Alison McAfee

This study finds no impact of western red cedar hive boxes on honey bee overwintering survival or detoxification enzyme expression compared to pine boxes.

This study examines how viral infections affect honey bee egg composition, finding that experimental infections alter proteomic profiles, while natural infections do not, with seasonal factors playing a significant role.

This study shows that virus infection in honey bee queens reduces methyl oleate, a pheromone component, by decreasing ovary mass and altering lipid profiles, potentially triggering worker supersedure.

The paper investigates how body mass, viral infections, Africanization, and geographic origin affect heat tolerance in drone honey bees, finding that body size and origin significantly influence survival, while sperm heat tolerance is impacted by viral infections.

This study shows that viral infections reduce honey bee queen egg-laying and are linked to supersedure, but immune responses are not fully responsible for these effects.

The paper examines how climate factors influence the occurrence and intensity of three honey bee pathogens across Canada, identifying key climatic predictors for each disease agent.

The study investigates pathogen prevalence in honey bees during highbush blueberry pollination, finding higher sacbrood virus levels in bees near blueberry fields post-pollination.

The paper measures pheromone, metabolite, and lipid profiles in honey bee queens to assess how these relate to age, laying status, and worker acceptance, finding that older queens are more accepted despite smaller ovaries.

This study analyzes the honey bee queen microbiome using metagenomics, revealing low bacterial diversity and the presence of Caudoviricetes phages.

This study shows that viral infections in honey bees are associated with reduced ovary mass and reproductive success.

The paper investigates trade-offs between sperm viability and immune protein expression in honey bee queens, finding a negative correlation between lysozyme levels and sperm viability.

The paper reports follow-up experiments with contradictory results to a previous study on honey bee antennal lateralization and odorant sensitivity.

This paper presents a Varroa destructor protein atlas across developmental stages and sexes, identifying differentially expressed proteins and sexually regulated genes, along with novel protein-coding regions.