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42
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9411
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5472
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1868

Best Publications

  • Varroa destructor feeds primarily on honey bee fat body tissue and not hemolymph.

    Samuel D. Ramsey;Ronald Ochoa;Gary Bauchan;Connor Gulbronson

  • Standard methods for varroa research

    Vincent Dietemann;Francesco Nazzi;Stephen J Martin;Denis L Anderson

  • The COLOSS BEEBOOK Volume I, Standard methods for Apis mellifera research: Introduction

    Vincent Dietemann;James D Ellis;Peter Neumann

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

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

  • The worldwide health status of honey bees

    James D Ellis;Pamela A Munn

  • Miscellaneous standard methods for Apis mellifera research

    Hannelie Human;Robert Brodschneider;Vincent Dietemann;Galen Dively

  • Colony losses, managed colony population decline, and Colony Collapse Disorder in the United States

    James D. Ellis;Jay D. Evans;Jeff Pettis

  • Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators.

    J R Reilly;D R Artz;D Biddinger;K Bobiwash;K Bobiwash

  • Large-scale field application of RNAi technology reducing Israeli acute paralysis virus disease in honey bees (Apis mellifera, Hymenoptera: Apidae).

    Wayne Hunter;James Ellis;Dennis vanEngelsdorp;Jerry Hayes

  • Standard methods for wax moth research

    James D Ellis;Jason R Graham;Ashley Mortensen

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

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

  • Gene expression in honey bee (Apis mellifera) larvae exposed to pesticides and Varroa mites (Varroa destructor)

    Aleš Gregorc;Jay D. Evans;Mike Scharf;James D. Ellis

  • Standard methods for Apis mellifera anatomy and dissection

    Norman L Carreck;Michael Andree;Colin S Brent;Diana Cox-Foster

  • Cell death localization in situ in laboratory reared honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) larvae treated with pesticides

    Ales Gregorc;James D. Ellis

  • Integrated Crop Pollination: Combining strategies to ensure stable and sustainable yields of pollination-dependent crops

    Rufus Isaacs;Neal Williams;James Ellis;Theresa L. Pitts-Singer

  • Integrated Pest Management Control of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae), the Most Damaging Pest of (Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)) Colonies.

    Cameron J Jack;James D Ellis

  • Honey Bee Exposure to Pesticides: A Four-Year Nationwide Study

    Nancy Ostiguy;Frank A. Drummond;Kate Aronstein;Brian Eitzer

  • Standard methods for small hive beetle research

    Peter Neumann;Jay D Evans;Jeff S Pettis;Christian W W Pirk

  • Frequently encountered pesticides can cause multiple disorders in developing worker honey bees.

    Hudson V.V. Tomé;Hudson V.V. Tomé;Daniel R. Schmehl;Ashlyn E. Wedde;Raquel S.M. Godoy

  • Protocol for the in vitro rearing of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) workers

    Daniel R Schmehl;Hudson V V Tomé;Ashley N Mortensen;Gustavo Ferreira Martins

  • Longevity and reproductive success of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) fed different natural diets.

    James D. Ellis;Peter Neumann;Randall Hepburn;Patti J. Elzen

  • The small hive beetle (Aethina tumida Murray, Coleoptera: Nitidulidae): distribution, biology and control of an invasive species

    Peter Neumann;James D Ellis

  • The COLOSS BEEBOOK Volume II: Standard methods for Apis mellifera pest and pathogen research

    Vincent Dietemann;James D. Ellis;Peter Neumann

  • The COLOSS BEEBOOK Volume I: Standard Methods for Apis mellifera Research

    Vincent Dietemann;James D. Ellis;Peter Neumann

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Neumann
Peter J. Neumann University of Bern
Rebecca T. Kimball
Rebecca T. Kimball University of Florida
Edward L. Braun
Edward L. Braun University of Florida
Jay D. Evans
Jay D. Evans Agricultural Research Service
Dennis vanEngelsdorp
Dennis vanEngelsdorp University of Maryland, College Park
Jeffery S. Pettis
Jeffery S. Pettis Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
David R. Tarpy
David R. Tarpy North Carolina State University
Christian Walter Werner Pirk
Christian Walter Werner Pirk University of Pretoria
Peter E. A. Teal
Peter E. A. Teal United States Department of Agriculture
Rufus Isaacs
Rufus Isaacs Michigan State University

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