Zachary Siqueira Lamas
Education
2023 to present, NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow, USDA-ARS
May 2022- Post-doctoral researcher, University of Maryland
2018 – 2022 University of Maryland, Dept of Entomology Hawthorne Lab, PhD
2006-2008 Colby-Sawyer College B.A. Biology
2004-2006 De Anza College Associates
Presentations
Professional
AHPA, San Diego, CA Dec, 2023
EAS, Philadelphia, PA April, 2022
ABF, Las Vegas, NV January, 2022
ABRC, Virtual January, 2021
ABRC, Shaumburg, IL January, 2020
Apimondia, Montreal, Canada Sept, 2019
Eurbee 8th Congress of Apidology, Ghent, Belgium Sept, 2018
American Beekeeping Federation, Reno, NV January, 2018
ABF Reno Nevada January, 2018
Extension
California State Beekeepers December, 2023
Texas State Beekeepers November, 2023
Florida State Beekeepers November, 2023
Colorado State Beekeepers (Keynote) December, 2022
Virginia State Beekeepers November, 2022
Missouri State Beekeepers (Keynote) March, 2022
West Virginia State Beekeepers November, 2021
Washington State Beekeepers October, 2020
Hampton Beekeepers, Virginia February, 2020
Wye River Beekeepers, Maryland January, 2020
IBRC, Washington October, 2020
Frederick Beekeepers, Maryland September, 2020
Hampton Beekeepers, Virginia March, 2019
Missouri State Beekeepers Spring Meeting March, 2019
Hampton Area Beekeepers, VA February, 2019
British Columbia Honey Producers, Victoria, BC, Canada October, 2018
Howard County Bee Club, MD September, 2018
Susquehanna Beekeepers Association, MD July, 2018
Maryland State Beekeepers Summer Meeting June, 2018
D. C. Beekeepers Meeting April, 2018
MUMBA Beekeepers Meeting , MD January, 2018
Primer Tour Apicultura Autosustentable, October-Dec. 2017 Oaxaca, Tlaxcala, Vera Cruz, Pajapan, Tila, Mexico
UNSEP Jaboticobal, Brasil October, 2017
Franklin County Beekeepers Association Meeting, VT September, 2017
Monadnock Beekeepers Association Meeting, NH August, 2017
Rhode Island State Beekeepers Spring Meeting (keynote) February, 2017
Seacoast Beekeepers Association Meeting, NH August, 2016
New Hampshire State Beekeepers (keynote) June, 2015
Publications
Zachary S. Lamas, Eugene V. Ryabov, David J. Hawthorne, Jay D. Evans, Oversharing by honey bees and the spread of viruses, bioRxiv 2022.05.15.492017; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.15.492017
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
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, 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
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
Francisco Posada-Florez, Zachary S. Lamas, David J. Hawthorne, Yanping Chen, Jay D. Evans, Eugene V. Ryabov, Pupal cannibalism by worker honey bees contributes to the spread of Deformed wing virus, bioRxiv 2020.11.25.396259; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.25.396259
Lamas, Z. But won’t they fly back? Making nucs within a single apiary April 2018 American Bee Journal, Vol. 158, NO. 4, 395-398
Lamas, Z. The Heft Test and Leaving Them Alone, November, 2018, American Bee Journal, Vol. 158, NO. 11, 1263-1265
Lamas, Z. Bucket Lids and Mites: A Stark Reality in White and Red, October, 2018, American Bee Journal, Vol 158 NO. 10, 1147-1151
Lamas, Z. Hive Indicators: Clues to Colony Health, August 2018 American Bee Journal, VOL 158, NO. 8, 879-881
Lamas, Z. Using Overwintered Nucleus Colonies for Early Spring Research, ABF Quarterly, Vol. 76, NO. 1, 2018
Lamas, Z. (2017). Bee Smitten in Cuba. Bee World, 94(4), 99?101., https://doi.org/10.1080/0005772X.2017.1381379
Work History
French Hill Apiaries, Beekeeper 2014 – 2018 Saint Albans, VT
Rock Star Queens, Owner 2014 – Present College Park, Maryland
Sun Hill Farm, Owner 2006 – 2013 Salisbury, NH
Awards
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) Honey Bee Health Improvement Project Grant, “Varroa behavior: Invasion of brood cells and consequences of co-infested cells” March, 14th, 2019- $10,000
Painted Box Fund, Nansemond Beekeepers 2019/2020- $2,800
NH Beekeepers, Developing Queens in the laboratory, 2019- $1,500
PAm-Costco Fellow, “Vector Capacity of Varroa Destructor” July 2019, $150,000
Cosmo Club Scholarship “Rearing queens in the laboratory: New method allows for novel viral and pesticide study”, March, 2020 $4,694
Montgomery County Beekeepers- Advancing Nano Colonies: $5,365
North Dakota Department of Agriculture Pollinator Grants: Designing a bait trap: $57,175
Project Apis M, Mites alight! Sunflower pollen for honey bee resistance to Varroa destructor”, (co-author) $11,530
NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowship, From Genes to behavior…. $225,000
Links to Recorded Talks
Practical Requeening Loudoun Beekeepers –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Nwcksrs7w
DCBA meeting: Nano Colonies
British Columbia Honey Producers: Winter prep begins midsummer
https://bchoneyproducers.ca/portfolio/zac-lamas-winter-prep-begins-mid-summer/
Department of Entomology- Blog Post about PhD research