Marla Spivak
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Marla Spivak's Degrees
- PhD Entomology University of Kansas
- Masters Entomology University of Kansas
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Marla Spivak is an American entomologist, and Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota specializing in apiculture and social insects. Career and research Spivak graduated with a B.A. from Humboldt State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. She is particularly well known for her work breeding lines of honey bees that detect and quickly remove diseased larvae and pupae, which is called hygienic behavior. She was instrumental in setting up the first bee Tech-Transfer Team in the United States, which continues to help honey bee queen breeders select for disease resistance traits. More recently, she has begun studying the role of resins, which bees collect and mix with wax to make propolis coatings on the inside of their hives, as an example of honey bee social immunity. Her lab also studies the effect of the surrounding landscape on the health and nutrition of both honey bees and native bees.
Marla Spivak's Published Works
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- Genetic, individual, and group facilitation of disease resistance in insect societies. (2009) (370)
- Socialized medicine: individual and communal disease barriers in honey bees. (2010) (356)
- Propolis and bee health: the natural history and significance of resin use by honey bees (2010) (337)
- Resistance to American foulbrood disease by honey bee colonies Apis mellifera bred for hygienic behavior (2001) (285)
- Honey bee hygienic behavior and defense against Varroa jacobsoni (1996) (259)
- Behavioral defenses of honey bees against Varroa jacobsoni Oud. (1999) (249)
- Physiological and Behavioral Changes in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) Induced by Nosema ceranae Infection (2013) (236)
- Verification of oxytetracycline-resistant American foulbrood pathogen Paenibacillus larvae in the United States. (2000) (184)
- Hygienic behaviour of honey bees and its application for control of brood diseases and varroa: Part II. Studies on hygienic behaviour since the Rothenbuhler era (1998) (184)
- Performance of hygienic honey bee colonies in a commercial apiary (1998) (181)
- Standard methods for rearing and selection of Apis mellifera queens (2013) (181)
- Standard methods for American foulbrood research (2013) (176)
- The relationship between hygienic behavior and suppression of mite reproduction as honey bee (Apis mellifera) mechanisms of resistance to Varroa destructor (2006) (168)
- Field assays for hygienic behavior in honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (1998) (167)
- Effects of Fluvalinate and Coumaphos on Queen Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Two Commercial Queen Rearing Operations (2002) (166)
- Increased Resin Collection after Parasite Challenge: A Case of Self-Medication in Honey Bees? (2012) (164)
- Seven suggestive quantitative trait loci influence hygienic behavior of honey bees (2002) (164)
- Hygienic behaviour of honey bees and its application for control of brood diseases and varroa Part I. Hygienic behaviour and resistance to American foulbrood (1998) (163)
- Standard methods for Apis mellifera propolis research (2016) (162)
- Varroa destructor Infestation in Untreated Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies Selected for Hygienic Behavior (2001) (162)
- Control of Varroa jacobsoni Oud. resistant to fluvalinate and amitraz using coumaphos (2000) (161)
- Anti-HIV-1 activity of propolis in CD4(+) lymphocyte and microglial cell cultures. (2005) (159)
- Hygienic behavior in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) and the modulatory role of octopamine. (2003) (154)
- Linking Measures of Colony and Individual Honey Bee Health to Survival among Apiaries Exposed to Varying Agricultural Land Use (2016) (151)
- Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Implications for Honey Bee Health (2014) (145)
- Facultative expression of hygienic behaviour of honey bees in relation to disease resistance (1993) (141)
- Sub-lethal effects of dietary neonicotinoid insecticide exposure on honey bee queen fecundity and colony development (2016) (141)
- Ethology of hygienic behaviour in the honey bee Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae): behavioural repertoire of hygienic bees. (2000) (139)
- Odorants that Induce Hygienic Behavior in Honeybees: Identification of Volatile Compounds in Chalkbrood-Infected Honeybee Larvae (2009) (128)
- Standard methods for fungal brood disease research (2013) (127)
- The plight of the bees. (2011) (122)
- Olfactory and behavioral response thresholds to odors of diseased brood differ between hygienic and non-hygienic honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) (2001) (117)
- Six quantitative trait loci influence task thresholds for hygienic behaviour in honeybees (Apis mellifera) (2010) (112)
- Field trial of honey bee colonies bred for mechanisms of resistance against Varroa destructor (2011) (106)
- A multifactorial study of the resistance of honeybees Apis mellifera to the mite Varroa destructor over one year in Mexico (2005) (105)
- In vitro study of the antimicrobial activity of Brazilian propolis against Paenibacillus larvae. (2008) (103)
- Differences in olfactory sensitivity and behavioral responses among honey bees bred for hygienic behavior (2003) (96)
- Influence of colony genotypic composition on the performance of hygienic behaviour in the honeybee, Apis mellifera L. (2001) (90)
- Practical Sampling Plans for Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) in Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies and Apiaries (2010) (89)
- Land use in the Northern Great Plains region of the U.S. influences the survival and productivity of honey bee colonies (2016) (88)
- HONEY BEE HYGIENIC BEHAVIOR (1998) (86)
- Propolis Counteracts Some Threats to Honey Bee Health (2017) (86)
- A Comparison of Honey Bee-Collected Pollen From Working Agricultural Lands Using Light Microscopy and ITS Metabarcoding (2016) (80)
- Plant Extracts Used for Control of the Parasitic Mites Varroa jacobsoni (Acari: Varroidae) and Acarapis woodi (Acari: Tarsonemidae) in Colonies of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (1997) (76)
- Plant Extracts for Control of the Parasitic Mite Varroa jacobsoni (Acari: Varroidae) in Colonies of the Western Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (1995) (76)
- Metabolomics Reveals the Origins of Antimicrobial Plant Resins Collected by Honey Bees (2013) (72)
- Honey Bee Exposure to Pesticides: A Four-Year Nationwide Study (2019) (71)
- The "African" Honey Bee (1991) (70)
- Amitraz resistance in varroa: new discovery in North America (1999) (66)
- Brood Odor Discrimination Abilities in Hygienic Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) Using Proboscis Extension Reflex Conditioning (2004) (64)
- Regional variation in composition and antimicrobial activity of US propolis against Paenibacillus larvae and Ascosphaera apis. (2015) (63)
- Seasonal benefits of a natural propolis envelope to honey bee immunity and colony health (2015) (53)
- A Cell Line Resource Derived from Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Embryonic Tissues (2013) (52)
- Hygienic behaviors of honey bees in response to brood experimentally pin-killed or infected with Ascosphaera apis (2010) (50)
- Inefficient task partitioning among nonhygienic honeybees, Apis mellifera L., and implications for disease transmission (2006) (47)
- Climatic Limits of Tropical African Honeybees in the Americas (1984) (46)
- Spores of Ascosphaera apis contained in wax foundation can infect honeybee brood. (2005) (44)
- Wild, native bees and managed honey bees benefit from similar agricultural land uses (2018) (42)
- Wind-Guided Landing and Search Behavior in Fleshflies and Blowflies Exploiting a Resource Patch (Diptera: Sarcophagidae, Calliphoridae) (1991) (39)
- Brood Affects Hygienic Behavior in the Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). (2018) (37)
- Effects of Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid Exposure on Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Queen Survival and Nest Initiation (2017) (37)
- Hygienic behavior of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) is independent of sucrose responsiveness and foraging ontogeny (2006) (36)
- Perspectives on hygienic behavior in Apis mellifera and other social insects (2020) (36)
- Stock-specific chemical brood signals are induced by Varroa and Deformed Wing Virus, and elicit hygienic response in the honey bee (2019) (34)
- Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists, SARE Handbook 11, NRAES-186 (2010) (34)
- Is the Brood Pattern within a Honey Bee Colony a Reliable Indicator of Queen Quality? (2019) (32)
- Role of Thermoregulation by Nestmates on the Development Time of Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Queens (1993) (32)
- Honeybee microbiome is stabilized in the presence of propolis (2020) (29)
- Propolis envelope in Apis mellifera colonies supports honey bees against the pathogen, Paenibacillus larvae (2017) (29)
- The relative success of Africanized and European honey-bees over a range of life-zones in Costa Rica (1992) (27)
- Exploring park visitor perceptions of ‘flowering bee lawns’ in neighborhood parks in Minneapolis, MN, US (2019) (26)
- Maturation of tergal gland alkene profiles in European honey bee queens,Apis mellifera L. (2004) (25)
- Aspects of Africanized Honey Bee Ecology in Tropical America (2019) (24)
- Do honey bee (Apis mellifera) foragers recruit their nestmates to native forbs in reconstructed prairie habitats? (2020) (22)
- Survey-derived best management practices for backyard beekeepers improve colony health and reduce mortality (2021) (22)
- Befriending Bumble Bees: A Practical Guide to Raising Local Bumble Bees (2007) (20)
- Social-medication in bees: the line between individual and social regulation. (2019) (20)
- 3-Acyl dihydroflavonols from poplar resins collected by honey bees are active against the bee pathogens Paenibacillus larvae and Ascosphaera apis. (2017) (20)
- Tactile learning in resin foraging honeybees (2010) (19)
- Resin Use by Stingless Bees: A Review (2021) (19)
- The future of the MN hygienic stock of bees is in good hands (2009) (19)
- Effects of honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) presence on cranberry (Ericales: Ericaceae) pollination. (2006) (17)
- Propolis Envelope Promotes Beneficial Bacteria in the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Mouthpart Microbiome (2020) (16)
- Preventative antibiotic treatments for honey bee colonies. (2000) (15)
- The Africanization Process in Costa Rica (2019) (13)
- Comments on: “Varroa destructor, research avenues towards sustainable control” (2013) (13)
- A Survey and Historical Comparison of the Megachilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) of Itasca State Park, Minnesota (2014) (12)
- The Bee Informed Partnership: Using Beekeeper's Real-World Experience to Solve Beekeepers' Real-World Problems (2012) (12)
- Standardized sampling plan to detect varroa density in colonies and apiaries. (2010) (11)
- Why does bee health matter? The science surrounding honey bee health concerns and what we can do about it (2017) (9)
- Influence of Temperature on Rate of Development and Color Patterns of Queen Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (1992) (9)
- Individual precocity, temporal persistence, and task-specialization of hygienic bees from selected colonies of Apis mellifera (2016) (9)
- Turfgrass Species Affect the Establishment and Bloom of Kura Clover (Trifolium ambiguum) in Lawns (2019) (9)
- A Sustainable Approach to Controlling Honey Bee Diseases and Varroa Mites (2005) (8)
- Managed pollinator CAP coordinated agricultural project: The first two years of the stationary hive project: Abiotic site effects (2012) (8)
- Beekeeping in Venezuela (2019) (8)
- Do measurements of worker cell size reliably distinguish Africanized from European honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) (1992) (8)
- Hidden Benefits of Honeybee Propolis in Hives (2017) (8)
- The Pathogen Profile of a Honey Bee Queen Does Not Reflect That of Her Workers (2020) (8)
- Honey production by Africanized and European honey bees in Costa Rica (1989) (8)
- The influence of temperature on cuticular color of honeybee (Apis mellifera L) queens (1993) (7)
- Floral Enhancement of Turfgrass Lawns Benefits Wild Bees and Honey Bees (Apis Mellifera) (2021) (6)
- Effects of Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Presence on Cranberry (Ericales: Ericaceae) Pollination (2006) (6)
- Successful queen rearing. Short course (1995) (5)
- The influence of pupation temperature on the color patterns and development time of queen honey bees. (1990) (5)
- The Wisdom of the Hive—the Social Physiology of Honey Bee Colonies (1996) (5)
- Social Fever or General Immune Response? Revisiting an Example of Social Immunity in Honey Bees (2020) (4)
- Identification and relative success of Africanized and European honey bees in Costa Rica. (1989) (4)
- Testing the Establishment of Eight Forbs in Mowed Lawns of Hard Fescue (Festuca brevipila) for Use in Pollinator Conservation (2019) (4)
- FOR INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION (2009) (3)
- New direction for the Minnesota hygienic line of Bees (2008) (2)
- Dynamics and control of Varroa parasitism of Apis (1999) (2)
- Managed pollinator CAP coordinated agricultural project: Laying groundwork for a sustainable market of genetically-improved queens: The bee team (2011) (2)
- Binary trait loci that influence the expression of honey bee hygienic behavior (2011) (1)
- Information flow and group decision making in social bees (2004) (1)
- Rate of spread and relative abundance of African honey bees in Mexico. (1988) (1)
- Flowers as parasite transmission hubs (2020) (1)
- External validation of the new calibration for mapping honey bee waggle dances (2021) (1)
- Bee health: Putting control in last place (2008) (1)
- Special Issue on Bee Health (2010) (1)
- Reviewers in 2016 (2016) (1)
- Flowering Bee Lawns: A Toolkit for Land Managers (2019) (0)
- Honey bee social immunity: Resin collection (2016) (0)
- Book Review:Killer Bees: The Africanized Honey Bee in the Americas. Mark L. Winston (1993) (0)
- Hygiene-Eliciting Brood Semiochemicals as a Tool for Assaying Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colony Resistance to Varroa (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) (2021) (0)
- Sustainable approach to controlling varroa mites of honey bees (2001) (0)
- Correction: Do honey bee (Apis mellifera) foragers recruit their nestmates to native forbs in reconstructed prairie habitats? (2021) (0)
- The peculiarities of current of genital inflammatory process in sexually active adolescents and women of fertile age (2000) (0)
- Sub-lethal effects of dietaryneonicotinoid insecticide exposureon honey bee queen fecundity andcolony development (2016) (0)
- A new record of a parasite of honey bees in Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo: An additional danger for worldwide beekeeping? (2007) (0)
- com-Postmarked Extensio n The Bee Informed Partnership: Using Beekeeper’s Real-World Experience to Solve Beekeepers’ Real-World Problems (2012) (0)
- Propolis envelope in Apis mellifera colonies supports honey bees against the pathogen, Paenibacillus larvae (2017) (0)
- PROGRESS IN BREEDING HONEY BEES FOR RESISTANCE TO DISEASES AND VARROA DESTRUCTOR (2004) (0)
- Perceptions of honey bee management information sources among backyard and sideliner beekeepers in the United States (2022) (0)
- Timing of mating flights of Neotropical African and European honey bee queens and drones (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in eastern Venezuela. (1999) (0)
- Honey bee "medical records": The stationary apiary monitoring project (2010) (0)
- Propolis (2018) (0)
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