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Thomas D. Seeley

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
70
Citations
19285
World Ranking
1357
National Ranking
501

Thomas D. Seeley publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas D. Seeley sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 187 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Thomas D. Seeley D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas D. Seeley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1992 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Thomas D. Seeley is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research encompasses multiple fields, primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Their subfields of study include Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Hepatology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work focuses on various main topics such as Insect and Pesticide Research, Plant and Animal Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Bee Products Chemical Analysis.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • The Quarterly Review of Biology
  • Apidologie
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Thomas D. Seeley are:

  • Genetic diversity of wild and managed honey bees (Apis mellifera) in Southwestern Pennsylvania, and prevalence of the microsporidian gut pathogens Nosema ceranae and N. apis (2020, Apidologie)
  • Signatures of adaptive decreased virulence of deformed wing virus in an isolated population of wild honeybees (Apis mellifera) (2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • Diversity, antimicrobial production, and seasonal variation of honey bee microbiota isolated from the honey stomachs of the domestic honey bee, Apis mellifera (2023, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)
  • Signatures of adaptive decreased virulence of deformed wing virus in an isolated population of wild honey bees (Apis mellifera) (2022, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])
  • Remembrances of a Honey Bee Biologist (2021, Annual Review of Entomology)

Frequent co-authors include Allyson M. Ray, Emma C. Gordon, Jason L. Rasgon, Christina M. Grozinger, and Norah P. Saarman.

Thomas D. Seeley has published books with Princeton University Press, including "Piping Hot Bees and Boisterous Buzz-Runners" (2024) and "Honeybee Ecology" (2025).

Among recognitions awarded are Fellowships from prominent institutions:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2001
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1992

Best Publications

  • The wisdom of the hive: the social physiology of honey bee colonies

    Thomas D. Seeley

  • Honeybee Ecology: A Study of Adaption in Social Life

    Thomas D. Seeley

  • Adaptive significance of the age polyethism schedule in honeybee colonies

    Thomas D. Seeley

  • FORAGING STRATEGY OF HONEYBEE COLONIES IN A TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST

    P. Kirk Visscher;Thomas D. Seeley

  • Collective decision-making in honey bees: how colonies choose among nectar sources

    Thomas D. Seeley;Scott Camazine;James Sneyd

  • Genetic diversity in honey bee colonies enhances productivity and fitness

    Heather R. Mattila;Thomas D. Seeley

  • Honeybee Ecology

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  • The honey bee colony as a superorganism.

    Thomas D. Seeley

  • THE NEST OF THE HONEY BEE (APIS MELLIFERA L.)

    T. D. Seeley;T. D. Seeley;R. A. Morse;R. A. Morse

  • Parasites, pathogens, and polyandry in social hymenoptera

    Paul W. Sherman;Thomas D. Seeley;Hudson K. Reeve

  • Stop Signals Provide Cross Inhibition in Collective Decision-Making by Honeybee Swarms

    Thomas D. Seeley;P. Kirk Visscher;Thomas Schlegel;Patrick M. Hogan

  • Group decision making in swarms of honey bees

    Thomas D. Seeley;Susannah C. Buhrman

  • Social foraging in honey bees: how nectar foragers assess their colony's nutritional status

    Thomas D. Seeley

  • Queen promiscuity lowers disease within honeybee colonies

    Thomas D Seeley;David R Tarpy

  • Social foraging by honeybees: how colonies allocate foragers among patches of flowers

    Thomas D. Seeley

  • Survival of honeybees in cold climates: the critical timing of colony growth and reproduction

    Thomas D. Seeley;P. Kirk Visscher

  • Colony Defense Strategies of the Honeybees in Thailand

    Thomas D. Seeley;Robin Hadlock Seeley;Pongthep Akratanakul

  • Fever in honeybee colonies

    P. T. Starks;Caroline A. Blackie;Thomas D. Seeley

  • Honey bee foragers as sensory units of their colonies

    Thomas D. Seeley

  • Nest-site selection in honey bees: how well do swarms implement the "best-of-N" decision rule?

    Thomas D. Seeley;Susannah C. Buhrman

  • Dancing bees tune both duration and rate of waggle-run production in relation to nectar-source profitability.

    Thomas D. Seeley;Alexander S. Mikheyev;Gary J. Pagano

  • Group Decision Making in Honey Bee Swarms When 10,000 bees go house hunting, how do they cooperatively choose their new nesting site?

    Thomas D. Seeley;P. Kirk Visscher;Kevin M. Passino

  • Quorum sensing during nest-site selection by honeybee swarms

    Thomas D. Seeley;P. Kirk Visscher

Frequent Co-Authors

P. Kirk Visscher
P. Kirk Visscher University of California, Riverside
Kevin M. Passino
Kevin M. Passino The Ohio State University
Alexander S. Mikheyev
Alexander S. Mikheyev Australian National University
David R. Tarpy
David R. Tarpy North Carolina State University
Gene E. Robinson
Gene E. Robinson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hudson K. Reeve
Hudson K. Reeve Cornell University
Paul W. Sherman
Paul W. Sherman Cornell University
Nigel R. Franks
Nigel R. Franks University of Bristol
Matthew Meselson
Matthew Meselson Harvard University
Sandra L. Rodriguez-Zas
Sandra L. Rodriguez-Zas University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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