2024
Metz B.N., Molina-Marciales T., Strand M.K., Rueppell O., Tarpy D.R., Amiri E. (2024) Physiological trade-offs in social insect males: interactions among infection, immunity, fertility, size, and age in honey bee drones. Journal of Insect Physiology, 159:104720. Link.
Fouks B., Miller, K.J., Ross C., Jones C., Rueppell O. Alternative double strand break repair pathways shape the evolution of high recombination in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Insect Molecular Biology, 1-18. Link
DeLory T., Romiguier J., Rueppell O., Kapheim, K.M. Recombination rate variation in social insects: an adaptive perspective. Annual Review of Genetics 58,7.1–7.23. Link.
Snyder P.M., Martin J., Herman J.J., Franklin S., Wagoner K.M., Soroker V., Rueppell O. The impact of honey bee (Apis mellifera) group size on hygienic behavior performance. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 78:52. Link.
Reams T., Rueppell O., Rangel J. Honey bee (Apis mellifera) nurse bee visitation of worker and drone larvae increases Varroa destructor mite cell invasion. Journal of Insect Science, 24:16. Link.
Walton A, Herman J.J., Rueppell O Social life results in social stress protection: A novel concept to explain individual life history patterns in social insects. Biological Reviews Link.
Han B., Wu J., Wei Q., Liu F., Cui L., Rueppell O., Xu S. Life-history stage determines within-host dietary alternation of ectoparasitic mites. Nature Communications, 15:725. Link.
2023
Rueppell O., Walton A. Social foraging of the honey bee colony. In: “The Foraging Behavior of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera, L.)”, J. Purdy (ed.) Academic Press. ISBN: 978-0323917933, p. 65-83. Link
Han B., Amiri E., Wei Q., Tarpy D.R., Strand M.K., Xu S., Rueppell O. Group size influences maternal provisioning and compensatory larval growth in honey bees. iScience 26, 10854. Link
Lu RX, Bhatia S, Simone-Finstrom M, Rueppell O. Quantitative trait loci mapping for survival of virus infection and virus levels in honey bees. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 116, 105534. Link
Bahreini R., Docherty C.,Feindel D., Muirhead S. Comparing the efficacy of synthetic Varroacides and Varroa destructor phenotypic resistance using Apiarium and Mason jar bioassay techniques. Pest Management Science Link.
Fang Y., Feng M., Ma C., Rueppell O., Li J. Major royal jelly proteins influence the neurobiological regulation of the division of labor among honey bee workers. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 225:848-860. Link
2022
Han B., Wei Q., Amiri E., Hu H., Meng L., Strand M.K., Tarpy D.R., Xu S., Li J., Rueppell O. The molecular basis of socially induced egg-size plasticity in honey bees. eLife 11:e80499. Link
Chapman A., Amiri E., Han B., McDermott E., Rueppell O., Tarpy D.R., Foster L.J., McAfee A. Fertility costs of cryptic viral infections in a model social insect. Scientific Reports 12:15857. Link
Erez T., Bonda E., Kahanov P., Rueppell O., Wagoner K.M., Chejanovsky N., Soroker V. Multiple benefits of breeding honey bees for hygienic behavior. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 193:107788. Link
Waiker P., Ulus Y., Tsui MTK, Rueppell O. Mercury accumulation in honey bees trends upward with urbanization in the USA. Agricultural & Environmental Letters 7:e20083. Link
Simone-Finstrom M., Strand M.K., Tarpy D.R., Rueppell O. Impact of honey bee migratory management on pathogen loads and immune gene expression is affected by complex interactions with environment, worker life history, and season. Journal of Insect Science, 22: 17; 1–10. Link
2021
Wagoner K.M., Spivak M., Millar J., Keller J., Waiker P., Schal C., Rueppell O. Hygiene-eliciting brood semiochemicals as a tool for assaying honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colony resistance to Varroa (Mesostigmata: Varroidae). Journal of Insect Science, 21(6):4; 1-13. Link
Waiker P., de Abreu F.C.P., Luna-Lucena D., de Paula Freitas F.C., Simoes Z.L.P., Rueppell O. Recombination mapping of the Brazilian stingless bee Frieseomelitta varia confirms high recombination rates in social Hymenoptera. BMC Genomics, 22:673. Link
Damico M.E., Rueppell O., Shaffer Z., Han B., Raymann K. High royal jelly production does not impact the gut microbiome of honey bees. Animal Microbiome, 3: 60. Link
Fouks B., Brand P., Nguyen H.N., Herman J., Camara F., Ence D., Hagen D.E., Hoff K.J., Nachweide S., Romoth L., Walden K.K.O., Guigo R., Stanke M., Narzisi G., Yandell M., Robertson H.M., Koeniger N., Chantawannakul P., Schatz M.C., Worley K.C., Robinson G.E., Elsik C.G., Rueppell O. The genomic basis of evolutionary differentiation among honey bees. Genome Research, 31: 1203-1215. Link
Amiri E., Rueppell O., Tarpy D.R. Chapter 21: Honey Bee Viral Diseases. In: “Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner”, T.R. Kane & C.M. Faux (eds), Wiley Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-119-58337-0. Link
Han B., Wei Q., Wu F., Hu H., Ma C., Meng L., Zhang X., Feng M., Fang Y., Rueppell O., Li J. Tachykinin signaling inhibits task-specific behavioral responsiveness in honeybee workers. eLife, 10: e64830. Link
Kennedy A., Herman J.J., Rueppell O. Reproductive activation in honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers protects against abiotic and biotic stress. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 376: 20190737. Link
Bhatia S., Baral S.S., Vega Melendez C., Amiri E., Rueppell O. Comparing survival of Israeli acute paralysis virus infection among stocks of U.S. honey bees. Insects, 12(1): 60. Link.
Barrs K.R., Ani M.O., Eversman K.K., Rowell J.T., Wagoner K.M., Rueppell O. Time-accuracy trade-off and task partitioning of hygienic behavior among honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 75:12, Link.
2020
Amiri E., Herman J.J., Strand M.K., Tarpy D.R., Rueppell O. Egg transcriptome profile responds to maternal virus infection in honey bees, Apis mellifera. Genetics and Evolution, 85:104558. Link
Li-Byarlay H., Boncristiani H., Howell G., Herman J., Clarke L., Strand M.K., Tarpy D.R., Rueppell O. Transcriptomic and epigenomic dynamics of honey bees in response to lethal viral infection. Frontiers in Genetics, 11:566320. Link
Zhang X., Hu H., Han B., Wei Q., Meng L., Wu F., Fang Y., Feng M., Ma C., Rueppell O., Li J. The neuroproteomic basis of enhanced perception and processing of brood signals that trigger increased reproductive investment in honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, 19(10): 1632-1648. Link
Amiri E., Waiker P., Rueppell O., Manda P. Using manual and computer-based text-mining to uncover research trends for Apis mellifera. Veterinary Sciences, 7:61. Link
Wagoner K.M., Millar J., Schal C., Rueppell O. Cuticular pheromones stimulate hygienic behavior in the honey bee (Apis mellifera). Scientific Reports, 10: 7132. Link
Amiri E., Strand M.K., Tarpy D.R., Rueppell O. Honey bee queens and virus infections. Viruses, 12(3): 322. Link
Amiri E., Le K., Vega-Melendez C., Strand M.K., Tarpy D.R., Rueppell O. Egg-size plasticity in Apis mellifera: honey bee queens alter egg size in response to both genetic and environmental factors. Journal of Evolutionary Biology,33(4): 534-543. Link
Oppenheim S., Cao X., Rueppell O., Chantawannakul P., Krongdang S., Phokasem P., DeSalle R., Goodwin S., Xing J., Rosenfeld J. Whole Genome Sequencing and Assembly of the Asian Honey Bee Apis dorsata. Genome Biology and Evolution, 12(1): 3677-3683. Link
Wagoner K.M., Rueppell O. U.S Patent No. 10,524,455 B2: Methods and Compositions for Inducing Hygienic Behavior in Honey bees.
DeLory T., Funderburk K., Miller K., Zuluaga-Smith W., McPherson S., Pirk C.W., Costa C., Weinstein-Teixeira E., Dahle B., Rueppell O. Local variation in recombination rates of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) genome among samples from six disparate populations. Insectes Sociaux, 67(1): 127-138. Link
2019
Wagoner K.M., Rueppell O. U.S Patent No. 10,512,251 B2: Methods and Compositions for Inducing Hygienic Behavior in Honey bees.
Wagoner K.M., Spivak M., Hefetz A., Reams T., Rueppell O. Varroa mites and Deformed Wing Virus elicit hygienic behavior in honey bees through stock-specific changes in brood cuticular hydrocarbons. Scientific Reports, 9: 8753. Link
Amiri E., Seddon G., Zuluaga-Smith W., Strand M.K., Tarpy D.R., Rueppell O. Israeli Acute Bee Paralysis Virus: queen-worker interaction and potential virus transmission pathways. Insects, 10(1): 9. Link
Wu F., Ma C., Han B., Meng L., Hu H., Fang Y., Feng M., Zhang X., Rueppell O., Li J., (2019) Behavioral, physiological, and molecular changes in alloparental care givers may be responsible for selection response for female reproductive investment in honey bees. Molecular Ecology, 28: 4212-4227. Link
Waiker P., Baral S., Kennedy A., Bhatia S., Rueppell A., Le K., Amiri E., Tsuruda J., Rueppell O. Foraging and homing behavior of honey bees (Apis mellifera) during a total solar eclipse. The Science of Nature, 106:4. Link
Rueppell O., Kennedy A. Aging and Behavior in Honey Bees. In: “Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Second Edition”, J. Choe (ed.), Academic Press, ISBN13: 978-0128132517.
2018
Amiri E., Kryger P., Meixner M.D., Strand M.K., Tarpy D.R., & Rueppell O. Quantitative patterns of vertical transmission of deformed wing virus in honey bees. PLoS One, 13(3): e0195283. Link
Wagoner K.M., Spivak M., Rueppell O. Brood affects hygienic behavior in the honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 111(6): 2520-2530. Link
Lawhorn C.M., Shomaker R., Rowell J.T., & Rueppell O. Simple comparisons of differentially expressed gene lists may overestimate gene overlap. Journal of Computational Biology, 25(6). 606-612. Link
Quigley T.P., Amdam G.V., Rueppell O. Honey bee workers as models of aging. In: “Conn’s Handbook of Models for Human Aging”, J. Ram (ed.), Elsevier Press, Atlanta, p.533-547. Link
Langberg K., Phillips M., Rueppell O. Testing the effect of paraquat exposure on genomic recombination rates in queens of the Western Honey Bee, Apis mellifera. Genetica, 146(2), 171-178. Link
2017
Amiri E., Strand M.K., Rueppell O. & Tarpy D.R. Queen quality and the impact of honey bee diseases on queen health: potential for interactions between two major threats to colony health. Insects, 8(2), 48. Link
Rueppell O., Yousefi B., Collazo J. & Smith D. Early life stress affects mortality rate more than social behavior, gene expression or oxidative damage in honey bee workers. Experimental Gerontology, 90: 19-25. Link
Wagoner K.M. & Rueppell O. Effects of steel foundation wire on elemental content and hygienic removal of honey bee (Apis mellifera) brood. Journal of Apicultural Research, 56(3):270-277. Link
2016
Rueppell O., Kuster R. , Miller K. , Fouks B., Rubio Correa S., Collazo J., Phaincharoen M., Tingek S., & Koeniger N. A new metazoan recombination rate record and consistently high recombination rates in the honey bee genus Apis accompanied by frequent inversions but not translocations. Genome Biology and Evolution, 8(12): 3653-3660. Link
Simone-Finstrom M., Li-Byarlay H., Huang M.H., Strand M.K., Rueppell O., & Tarpy D.R. Migratory management and environmental conditions affect lifespan and oxidative stress in honey bees. Scientific Reports, 6: 32023. Link
Li-Byarlay H., Huang M.H., Simone-Finstrom M., Strand M.K., Tarpy D.R., & Rueppell O. Honey bee (Apis mellifera) drones survive oxidative stress due to increased tolerance instead of avoidance or repair of oxidative damage. Experimental Gerontology, 83(10): 15-21. Link
Rueppell O., Aumer D. & Moritz R.F.A. Ties between aging plasticity and reproductive physiology in honey bees (Apis mellifera) reveal a positive relation between fecundity and longevity as consequence of advanced social evolution. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 16: 64-68. Link
2015
Thompson E., Everett J., Rowell J.T., Rychtar J. & Rueppell O. The evolution of cooperation is affected by the persistence of fitness effects, the neighborhood size and their interaction. Letters in Biomathematics, 2(1): 67-78. Link
von Wyschetski K., Rueppell O., Oettler J. & Heinze J. Transcriptomic signatures mirror the lack of the fecundity / longevity trade-off in ant queens. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 32(12): 3173-3185. Link
Rueppell O., Koenigseder F., Heinze J. & Schrempf A. Intrinsic survival advantage of social insect queens depends on reproductive activation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(12): 2349-2354. Link
Sadd B.M., Barribeau S.M., et al. (List of 142 Authors including Rueppell, O.) The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization. Genome Biology, 16:76. Link
Ross C., DeFelice D., Hunt G., Ihle K., Amdam G.V. & Rueppell O. Genomic correlates of recombination rate and its variability across eight recombination maps in the Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.). BMC Genomics, 16:107. Link
Ihle K.E., Rueppell O., Huang Z.Y., Wang Y., Fondrk M.K., Page R.E., Amdam G.V. Genetic architecture of a hormonal response to gene knockdown in honey bees. Journal of Heredity,106: 155-165. Link
Michaud S., Boncristiani H.F., Gouw J.W., Strand M., Pettis J., Rueppell O., Foster L.J. Response of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) proteome to Israeli acute paralysis virus infection. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 93(9): 711-720. Link
Ross C., Rychtar J., Rueppell O. A structured population model suggests that long life and post-reproductive lifespan promote the evolution of cooperation. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 369:85-94. Link
Ross C., DeFelice D., Hunt G., Ihle K., Rueppell O. A comparison of multiple genome-wide recombination maps in Apis mellifera. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics 109: 91-98. Link
DeFelice D.S., Ross C., Simone-Finstrom M., Warrit N., Smith D.R., Burgett M., Sukumalanand P., Rueppell O. Geographic variation in polyandry of the Eastern Honey Bee, Apis cerana, in Thailand. Insectes Sociaux, 62(1): 37-42, Link