Area of research
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics · Genetics
Research interest
Research interests include Plant and animal studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, Insect and Pesticide Research, and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research.
Signatures of adaptive decreased virulence of deformed wing virus in an isolated population of wild honey bees ( <i>Apis mellifera</i> )
Mite bombs or robber lures? The roles of drifting and robbing in Varroa destructor transmission from collapsing honey bee colonies to their neighbors
How Honey Bee Colonies Survive in the Wild: Testing the Importance of Small Nests and Frequent Swarming
The behavioral regulation of thirst, water collection and water storage in honey bee colonies
Varroa destructor Mites Can Nimbly Climb from Flowers onto Foraging Honey Bees
Crowding honeybee colonies in apiaries can increase their vulnerability to the deadly ectoparasite Varroa destructor
Museum samples reveal rapid evolution by wild honey bees exposed to a novel parasite
Molecular Determinants of Scouting Behavior in Honey Bees
Colony fissioning in honey bees: size and significance of the swarm fraction
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: How Worker Honey Bees Detect their Colony's Size: Testing the Comb Vibration and Chemical Composition Hypotheses
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Matricide in eusocial wasps: adaptive hypotheses and informational constraints
Behavioral Analysis of a Group Decision-Making Process
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Worker Nepotism During Queen Combat in Honey Bees
Dissertation Research: Mechanisms of Food Recruitment
Social Organization of Foraging by Honey Bees
Dissertation Research: Regulation of Pollen Collection by Honey Bee Colonies
Social Organization of Foraging by Honey Bees
Biology of Conflict in Honey-Bee Colonies
Social Organization of Foraging by Honeybees
Social Foraging By Honey Bees: Comparative Studies in the Asian Tropics
Division of Labor and Communication in Honey Bees