queen-Rearing Process

APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, 81(9), 3182–3191.

Mating Frequencies of Honey Bee Queens (Apis mellifera L.) in a Population of Feral Colonies in the Northeastern United States

PLOS ONE, 10(3).

The combined effects of miticides on the mating health of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens

JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH, 54(3), 275–283.

Urbanization Increases Pathogen Pressure on Feral and Managed Honey Bees

PLOS ONE, 10(11).

A national survey of managed honey bee 2012-2013 annual colony losses in the USA: results from the Bee Informed Partnership

JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH, 53(1), 1–18.

Bee Species Diversity Enhances Productivity and Stability in a Perennial Crop

PLOS ONE, 9(5).

Impact of Food Availability, Pathogen Exposure, and Genetic Diversity on Thermoregulation in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR, 27(4), 527–539.

Measuring sperm viability over time in honey bee queens to determine patterns in stored-sperm and queen longevity

JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH, 53(4), 493–495.

Mechanisms of social evolution: linking adaptative function with proximate mechanisms

Tarpy, D. R., & Schneider, S. S. (2014, May). APIDOLOGIE, Vol. 45, pp. 285–288.

Chemical Profiles of Two Pheromone Glands Are Differentially Regulated by Distinct Mating Factors in Honey Bee Queens (Apis mellifera L.)

PLOS ONE, 8(11).

Differential effects of insemination volume and substance on reproductive changes in honey bee queens (Apis mellifera L.)

INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 22(3), 233–244.

Genetic diversity affects colony survivorship in commercial honey bee colonies

NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN, 100(8), 723–728.

Honey bees and bumble bees respond differently to inter- and intra-specific encounters

APIDOLOGIE, 44(6), 621–629.

Idiopathic brood disease syndrome and queen events as precursors of colony mortality in migratory beekeeping operations in the eastern United States

PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE, 108(2-3), 225–233.

In Vitro Infection of Pupae with Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus Suggests Disturbance of Transcriptional Homeostasis in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

PLOS ONE, 8(9).

Multiple Criteria for Evaluating Pollinator Performance in Highbush Blueberry (Ericales: Ericaceae) Agroecosystems

ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 42(6), 1201–1209.

Standard methods for instrumental insemination of Apis mellifera queens

[Review of ]. JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH, 52(4).

The effects of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queen reproductive potential on colony growth

INSECTES SOCIAUX, 60(1), 65–73.

Pathogen Webs in Collapsing Honey Bee Colonies

PLOS ONE, 7(8).

Within- and across-colony effects of hyperpolyandry on immune function and body condition in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 58(3), 402–407.

Effects of Instrumental Insemination and Insemination Quantity on Dufour’s Gland Chemical Profiles and Vitellogenin Expression in Honey Bee Queens (Apis mellifera)

Journal of Chemical Ecology, 37(9), 1027–1036.

Experimentally induced variation in the physical reproductive potential and mating success in honey bee queens

INSECTES SOCIAUX, 58(4), 569–574.

Genome-wide analysis of brain transcriptional changes in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens exposed to carbon dioxide and physical manipulation

INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 20(3), 387–398.

Histological estimates of ovariole number in honey bee queens, Apis mellifera, reveal lack of correlation with other queen quality measures

Journal of Insect Science (Tucson, AZ), 11.

The physical, insemination, and reproductive quality of honey bee queens (Apis mellifera L.)

APIDOLOGIE, 42(1), 1–13.

Colony Collapse Disorder in context

Williams, G. R., Tarpy, D. R., vanEngelsdorp, D., Chauzat, M.-P., Cox-Foster, D. L., Delaplane, K. S., … Shutler, D. (2010, October). BIOESSAYS, Vol. 32, pp. 845–846.

Mating frequencies of Africanized honey bees in the south western USA

JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH, 49(4), 302–310.

The effects of mating and instrumental insemination on queen honey bee flight behaviour and gene expression

INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 19(2), 153–162.

Weighing Risk Factors Associated With Bee Colony Collapse Disorder by Classification and Regression Tree Analysis

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 103(5), 1517–1523.

"Entombed Pollen": A new condition in honey bee colonies associated with increased risk of colony mortality

JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY, 101(2), 147–149.

Queen reproductive state modulates pheromone production and queen-worker interactions in honeybees

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, 20(5), 1007–1014.

The effects of size and reproductive quality on the outcomes of duels between honey bee queens (Apis mellifera L.)

ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 21(2), 147–153.

Genomic analysis of post-mating changes in the honey bee queen (Apis mellifera)

BMC GENOMICS, 9.

Comparison of parasitic mites in Russian-Hybrid and Italian honey bee (Hymenoptera : Apidae) colonies across three different locations in north Carolina

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 100(2), 258–266.

Queen promiscuity lowers disease within honeybee colonies

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 274(1606), 67–72.

Environmental and genotypic effects on Russian-hybrid and Italian honey bee (Apis mellifera) (Hymenoptera : Apidae) foraging behavior

ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY, 35(6), 1610–1616.

Lower disease infections in honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies headed by polyandrous vs monandrous queens

NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN, 93(4), 195–199.

Multiple micro-organisms in chalkbrood mummies: evidence and implications

JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH, 44(1), 29–32.

Three mechanisms of queen elimination in swarming honey bee colonies

Apidologie, 36(3), 461–474.

A scientific note on the revised estimates of effective paternity frequency in Apis

INSECTES SOCIAUX, 51(2), 203–204.

Group decision making during queen production in colonies of highly eusocial bees

[Review of ]. APIDOLOGIE, 35(2), 207–216.

Levels of selection in a social insect: a review of conflict and cooperation during honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen replacement

[Review of ]. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY, 55(6), 513–523.

Bet hedging by honey bee queens

American Bee Journal, 143(12), 937–939.

A national survey of managed honey bee 2013-2014 annual colony losses in the USA

Lee, K. V., Steinhauer, N., Rennich, K., Wilson, M. E., Tarpy, D. R., Caron, D. M., … vanEngelsdorp, D. Apidologie, 46(3), 292–305.

A national survey of managed honey bee 2014-2015 annual colony losses in the USA

Seitz, N., Traynor, K. S., Steinhauer, N., Rennich, K., Wilson, M. E., Ellis, J. D., … Pettis, J. S. Journal of Apicultural Research, 54(4), 292–304.

Comparing pairs of Russian and Italian colonies by new beekeepers in North Carolina

Tarpy, D. R., Summers, J., Keller, J. J., & Hensey, W. American Bee Journal, 147(2), 149–152.

Miscellaneous standard methods for Apis mellifera research

Human, H., Brodschneider, R., Dietemann, V., Dively, G., Ellis, J. D., Forsgren, E., … Tanner, G. [Review of ]. Journal of Apicultural Research, 52(4).