Bee management
Commercial bumble bees: getting the most out of your investment, North Carolina Cucumber Extension Workshop (2011)
Pathogens & parasites
The presence, distribution and hosts of Crithidia bombi in wild USA bumble bee populations, Symposium talk at the Society for Invertebrate Pathology (2009)
Taxonomy, systematics, biogeography
Constructing a species database and historic range maps for North American bumble bees (Bombus sensu stricto Latreille) to inform conservation decisions (with J. B. Koch), U. Bee Journal (2009)
Pathogens and Parasites
Interspecific geographic distribution and variation of the pathogens Nosema bombi and Crithidia species in United States bumble bee populations (with N. Cordes, F. Huang, S. A. Cameron, Terry L. Griswold, J. D. Lozier, and L. F. Solter), Journal of Invetebrate Pathology (2012)
A scientific note on hygienic behavior in Apis mellifera lamarckii and A. m. carnica in Egypt (with S. Kamel and W. S. Sheppard), Apidologie (2003)
Use of sucrose octanoate esters to control the parasitic honey bee mite Varroa destructor (with W. S. Sheppard, M. Gardner, S. Hasher, B. Kahkonen, and M. D. Meixner), American Bee Journal (2003)
Optimum treatment timing of fluvalinate for the control of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) in Apis mellifera in Washington State (with W. S. Sheppard), Journal of Economic Entomology (2001)
Natural History
“A severe stinging and much fatigue”-- Frank Benton and his 1881 search for Apis dorsata, American Entomologist (2001)
Pollination and foraging
Commercial bumble bees: is there a new pollinator on the western horizon?, St. Louis Zoo/ IUCN North American Bumble Bee Conservation Planning Meeting (2010)
Taxonomy, systematics, and biogeography
DNA amplification from pin-mounted bumble bees (Bombus) in a museum collection: effects of fragment size and specimen age on successful PCR (with J. Knoblett and Terry L. Griswold), Apidologie (2009)
Morphological and molecular characterization of the Landes honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) ecotype for genetic characterization (with L. Gernery and W. S. Sheppard), Journal of Insect Conservation (2008)
Persistence of the Landes ecotype of Apis mellifera in southwest France: Confirmation of a locally adaptive annual brood cycle trait (with L. Garnery and W. S. Sheppard), Apidologie (2007)
Diversité génétique, introgressions mitochondriales et nucléar dans une population d’abeilles des Landes de Gascogne (with C. Perrier, O. Langella, W. S. Sheppard, and L. Garnery), Les Actes du BRG (2003)
First record of Leptopodidae in Washington State (with R. C. Zack, C. N. Looney, and M. L. Hitchcox), The Pan-Pacific Entomologist (2000)
Ecology & conservation
Global invasion by Anthidium manicatum (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae): assessing potential distribution in North America and beyond (with J. B. Koch, V. B. Gonzalez, L. Nemelka, and Terry L. Griswold), Biological Invasions (2011)
Patterns of range-wide genetic variation in six North American bumble bee (Apidae: Bombus) species (with J. D. Lozier, I. J. Stewart, and S. A. Cameron), Molecular Ecology (2011)
Recent widespread population declines of some North American bumble bees: Current status and causal factors (with S. C. Cameron, J. D. Lozier, J. B. Koch, N. Cordes, L. F. Solter, and T. L. Griswold), Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (2011)
Understanding the scope of pollinator declines in America, bees and beyond, Salt Lake City Library (2011)
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Host Range Expansion of Black Queen Cell Virus in the Bumble Bee, Bombus huntii (with W. Peng, J. Li, H. Boncristiani, M. Hamilton, and Y. Chen), Apidologie (2011)
Patterns of widespread decline in North American bumble bees (with Sidney A. Cameron, Jeffrey D. Lozier, Jonathan B. Koch, Nils Cordes, Leellen F. Solter, and Terry L. Griswold), Publications from USDA-ARS / UNL Faculty (2011)
Bumble bees (Bombus) are vitally important pollinators of wild plants and agricultural crops worldwide. Fragmentary...
From pupation to flight: coming of age as an USDA-ARS entomologist, Symposium at Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting (2010)
Nest initiation in three North American bumble bees (Bombus): Gyne number and presence of honey bee workers influence establishment success and colony size, Journal of Insect Science (2010)