{"id":236,"date":"2020-08-17T23:05:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T23:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/rueppell\/?page_id=236"},"modified":"2026-03-28T03:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:32:06","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/rueppell\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"

2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toor G., Lu R.X., Rueppell O.\u00a0Susceptibility to the neonicotinoid pesticide imidacloprid is linked to life history regulation in honey bees (Apis mellifera<\/em>). Molecular Ecology<\/u>, 35: e70305. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chevret S.J.L., Echegaray J.F., Walton A., Lo M., Rueppell O., Lemieux H. Tissue-specific mitochondrial pathway shifts linked to longevity in honeybee queens. PLoS ONE<\/u>, 21: e0341233. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Herman J.J., Walton A., Rueppell O. The weak worker hypothesis: a new framework for understanding division of labour in social insects. Biological Reviews<\/u>, 101: 5-13. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lu R.X., Ibrahim A., Rueppell O., Plettner E., Pernal S.F. Field trials of the novel miticide, 1-allyloxy-4-propoxybenzene, against Varroa destructor<\/em> in Western Canada. Scientific Reports<\/u>, 15:40183. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rueppell O., De Jong K., Herman J.J., Randall C. Testing learning as alternative to the blank slate hypothesis in the honey bee, Apis mellifera<\/em>. PLoS ONE<\/u>, 20: e0325591. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Tola Y.H., Wagoner K.M., Strand M.K., Rueppell O., Tarpy D.R. The gut microbiome differs between hygiene-performing and non-hygiene-performing worker honey bees. Insectes Sociaux<\/u>, Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Zhang X., Cao Q., Wang F., Du Y., Zhao W., Guo Y., Rueppell O.\u00a0Sublethal effects of a common fungicidal treatment impacts behavior and physiology of honey bees. Insects<\/u>, 16: 603. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Takata M., Takahashi M., Ishibashi T., Tasaki E., Rueppell O., Vargo E.L., Matsuura K. Transgenerational epigenetic effect of kings’ aging on offspring’s caste fate mediated by sperm DNA methylation in termites. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA<\/u>, 122: e250950612. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Bahreini R., Gonzales-Cabrera J., Hernandez-Rodriguez C.S., Moreno-Marti S., Muirhead S., Labuschagne R., Rueppell O. Arising amitraz and pyrethroids resistance mutations in the ectoparasitic Varroa destructor<\/em> mite in Canada. Scientific Reports<\/u>, 15:1587. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Wickramasinghe P.M., Kaufman C.N.G., Rueppell O. Maternal vaccination with Israeli acute paralysis virus does not protect honey bee offspring. Apidologie<\/u>, 56:8. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/em>. Insect Molecular Biology<\/u>, 34:1-18. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

Metz B.N., Molina-Marciales T., Strand M.K., Rueppell O., Tarpy D.R., Amiri E. Physiological trade-offs in social insect males: interactions among infection, immunity, fertility, size, and age in honey bee drones. Journal of Insect Physiology<\/u>, 159:104720. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DeLory T., Romiguier J., Rueppell O., Kapheim, K.M. Recombination rate variation in social insects: an adaptive perspective. Annual Review of Genetics<\/u> 58,7.1\u20137.23. Link.<\/a><\/p>\n

Snyder P.M., Martin J., Herman J.J., Franklin S., Wagoner K.M., Soroker V., Rueppell O. The impact of honey bee (Apis mellifera<\/em>) group size on hygienic behavior performance. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology<\/u>, 78:52. Link.<\/a><\/p>\n

Reams T., Rueppell O., Rangel J. Honey bee (Apis mellifera<\/em>) nurse bee visitation of worker and drone larvae increases Varroa destructor<\/em> mite cell invasion. Journal of Insect Science<\/u>, 24:16. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 Reviews<\/span> 99:1444-1457. Link.<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/u>, 15:725. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rueppell O., Walton A. Social foraging of the honey bee colony. In: \u201cThe Foraging Behavior of the Honey Bee (<\/span>Apis mellifera<\/em>, L.)\u201d, J. Purdy (ed.) Academic Press. ISBN: 978-0323917933, p. 65-83.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span> 26, 10854. Link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span> 116, 105534. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Bahreini R., Docherty C.,Feindel D., Muirhead S. Comparing the efficacy of synthetic Varroacides and Varroa destructor<\/em> phenotypic resistance using Apiarium and Mason jar bioassay techniques. Pest Management Science<\/span> Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/u> 225:848-860. Link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/u> 11:e80499. Link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/u> 12:15857. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/u> 193:107788. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Waiker P., Ulus Y., Tsui MTK, Rueppell O. Mercury accumulation in honey bees trends upward with urbanization in the USA. Agricultural & Environmental Letters<\/span> 7:e20083. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/u>, 22: 17; 1\u201310. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/em> (Mesostigmata: Varroidae). Journal of Insect Science<\/u>, 21(6):4; 1-13. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/em> confirms high recombination rates in social Hymenoptera. BMC Genomics<\/u>, 22:673. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/u>, 3: 60. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/u>, 31: 1203-1215. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Amiri E., Rueppell O., Tarpy D.R.\u00a0 Chapter 21: Honey Bee Viral Diseases. In: \u201cHoney Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner\u201d, T.R. Kane & C.M. Faux (eds), Wiley Blackwell. ISBN: 978-1-119-58337-0. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/u>, 10: e64830. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Kennedy A., Herman J.J., Rueppell O. Reproductive activation in honey bee (Apis mellifera<\/em>) workers protects against abiotic and biotic stress. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B<\/u>, 376: 20190737. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/u>, 12(1): 60. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/em>) workers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology<\/u>, 75:12, Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/em>.\u00a0Ge<\/span>netics and Evolution<\/u>, 85:104558. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/u>, 11:566320. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/em>) workers. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics<\/u>, 19(10): 1632-1648. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Amiri E., Waiker P., Rueppell O., Manda P. Using manual and computer-based text-mining to uncover research trends for Apis mellifera<\/em>. Veterinary Sciences<\/u>, 7:61. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Wagoner K.M., Millar J., Schal C., Rueppell O.\u00a0 Cuticular pheromones stimulate hygienic behavior in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)<\/em>. Scientific Reports<\/u>, 10: 7132. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Amiri E., Strand M.K., Tarpy D.R., Rueppell O. Honey bee queens and virus infections. Viruses<\/u>, 12(3): 322. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Amiri E., Le K., Vega-Melendez C., Strand M.K., Tarpy D.R., Rueppell O. Egg-size plasticity in Apis mellifera<\/em>: honey bee queens alter egg size in response to both genetic and environmental factors. Journal of Evolutionary Biology<\/u>,33(4): 534-543. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/em>. Genome Biology and Evolution, 12(1): 3677-3683.<\/u> Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Wagoner K.M., Rueppell O.\u00a0 U.S Patent No. 10,524,455 B2: Methods and Compositions for Inducing Hygienic Behavior in Honey bees.<\/p>\n

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<\/em>) genome among samples from six disparate populations. Insectes Sociaux<\/u>, 67(1): \u00a0127-138. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wagoner K.M., Rueppell O. U.S Patent No. 10,512,251 B2: Methods and Compositions for Inducing Hygienic Behavior in Honey bees.<\/p>\n

Wagoner K.M., Spivak M., Hefetz A., Reams T., Rueppell O. Varroa<\/em> mites and Deformed Wing Virus elicit hygienic behavior in honey bees through stock-specific changes in brood cuticular hydrocarbons. Scientific Reports<\/u>, 9: 8753. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Amiri E., Seddon G., Zuluaga-Smith W., Strand M.K., Tarpy D.R., Rueppell O.\u00a0Israeli Acute Bee Paralysis Virus: queen-worker interaction and potential virus transmission pathways. Insects<\/u>, 10(1): 9. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/u>, 28: 4212-4227. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Waiker P., Baral S., Kennedy A., Bhatia S., Rueppell A., Le K., Amiri E., Tsuruda J., Rueppell O.\u00a0Foraging and homing behavior of honey bees (Apis mellifera<\/em>) during a total solar eclipse. The Science of Nature<\/u>, 106:4. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Rueppell O., Kennedy A. Aging and Behavior in Honey Bees. In: \u201cEncyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Second Edition\u201d, J. Choe (ed.), Academic Press, ISBN13: 978-0128132517.<\/p>\n

2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amiri E., Kryger P., Meixner M.D., Strand M.K., Tarpy D.R., & Rueppell O.\u00a0Quantitative patterns of vertical transmission of deformed wing virus in honey bees. PLoS One<\/u>, 13(3): e0195283. Link\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Wagoner K.M., Spivak M., Rueppell O.\u00a0Brood affects hygienic behavior in the honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Economic Entomology<\/u>, 111(6): 2520-2530. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Lawhorn C.M., Shomaker R., Rowell J.T., & Rueppell O.\u00a0Simple comparisons of differentially expressed gene lists may overestimate gene overlap. Journal of Computational Biology<\/u>, 25(6). 606-612. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Quigley T.P., Amdam G.V., Rueppell O. Honey bee workers as models of aging. In: \u201cConn\u2019s Handbook of Models for Human Aging\u201d, J. Ram (ed.), Elsevier Press<\/u>, Atlanta, p.533-547. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Langberg K., Phillips M., Rueppell O.\u00a0Testing the effect of paraquat exposure on genomic recombination rates in queens of the Western Honey Bee, Apis mellifera<\/em>. Genetica<\/u>, 146(2), 171-178. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/u>, 8(2), 48.\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Rueppell O., Yousefi B., Collazo J.\u00a0& Smith D.\u00a0Early life stress affects mortality rate more than social behavior, gene expression or oxidative damage in honey bee workers. Experimental Gerontology<\/u>, 90: 19-25. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Wagoner K.M.\u00a0& Rueppell O.\u00a0Effects of steel foundation wire on elemental content and hygienic removal of honey bee (Apis mellifera<\/em>) brood. Journal of Apicultural Research<\/u>, 56(3):270-277. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/em> accompanied by frequent inversions but not translocations. Genome Biology and Evolution<\/u>, 8(12): 3653-3660. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/u>, 6: 32023. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Li-Byarlay H., Huang M.H., Simone-Finstrom M., Strand M.K., Tarpy D.R., & Rueppell O.\u00a0Honey bee (Apis mellifera<\/em>) drones survive oxidative stress due to increased tolerance instead of avoidance or repair of oxidative damage. Experimental Gerontology<\/u>, 83(10): 15-21. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Rueppell O., Aumer D. & Moritz R.F.A. Ties between aging plasticity and reproductive physiology in honey bees (Apis mellifera<\/em>) reveal a positive relation between fecundity and longevity as consequence of advanced social evolution. Current Opinion in Insect Science<\/u>, 16: 64-68. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thompson E., Everett J., Rowell J.T., Rychtar J. & Rueppell O.\u00a0The evolution of cooperation is affected by the persistence of fitness effects, the neighborhood size and their interaction. Letters in Biomathematics<\/u>, 2(1): 67-78. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/u>, 32(12): 3173-3185. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Rueppell O., Koenigseder F., Heinze J. & Schrempf A. Intrinsic survival advantage of social insect queens depends on reproductive activation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology<\/u>, 28(12): 2349-2354. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/u>, 16:76. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Ross C., DeFelice D., Hunt G., Ihle K., Amdam G.V. & Rueppell O.\u00a0Genomic correlates of recombination rate and its variability across eight recombination maps in the Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera<\/em> L.). BMC Genomics<\/u>, 16:107. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/u>,106: 155-165.\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Michaud S., Boncristiani H.F., Gouw J.W., Strand M., Pettis J., Rueppell O., Foster L.J. Response of the honey bee (Apis mellifera<\/em> L.) proteome to Israeli acute paralysis virus infection. Canadian Journal of Zoology<\/u>, 93(9): 711-720.\u00a0Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Ross C., Rychtar J., Rueppell O.\u00a0A structured population model suggests that long life and post-reproductive lifespan promote the evolution of cooperation. Journal of Theoretical Biology<\/u>, 369:85-94. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

Ross C., DeFelice D., Hunt G., Ihle K., Rueppell O.\u00a0A comparison of multiple genome-wide recombination maps in Apis mellifera<\/em>. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics<\/u> 109: 91-98. Link<\/a><\/p>\n

DeFelice D.S., Ross C., Simone-Finstrom M., Warrit N., Smith D.R., Burgett M., Sukumalanand P., Rueppell O.\u00a0Geographic variation in polyandry of the Eastern Honey Bee, Apis cerana,<\/em> in Thailand. Insectes Sociaux<\/u>, 62(1): 37-42, Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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