Research Publications

2012

Duennes, M.A., Lozier, J.D., Hines, H.M., and S. A. Cameron. “Geographical patterns of genetic divergence in the widespread Mesoamerican bumble bee Bombus ephippiatus (Hymenoptera: Apidae)”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64(1):219-31 (2012). doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.03.018. (link)

Hines, H.M., Papa, R., Ruiz, M., Papanicolaou, A., Wang, C., Nijhout. H.F., McMillan, W.O., and R. D. Reed. “Transcriptome analysis reveals novel patterning and pigmentation genes underlying Heliconius butterfly wing pattern variation”. BMC Genomics 13:288 (2012). doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-288. (link)

Campbell, C., Yang, S., Shea, K., and R. Albert. “Topology of plant-pollinator networks that are vulnerable to collapse from species extinction.” Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics 86(2):021924 (2012) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.021924 (link)

Cardoza, Y.J., Harris, G.K. and C.M. Grozinger.  “Effects of soil quality enhancement on pollinator-plant interactions” Psyche 2012: 581458, 8p (2012). doi:10.1155/2012/581458 (link)

Niño, E.L., Malka, O., Hefetz, A., Teal, P., Hayes, J. and C.M. Grozinger. “Effects of honey bee queen (Hymenoptera: Apis mellifera) insemination volume on queen-worker interactions” Journal of Insect Physiology 58(8):1082-1089 (2012). doi: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.04.015 (link)

Wang, Y., Kocher, S.D., Linksvayer T.A., Grozinger, C.M., Page, R.E., and G.V. Amdam. “Regulation of behaviorally-associated gene pathways in worker honey bee ovaries” Journal of Experimental Biology 215(1): 124-134 (2012). doi:10.1242/jeb.060889 (link)

Kariyat, R.R., De Moraes, C.M., Stephenson, A.G., and M.C. Mescher. “Inbreeding increases susceptibility to powdery mildew (Oidium neolycopersici) infestation in horsenettle (Solanum carolinense L)” Plant Signaling and Behavior 7:1-4 (2012). doi: 10.4161/psb.20602 (link)

Shapiro, L., C.M. De Moraes, A.G. Stephenson and M.C. Mescher. “Pathogen effects on vegetative and floral odors mediate vector attraction and host exposure in a complex pathosystem” Ecology Letters. 2012. doi: 10.1111/ele.12001 (link)

Simmons, H.E., Dunham, J.P., Stack, J.C., Dickins, B.J.A., Pagan, I., Holmes, E.C., and A.G. Stephenson. “Deep sequencing reveals persistence of intra- and inter-host genetic diversity in natural and greenhouse populations of Zucchini yellow mosaic virus” Journal of General Virology 93:1831-1840 (2012).  doi: 10.1099/vir.0.042622-0 (link)

Kariyat, R.R., Mena-Ali, J.I., Forry, B., Mescher, M.C., De Moraes, C.M., and A.G. Stephenson. “Inbreeding, herbivory, and the transcriptome of Solanum carolinense L” Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 144: 134–144 (2012). doi: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2012.01269.x (link)

Kariyat, R.R., Mauck, K.E., De Moraes, C.M., Stephenson, A.G. and M.C. Mescher. “Inbreeding alters volatile signaling phenotypes and influences tri-trophic interactions in horsenettle (Solanum carolinense L)” Ecology Letters 15: 301–309. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01738.x (link)

Stephenson, A.G. “Safe sex in plants” New Phytologist 193:827-829 (2012). doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.04035.x (link)

Ciarlo, T.J., Mullin, C.A., Frazier, J.L., and D.R. Schmehl. “Learning impairment in honey bees caused by agricultural spray adjuvants” PLoS ONE 7: 1-12 e40848 (2012).  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040848 (link)

Chen, J., Frazier, J.L., Frazier, M.T., and C. A. Mullin. “Identification of organosiloxane surfactants in agrochemical spray adjuvants using liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry”  In: American Bee Research Conference, Riverdale, MD. American Bee Journal 152(4): 400 (2012). (Abstract)

Freiberg M., De Jong, D., Message, D., and D. Cox-Foster D. “First report of sacbrood virus in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in Brazil”. Genetics and  Molecular Reserch 11(3):3310-4 (2012). Doi: 10.4238/2012.September.12.14  (link)

Johnson, R. M., Ellis, M. D., Mullin, C. A., and M. Frazier. “Pesticides and honey bee toxicity in the United States”.  Honey Bee Colony Health - Challenges and Sustainable Solutions (D. Sammataro, and J. A. Yoder, Eds.), pp. 145-160 (2012). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Drummond, F, Aronstein, K., Chen, J., Ellis, J., Evans, J., Ostiguy, N., Sheppard, W., Spivak, M., and K. Visscher.  “First two years of the stationary hive project.”   Bee Culture April  2012. (link)

Richard, F.J., Holt, H.L., and C.M. Grozinger. “Effects of immunostimulation on social behavior, chemical communication and genome-wide gene expression in honey bee workers (Apis mellifera).” BMC Genomics. 13:558 (2012).  doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-558  (link)

Zhu, W., T. Reluga, C. Mullin and J. Frazier.  “A stage-structured model of honey bee colony population dynamics assessing impacts of pesticides and other stressors.”  In: American Bee Research Conference, Riverdale, MD. American Bee Journal 152(4): 407-408 (2012). (Abstract)

Niño, E. L., D. R. Tarpy, and C. M. Grozinger. “Differential effects of insemination volume and substance on reproductive changes in honey bee queens (Apis mellifera L.)” Insect Molecular Biology (In press)

Harth, J.E., Deveney, T.W., Winsor, J.A., Ferrari, M.J., and A.G. Stephenson. “Background and development of a model to predict the fate of an escaped virus resistant transgene from Cucurbita pepo”. Proceedings of the Xth Eucarpia Conference: Cucurbitaceae (In press).

2011

Kocher S.D. and C. M. Grozinger. “Cooperation, conflict and the evolution of queen pheromones” Journal of Chemical Ecology 37(11):1263-1275 (2011). doi: 10.1007/s10886-011-0036-z (link)

Richard, F.J., Schal, C. Tarpy, D.R., and C.M. Grozinger. “Effects of insemination number on honey bee queen Dufour’s gland secretion” Journal of Chemical Ecology 37(9):1027-1036 (2011). doi: 10.1007/s10886-011-9999-z (link)

Fussnecker, B.L., McKenzie, A.M., and C.M. Grozinger. “The role of cGMP in modulating behavior, physiology, and brain gene expression in response to queen mandibular pheromone in honey bees” Journal of Comparative Physiology A 197(9): 939-948 (2011). doi: 10.1007/s00359-011-0654-5 (link)

Bloch, G. and C.M. Grozinger. “Social molecular pathways and the evolution of bee societies” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 366(1574): 2155-2170 (2011). doi: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0346 (link)

Niño, E.L., Tarpy, D.R., and C.M. Grozinger. “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 (2011). doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2011.01072.x (link)

Kariyat, R.R., Scanlon, S.C., Mescher, M.C., De Moraes, C.M., and A.G. Stephenson. “Inbreeding depression in Solanum carolinense (Solanaceae) under field conditions and implications for mating system evolution” PLoS One 6(12): e28459 (2011) doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028459 (link)

Simmons, H.E., Holmes, E.C., Gildow, F.E., Bothe-Goralczyk, M.A., and A.G. Stephenson. “Experimental verification of seed transmission in Zucchini yellow mosaic virus” Plant Disease 95:751-754 (2011). doi: 10.1094/PDIS-11-10-0843 (link)

Simmons, H.E., Holmes, E.C., and A.G. Stephenson. “Rapid turnover of intra-host genetic diversity in Zucchini yellow mosaic virus” Virus Research 155:389-396 (2011). doi: 10.1016/j.virusres.2010.11.007 (link)

2010

Cornman, S., Schatz, M.C., Johnston, J.S., Chen, Y-P., Pettis, J., Hunt, G., Bourgeois, L., Elsik, C. Anderson, D. Grozinger, C.M. and J. D. Evans. “Genomic survey of the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor, a major pest of the honey bee Apis mellifera” BMC Genomics 11:602; 15p (2010). doi: (link)

Kocher, S.D., Richard, F.J., Tarpy, D.R., and C.M. Grozinger.  "The effects of mating and instrumental insemination on queen honey bee flight behaviour and gene expression" Insect Molecular Biology 19(2): 153-162 (2010). doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00965.x (link)

Wilson, E. E., Sidhu, C.S., LeVan, K.E., and D. A. Holway. "Pollen foraging behavior of solitary Hawaiian bees revealed through molecular pollen analysis" Molecular Ecology DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04849.x (2010) (link)

Shpigler, H., Patch, H.M., Cohen, M., Fan, Y., Grozinger, C.M., and G. Bloch. “A gene for queen control: Krüppel homolog 1 is linked to social organization in bees” BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:120 (2010). (link)

Biddinger, D. J., H. Ngugi, J. Frazier, M. Frazier, T. Leslie, and L. R. Donovall.  2010.  Development of the mason bee, Osmia cornifrons, as and alternative pollinator to honey bees and as a targeted delivery system for biological control agents in the management of fire blight.  Penn Fruit News, vol. 90 (2): 35-44. (pdf)

Donovall, L. R and D. vanEngelsdorp. "A Checklist of the Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Pennsylvania." Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 83(1): 7-24 (2010). (pdf)

Mullin,C., Frazier, M., Frazier J., Ashcraft S., Simonds, R., vanEngelsdorp, D., Pettis, J. "High Levels of Miticides and Agrochemicals in North American Apiaries: Implications for Honey Bee Health" PLoS ONE 5(3): e9754 (2010). (pdf)

Kocher, S.D., Ayroles, J.F., Stone, E.A.  and C.M. Grozinger. “Individual variation in pheromone response correlates with reproductive traits and brain gene expression in worker honey bees” PLoS ONE 5(2): e9116 (2010). (link)

Fan, Y., Richard, FJ., Rouf, C. and C.M. Grozinger. “Effects of queen mandibular pheromone on nestmate recognition in worker honey bees (Apis mellifera)” Animal Behavior 79(3): 649-656 (2010). (link)

Williams, Geoffrey R., Richard E.L. Rogers, Abby L. Kalkstein, Benjamin A. Taylor, Dave Shutler, Nancy Ostiguy. Deformed wing virus in western honey bees (Apis mellifera) from Atlantic Canada and the first description of an overtly-infected emerging queen. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 101(1) 77-79. (2010)

Ostiguy, N.  Managed Pollinator CAP Coordinated Agricultural Project A National Research and Extension Initiative to Reverse Pollinator Decline Sustainable Beekeeping. American Bee Journal. 150 (2):149-152 (2010)

vanEngelsdorp, D., and M. D. Meixner. “A Historical Review of Managed Honey Bee Populations in Europe and the United States and the Factors That May Affect Them” Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 103:S80–S95 (2010) (link)

vanEngelsdorp, D., J. Hayes Jr, R. M. Underwood, and J. S. Pettis. 2010. A survey of honey bee colony losses in the United States, fall 2008 to spring 2009. Journal of Apicultural Research 49 7 -14. (pdf)

Singh R., Levitt, A.L., Rajotte, E.G., Holmes, E.C., Ostiguy, N., vanEngelsdorp D., Lipkin, W.I., Depamphilis, C.W., Toth, A.L., and D. Cox-Foster. “RNA viruses in hymenopteran pollinators: evidence of inter-Taxa virus transmission via pollen and potential impact on non-Apis hymenopteran species” PLoS ONE 5(12):e14357 (2010). doi: (link)

Hunter. W., Ellis. J., vanEngelsdorp, D., Hayes, J., Westervelt, D., Glick, E., Williams, M., Sela, I., Maori, E., Pettis, J., Cox-Foster, D., and N. Paldi. “Large-scale field application of RNAi technology reducing Israeli acute paralysis virus disease in honey bees (Apis mellifera, Hymenoptera: Apidae)” PLoS Pathogens 6(12): e1001160 (2010). doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001160 (link)

2009

Williams, G.R., Rogers, R.E.L., Kalkstein, A.L., Taylor, B.A., Shutler D, and N. Ostiguy. “Deformed wing virus in western honey bees (Apis mellifera) from Atlantic Canada and the first description of an overtly-infected emerging queen” Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 101(1) 77-79 (2009). doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2009.01.004 (link)

Biddinger, D. J., H. Ngugi, & J. Frazier.  2009.  Development of the Mason Bee, Osmia cornifrons, as a Targeted Delivery System for Biocontrol Agents in the Management of Fire Blight.  Penn Fruit News, vol. 89 (2): 95-100. (pdf)

Biddinger, D., J. Frazier, M. Frazier, E. Rajotte, L. Donovall, and T. Leslie.  2009.  Solitary bees as alternative pollinators in Pennsylvania fruit crops.  Penn Fruit News, vol. 89 (2): 84-94. (pdf)

Patch, HM; Velarde, RA; Walden, KKO; Robertson, HM.  A Candidate Pheromone Receptor and Two Odorant Receptors of the Hawkmoth Manduca sexta. Chemical Senses  34 (4):305-316 (2009)

Kocher, S.D., Richard, F.J., Tarpy, D.R., and C.M. Grozinger.  “Queen reproductive state modulates queen pheromone production and queen-worker interactions in honey bees” Behavioral Ecology 20: 1007-1014 (2009)

Kocher, S.D., Richard, F.J., Tarpy, D.R., and C.M. Grozinger.  "The effects of mating and instrumental insemination on honey bee behavior, physiology, and brain gene expression" Insect Molecular Biology Published online December 11, 2009, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00965.x.

vanengelsdorp, D., and L. R. Donaval. 2009. Note: New Plant Host Record and First Record of the Burrower Bug Sehirus cinetus (Palisot de Beauvois) (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) Associating with Honey Bees, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Proceedings of the Entomology Society of Washington 111: 903-906. (pdf)

vanEngelsdorp, D., J. D. Evans, L. Donovall, C. Mullin, M. Frazier, J. Frazier, D. R. Tarpy, J. Hayes Jr, and J. S. Pettis. 2009. "Entombed Pollen": A new condition in honey bee colonies associated with increased risk of colony mortality. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 101: 147-149. (pdf)

vanEngelsdorp, D., J. D. Evans, C. Saegerman, C. Mullin, E. Haubruge, B. K. Nguyen, M. Frazier, J. Frazier, D. Cox-Foster, Y. Chen, R. Underwood, D. R. Tarpy, and J. S. Pettis. 2009. Colony Collapse Disorder: A Descriptive Study. PLoS ONE, 4: e6481. (Link)

vanEngelsdorp, D., S. Gebauer, R. Underwood. 2009. A modified Two-queen System: “Tower” Colonies Allowing for Easy Drone Brood Removal for Varroa Mite Control.  Science of Bee Culture 1(1): 1-4. (pdf)

Cox-Foster, D., and D. vanEngelsdorp. 2009. Solving the mystery of the disappearing bees. Scientific American: April 40-47. (Link to article)

vanengelsdorp, D., and L. R. Donaval. 2009. Note: New Plant Host Record and First Record of the Burrower Bug Sehirus cinetus (Palisot de Beauvois) (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) Associating with Honey Bees, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Proceedings of the Entomology Society of Washington 111: 903-906. (pdf)

Kocher, S.D., Richard, F.J., Tarpy, D.R., and C.M. Grozinger.  “Queen reproductive state modulates queen pheromone production and queen-worker interactions in honey bees” Behavioral Ecology 20(5):1007-1014;

Alaux, C., Y. Le Conte, H. Heather, S. Rodrigues-Zas, C.M. Grozinger, S. Sinha, and G. E. Robinson. “Regulation of brain gene expression in honey bees by brood pheromone” Genes, Brain, and Behavior. 8(3):309-19 (2009)

2008

vanEngelsdorp D. R. Underwood, and D. Cox Foster 2008 Flash fumigation of honey bee Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies with formic and acetic acids for the control of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae). Journal of Economic Entomology101(2) 256-264 (pdf)

G Palacios, J Hui, P L Quan, A Kalkstein, K S Honkavuori, A V Bussetti, S Conlan, J Evans, Y P Chen, D vanEngelsdorp, H Efrat, J Pettis, D Cox-Foster, E C Holmes, T Briese, W I Lipkin 2008 Genetic analysis of Israel Acute Paralysis Virus: distinct clusters are circulating in the United States. Journal of Virology 23: JVI.00251-08 (pdf)

vanEngelsdorp, D., J. Hayes, Jr., R. M. Underwood, and J. Pettis. 2008. A Survey of Honey Bee Colony Losses in the U.S., Fall 2007 to Spring 2008. PLoS ONE 3: e4071. (Link)

Richard, F.J., A. Aubert, and C.M. Grozinger. “Modulation of nestmate recognition by immune stimulation in honey bees, Apis mellifera”.  BMC Biology 6:50 (2008).

Fussnecker, B. and C.M. Grozinger. “Dissecting the role of Kr-h1 brain gene expression in foraging behavior in honey bees (Apis mellifera)”.  Insect Molecular Biology. 17(5):515-22 (2008).

Kocher, S.D.,Richard, F.J., Tarpy, D.R., and C.M. Grozinger. “Genomic analysis of post-mating changes in the honey bee queen”. BMC Genomics. 9(1):232 (2008).

Fischer, P. and Grozinger. “Pheromonal regulation of starvation resistance in honey bee workers”. Naturwissenschaften. 95(8):723-9 (2008).

2007

Yang, X; Cox-Foster, D.  Effects of parasitization by Varroa destructor on survivorship and physiological traits of Apis mellifera in correlation with viral incidence and microbial challenge.  Parasitology 134405-412 (2007)

Ostiguy, N., D. Cox-Foster, A. Kalkstein and O. Thompson. The Continuing Story of Honey Bee Viruses. American Bee Journal 147(5):441 (2007)

Underwood, R., D. vanEngelsdorp 2007 Colony Collapse Disorder: Have we seen this Before? Bee Culture 135(7) 13-18 (pdf)

vanEngelsdorp, D., R. Underwood, D. Caron, J. Hayes, Jr. 2007 An Estimate of Managed Colony Losses in the Winter of 2006 - 2007: A Report Commissioned by the Apiary Inspectors of America. American Bee Journal 147 (7) 599-603. (pdf)

Arbogast, Richard T., Baldwyn Torto, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, and Peter E. A. Teal 2007 An Effective Trap and Bait combination for monitoring the Small Hive Beetle Aethina Tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Florida Entomologist 90 (2) 404-406. (pdf)

Torto, Baldwyn, Richard T. Arbogast, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Steven Willms, Dusti Purcell, Drion Boucias, James H. Tumlinson, Peter E. A. Teal. 2007 Trapping of Aethina tumida Murry (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Apis mellifera L. (hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies with an In-Hive Baited Trap. Environmental Entomology 36(5):1018-1024. (pdf)

Cox-Foster D.L., Conlan S., Holmes E.C, Palacios G., Evans J.D., Moran N.A, Quan P-L., Briese T., Geiser D.M., Martinson V., vanEngelsdorp D., Kalkstein, A.L., Drysdale A, Hui J., Zhai J., Cui L, Hutchinson S, Simons J.F., Egholm M, Pettis J.S., Lipkin W.I.  2007. A metagenomic survey of microbes in honey bee colony collapse disorder. Science  318: 283-286. (pdf)

Torto, B, R. T. Arbogast, H. Alborn, A. Suazo, D, vanEngelsodorp, D. Boucias, J. T. Tumlinson, P. E. A. Teal. 2007. Composition of volatiles from fermenting pollen dough and attractiveness to small hive beetle Aethina tumida a parasite of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Apidologie 38, 380-389. (Link)

Richard, F.J., Tarpy, D.R, and C.M. Grozinger. “Effects of insemination quantity on honey bee queen physiology”. PLoS ONE , 2(10):e980 (2007).

Grozinger, C.M., Fan, Y., Hoover, S.E.R.  and M.L. Winston. “Genome-wide analysis reveals differences in brain gene expression patterns associated with caste and reproductive status in honey bees (Apis mellifera).” Molecular Ecology 16(22):4837-48 (2007).

Grozinger, C.M., Fischer, P, and J.E. Hampton.  “Uncoupling primer and releaser responses to pheromone in honey bees.” Naturwissenschaften 94(5):375-9. (2007)

Grozinger, C.M. and Robinson, G.E. “Endocrine modulation of a pheromone responsive gene in the honey bee brain” Journal of Comparative Biology A 193(4):461-70 (2007).

2006

Kevan, PG; Hannan, MA; Ostiguy, N; Guzman-Novoa, E. A summary of the Varroa-virus disease complex in honey bees.  American Bee Journal.  146 (8):694-697 (2006)

Tooker, J. F., M. Hauser, and L. M. Hanks. 2006. Floral Host Plants of
Syrphidae and Tachinidae (Diptera) of Central Illinois. Annals of the
Entomological Society of America 99: 96-112.

2005

Shen, MQ; Cui, LW; Ostiguy, N; Cox-Foster, D.  Intricate transmission routes and interactions between picorna-like viruses (Kashmir bee virus and sacbrood virus) with the honeybee host and the parasitic varroa mite.  Journal of General Virology 862281-2289 Part 8 (2005)

Shen, MQ; Yang, XL; Cox-Foster, D; Cui, LW.  The role of varroa mites in infections of Kashmir bee virus (KBV) and deformed wing virus (DWV) in honey bees. Virology  342 (1):141-149 (2005)

2004

Sammataro, D; Hoffman, GD; Wardell, G; Finley, J; Ostiguy, N.  Testing of a combination of control tactics to manage Varroa destructor (Acari : Varroidae) population levels in honey bee (Hymenoptera : Apidae).  International Journal of Acarology  30 (1):71-76 (2004)

2002

Tooker, J. F., P. F. Reagel, and L. M. Hanks. 2002. Nectar sources of
day-flying Lepidoptera of central Illinois. Annals of the
Entomological Society of America 95: 84-96.

2000

Tooker, J. F., and L. M. Hanks. 2000. Flowering plant hosts of adult
hymenopteran parasitoids of central Illinois. Annals of the
Entomological Society of America 93: 580-588.