Bee research spans multiple disciplines, including social science, conservation, history, genomics, policy, ecology, taxonomy, and more! See below for bee-related published research from our associates and executive committee.
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June 26, 2020 - Shiffman, D. S., Bittick, S. J., Cashion, M. S., Colla, S. R., Coristine, L. E., Derrick, D. H., Gow, E. A., Macdonald, C. C., More O’Ferrall, M., Orobko, M., Pollom, R. A., Provencher, J., & Dulvy, N. K. (2020). Inaccurate and biased global media coverage underlies public understanding of shark conservation threats and solutions. IScience, 23(6), 101205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2020.101205
June 22, 2020 - Yagound, B., Dogantzis, K. A., Zayed, A., Lim, J., Broekhuyse, P., Remnant, E. J., Beekman, M., Allsopp, M. H., Aamidor, S. E., Dim, O., Buchmann, G., & Oldroyd, B. P. (2020). A single gene causes thelytokous parthenogenesis, the defining feature of the cape honeybee Apis mellifera capensis. Current Biology, 30(12), 2248-2259.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.04.033
June 16, 2020 - Kapheim, K. M., Jones, B. M., Pan, H., Li, C., Harpur, B. A., Kent, C. F., Zayed, A., Ioannidis, P., Waterhouse, R. M., Kingwell, C., Stolle, E., Avalos, A., Zhang, G., McMillan, W. O., & Wcislo, W. T. (2020). Developmental plasticity shapes social traits and selection in a facultatively eusocial bee. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(24), 13615–13625. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2000344117
June 11, 2020 - Colla, S. R. (2020). Conservation of social insects. In C. K. Starr (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Insects (pp. 1–6). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4_29-1
June 4, 2020 - Attasopa, K., Packer, L., Suttiprapan, P., Thanoosing, C., & Bänziger, H. (2020). Description of the male of Lepidotrigona nitidiventris (Smith, 1857), redescription of the female holotype and additional morphological data on the workers (Hymenoptera: Apidae: meliponini). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 127(1), 119. https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0012
April/June 2020 – Ayala-Barajas, R., & Packer, L. (2020). Three new species of Lasioglossum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) from Mexico, with comments on the biogeography of Mexican species of the subgenus Lasioglossum. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 91(0), 913215. https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.3215
May 2020 - Ferrari, R. R., Onuferko, T. M., Monckton, S. K., & Packer, L. (2020). The evolutionary history of the cellophane bee genus Colletes Latreille (Hymenoptera: Colletidae): Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and implications for a global infrageneric classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 146, 106750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106750
May 29, 2020 - Kapheim, K. M., Jones, B. M., Pan, H., Li, C., Harpur, B. A., Kent, C. F., Zayed, A., Ioannidis, P., Waterhouse, R. M., Kingwell, C., Stolle, E., Avalos, A., Zhang, G., McMillan, W. O., & Wcislo, W. T. (2020). Developmental plasticity shapes social traits and selection in a facultatively eusocial bee. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(24), 13615–13625. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2000344117
May 12, 2020 - MacPhail, V. J., Gibson, S. D., & Colla, S. R. (2020). Community science participants gain environmental awareness and contribute high quality data but improvements are needed: Insights from Bumble Bee Watch. PeerJ, 8, e9141. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9141
May 6, 2020 - Liczner, A. R., & Colla, S. R. (2020). One‐size does not fit all: At‐risk bumble bee habitat management requires species‐specific local and landscape considerations. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 13(6), 558–570. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12419
April 23, 2020 - Odanaka, K. A., & Rehan, S. M. (2020). Wild bee distribution near forested landscapes is dependent on successional state. Forest Ecosystems, 7(1), 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-00241-4
March 27, 2020 – Smith, N. M. A., Yagound, B., Remnant, E. J., Foster, C. S. P., Buchmann, G., Allsopp, M. H., Kent, C. F., Zayed, A., Rose, S. A., Lo, K., Ashe, A., Harpur, B. A., Beekman, M., & Oldroyd, B. P. (2020). Paternally‐biased gene expression follows kin‐selected predictions in female honey bee embryos. Molecular Ecology, 29(8), 1523–1533. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15419
March 17, 2020 - Packer, L., & Graham, L. (2020). Four new species of Isepeolini (Hymenoptera; apidae) from northern Chile. BMC Zoology, 5(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-020-00052-8
March 4, 2020 - Didham, R. K., Barbero, F., Collins, C. M., Forister, M. L., Hassall, C., Leather, S. R., Packer, L., Saunders, M. E., & Stewart, A. J. A. (2020). Spotlight on insects: Trends, threats and conservation challenges. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 13(2), 99–102. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12409
March 4, 2020 - Didham, R. K., Basset, Y., Collins, C. M., Leather, S. R., Littlewood, N. A., Menz, M. H. M., Müller, J., Packer, L., Saunders, M. E., Schönrogge, K., Stewart, A. J. A., Yanoviak, S. P., & Hassall, C. (2020). Interpreting insect declines: Seven challenges and a way forward. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 13(2), 103–114. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12408
February 17, 2020 - Nooten, S. S., Odanaka, K., & Rehan, S. M. (2020). Characterization of wild bee communities in apple and blueberry orchards. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 22(2), 157–168. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12370
February 25, 2020 - Grozinger, C. M., & Zayed, A. (2020). Improving bee health through genomics. Nature Reviews Genetics, 21(5), 277–291. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-020-0216-1
February 20, 2020: New paper on evolutionary history of the genus Colletes (R. Ferrari, L. Packer, T. Onuferko, S. Monckton). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790320300221?dgcid=coauthor
January 21, 2020 – Bixby, M., Hoover, S. E., McCallum, R., Ibrahim, A., Ovinge, L., Olmstead, S., Pernal, S. F., Zayed, A., Foster, L. J., & Guarna, M. M. (2020). Honey bee queen production: Canadian costing case study and profitability analysis [Preprint]. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.14.906461
October 31, 2019 - Nooten, S. S., & Rehan, S. M. (2020). Historical changes in bumble bee body size and range shift of declining species. Biodiversity and Conservation, 29(2), 451–467. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01893-7
September 1, 2019: New paper on the effects of changes in land use management on the phylogenetic diversity of wild bees (K. Odanaka & S. Rehan) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880919302798?via%3Dihub
August 10, 2019: New paper on the nesting and overwintering habitat of bumble bees (A. Liczner; Colla lab)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10841-019-00173-7
July 22, 2019: New paper describing 15 new species of Liphanthus (N. Sharifi, L. Graham, L. Packer) https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4645.1.1
July 2, 2019: New paper studying brain gene expression and formation of social hierarchies in the social bee, Ceratina australensis (M. A. Steffen & S. Rehan) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gbb.12597
May 10, 2019: New study on how group size affects learning and memory in honey bees (N. Tsvetkov, C. N. Cook, A. Zayed) https://jeb.biologists.org/content/222/9/jeb193888.article-info
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