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3106
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1103

Overview

David R. Tarpy is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with a considerable body of work spanning insect science, genetics, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Vulnerability of honey bee queens to heat-induced loss of fertility (2020), published in Nature Sustainability
  • Colony-level pesticide exposure affects honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) royal jelly production and nutritional composition (2020), published in Chemosphere
  • Trade-offs between sperm viability and immune protein expression in honey bee queens (Apis mellifera) (2021), published in Communications Biology
  • Effects of developmental exposure to pesticides in wax and pollen on honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen reproductive phenotypes (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • Survey-derived best management practices for backyard beekeepers improve colony health and reduce mortality (2021), published in PLoS ONE

The main fields of study where David R. Tarpy has contributed include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their subfields of study extend across:

  • Insect Science
  • Genetics
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science
  • Ecological Modeling

The core topics covered in their research are:

  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Bee Products Chemical Analysis
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance

David R. Tarpy frequently publishes in these venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Communications Biology

The scientist has collaborated extensively with colleagues such as Alison McAfee, Leonard J. Foster, Abigail Chapman, Olav Rueppell, and Micheline K. Strand, reflecting a network that supports interdisciplinary research in entomology and related areas.

Best Publications

  • Colony Collapse Disorder: A Descriptive Study

    Dennis vanEngelsdorp;Jay D. Evans;Claude Saegerman;Chris Mullin

  • Pathogen webs in collapsing honey bee colonies.

    R. Scott Cornman;David R. Tarpy;Yanping Chen;Lacey Jeffreys

  • Genetic diversity within honeybee colonies prevents severe infections and promotes colony growth.

    David R. Tarpy

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

    Kelly Kulhanek;Nathalie Steinhauer;Karen Rennich;Dewey M Caron

  • Miscellaneous standard methods for Apis mellifera research

    Hannelie Human;Robert Brodschneider;Vincent Dietemann;Galen Dively

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

    Kathleen V. Lee;Nathalie Steinhauer;Karen Rennich;Michael E. Wilson

  • Queen promiscuity lowers disease within honeybee colonies

    Thomas D Seeley;David R Tarpy

  • Estimating effective paternity number in social insects and the effective number of alleles in a population

    Rasmus Nielsen;David R. Tarpy;H. Kern Reeve

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

    Kirsten S. Traynor;Jeffery S. Pettis;David R. Tarpy;Christopher A. Mullin

  • Colony Collapse Disorder in context

    Geoffrey R. Williams;David R. Tarpy;Dennis VanEngelsdorp;Marie Pierre Chauzat

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

    David R. Tarpy;Thomas D. Seeley

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

    Nicola Seitz;Kirsten S. Traynor;Nathalie Steinhauer;Karen Rennich

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

    D. R. Tarpy;R. Nielsen;D. I. Nielsen

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

    Michael Simone-Finstrom;Hongmei Li-Byarlay;Hongmei Li-Byarlay;Ming H. Huang;Micheline K. Strand

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

    Dennis vanEngelsdorp;David R. Tarpy;Eugene J. Lengerich;Jeffery S. Pettis

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

    Esmaeil Amiri;Micheline K. Strand;Olav Rueppell;David R. Tarpy

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

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  • Standard methods for instrumental insemination of Apis mellifera queens

    Susan W Cobey;David R Tarpy;Jerzy Woyke

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

    Dennis vanEngelsdorp;Niko Speybroeck;Niko Speybroeck;Jay D. Evans;Bach Kim Nguyen

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

    Sarah D. Kocher;Freddie Jeanne Richard;David R. Tarpy;Christina M. Grozinger

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

    Deborah A. Delaney;Jennifer J. Keller;Joel R. Caren;David R. Tarpy

Frequent Co-Authors

Olav Rueppell
Olav Rueppell University of Alberta
Leonard J. Foster
Leonard J. Foster University of British Columbia
Jeffery S. Pettis
Jeffery S. Pettis Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Dennis vanEngelsdorp
Dennis vanEngelsdorp University of Maryland, College Park
Christina M. Grozinger
Christina M. Grozinger Pennsylvania State University
Steven D. Frank
Steven D. Frank North Carolina State University
Jay D. Evans
Jay D. Evans Agricultural Research Service
Robert R. Dunn
Robert R. Dunn North Carolina State University
Thomas D. Seeley
Thomas D. Seeley Cornell University
Yanping Chen
Yanping Chen Agricultural Research Service

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