Publications


Lamas ZS, Solmaz S, Ryabov EV, Mowery J, Heermann M, et al. (2023) Promiscuous feeding on multiple adult honey bee hosts amplifies the vectorial capacity of Varroa destructor. PLOS Pathogens 19(1): e1011061. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1011061

Ryabov EV, Posada-Florez F, Rogers C, Lamas ZS, Evans JD, Chen Y and Cook SC (2022) The vectoring competence of the mite Varroa destructor for deformed wing virus of honey bees is dynamic and affects survival of the mite. Front. Insect Sci. 2:931352. doi: 10.3389/finsc.2022.931352

Kirsten S. Traynor, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Zachary S. Lamas,
Social disruption: Sublethal pesticides in pollen lead to Apis mellifera queen events and brood loss, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Volume 214, 2021, 112105, ISSN 0147-6513, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112105

Posada-Florez, F., Lamas, Z.S., Hawthorne, D.J. et al. Pupal cannibalism by worker honey bees contributes to the spread of deformed wing virus. Sci Rep 11, 8989 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88649-y

Alger SA, Burnham PA, Lamas ZS, Brody AK, Richardson LL. Home sick: impacts of migratory beekeeping on honey bee (Apis mellifera) pests, pathogens, and colony size. PeerJ. 2018 Nov 2;6:e5812. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5812. PMID: 30405967; PMCID: PMC6216951.

Lamas, Z. (2017). Bee Smitten in Cuba. Bee World, 94(4), 99?101.

Pupal cannibalism by worker honey bees contributes to the spread of Deformed wing viruses

Posada-Florez, F., Lamas, Z.S., Hawthorne, D.J. et al. Pupal cannibalism by worker honey bees contributes to the spread of deformed wing virus. Sci Rep 11, 8989 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88649-y

The vectoring competence of the mite Varroa destructor for deformed wing virus of honey bees is dynamic and affects survival of the mite.

Ryabov EV, Posada-Florez F, Rogers C, Lamas ZS, Evans JD, Chen Y and Cook SC (2022) The vectoring competence of the mite Varroa destructor for deformed wing virus of honey bees is dynamic and affects survival of the mite. Front. Insect Sci. 2:931352. doi: 10.3389/finsc.2022.931352ted and see our current exhibitions here.

Social disruption: Sublethal pesticides in pollen lead to Apis mellifera queen events and brood loss

Kirsten S. Traynor, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Zachary S. Lamas,
Social disruption: Sublethal pesticides in pollen lead to Apis mellifera queen events and brood loss, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Volume 214, 2021, 112105, ISSN 0147-6513, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112105

PrePrint: Transmission dynamics honey bees

A pre-print of our work detailing the dynamic transmission routes in a honey bee colony.

The impact of migratory beekeeping in the spread of infectious diseases

Alger, S.A.1, Burnham, P.A1., Lamas, Z.S2, Brody, A.K., Richardson, L.R., (2017). The impact of migratory beekeeping in the spread of infectious diseases PeerJ 6:e5812; DOI 10.7717/peerj.5812