Behaviour and Genetics of Social Insects Lab Behaviour
   

Ben Oldroyd

Publications

Due to copyright restrictions, please email Ben if you would like a copy of any of these articles.

Beekman, M., M. H. Allsopp, L. A. Jordan, J. Lim, and B. P. Oldroyd. (2009) A quantitative study of worker reproduction in queenright colonies of the Cape honey bee Apis mellifera capensis. Molecular Ecology 18:2722-2727.

Chapman N.C., Beekman M., Oldroyd BP (2009) Several workers lay eggs in the same brood cell in queenless honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies, Insectes Sociaux 56: 103-105.

Oxley PR, Thompson GJ, Oldroyd BP (2008) Four QTL influence worker sterility in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) Genetics 179:1337-1343.

Thompson GJ, Kucharski R, Maleszka R, Oldroyd BP (2008) Genome-wide analysis of genes related to ovary activation in worker honey bees. Insect Molecular Biology 17:657-665.

Wattanachaiyingcharoen W, Wongsiri S, Oldroyd BP (2008) Aggregations of unrelated Apis florea colonies. Apidologie 39:531-536.

Chapman NC, Nanork P, Reddy MS, Bhat NS, Beekman M, Oldroyd BP (2008b) Nestmate recognition by guards of the Asian hive bee Apis cerana. Insectes Sociaux 55: 382-386.

Oldroyd BP, Allsopp MH, Gloag RS, Lim J, Jordan LA and Beekman M. (2008) Thelytokous parthenogenesis in unmated queen honey bees (Apis mellifera capensis): central fusion and high recombination rates. Genetics 180:359-366 .

Gloag, RS, Beekman M, Heard TA & Oldroyd BP. (2008) Nest defence in a stingless bee: What causes fighting swarms in Trigona carbonaria (Hymenoptera: Meliponini)? Insectes Sociaux: 55: 387-391.

Oldroyd BP, Fewell, JH (2008) Large fitness benefits from polyandry in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23:59-60.

Hughes, WOH, Ratnieks, FLW & Oldroyd BP. (2008) Multiple paternity or multiple queens: two routes to greater intracolonial genetic diversity in the eusocial Hymenoptera. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21:1090-1095

Oldroyd BP, Gloag RS, Even N, Wattanachaiyingcharoen W, & Beekman M. (2008) Nest-site selection in the open-nesting honey bee Apis florea. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62:1643-1653.

Beekman M & Oldroyd BP . (2008) Who is the Queen's mother? Royal cheats in social insects. Journal of Biosciences 32:159-161.

Jordan LA, Allsopp MH, Beekman M, Wossler TC & Oldroyd BP. (2008) Inheritance of traits associated with reproductive potential in Apis mellifera capensis and A. m. scutellata workers. Journal of Heredity 99:376-381.

Hughes WOH, Oldroyd BP, Beekman M & Ratnieks FLW. (2008) Ancestral monogamy shows kin selection is key to the evolution of eusociality. Science 320:1213-1216.

Chapman NC, Lim J & Oldroyd BP. (2008) Population genetics of commercial and feral honey bees in Western Australia. Journal of Economic Entomology 101:272-277.

Beekman M, Gloag RS, Even N, Wattanachaiyingcharoen W. & Oldroyd BP. (2008) Dance precision of Apis florea - clues to the evolution of the honey bee dance language? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62:1259-1265.

Oldroyd BP & Beekman M. (2008) Effects of selection for honey bee worker reproduction on foraging traits. PLoS Biology: 6: e56. Doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060056.

Jordan L.A., Allsopp M.H., Oldroyd BP, Wossler T.C. & Beekman M. (2008) Cheating workers produce royal offspring. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 275:345-351.

Beekman, M. & BP Oldroyd. (2008) When workers disunite: Intra-specific parasitism in eusocial bees. Annual Review of Entomology 53:19-37.

Gloag RS, Heard TA, Beekman M, Oldroyd BP. (2008) No worker reproduction in the Australian stingless bee, Trigona carbonaria Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Insectes Sociaux 54: 412-417.

Beekman M., Allsopp M.H., Wossler T.C. & BP Oldroyd. (2008) Factors affecting the dynamics of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) hybrid zone in South Africa. Heredity 100:13-18.

Jordan L.A., Allsopp M.H., Oldroyd BP, Wossler T.C. & Beekman M. (2007) A scientific note on the drone flight time of Apis mellifera capensis and A. m. scutellata. Apidologie 38:436-437 .

Thompson G.J., Yockey H., Lim J., BP Oldroyd. (2007) Experimental manipulation of ovary activation and gene expression in honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens and workers: testing hypotheses of reproductive regulation. Journal of Experimental Zoololgy 307A:1-11.

Beekman, M., Martin, S.J., Drijfhout, F. & BP Oldroyd. (2007). Higher removal rate of eggs laid by anarchistic queens - a cost of anarchy? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61:1847-1853.

Nanork, P., Wongsiri, S. & BP Oldroyd. (2007). Preservation and loss of the honey bee (Apis) egg-marking signal across evolutionary time. Behavioral Ecology Sociobiology 61:1509-1514.

Oldroyd BP (2007) What's killing American Honey Bees? PLoS Biology 5:1195-1199.

Oldroyd BP & J.H. Fewell. (2007) Genetic diversity promotes homeostasis in insect colonies. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22: 408-413.  Due to copyright restrictions, please email Ben for copy.

Chapman, N.C., Oldroyd BP & W.O.H. Hughes. (2007) Differential responses of honeybee (Apis mellifera) patrilines to changes in stimuli for the generalist tasks of nursing and foraging. Behavioral Ecology Sociobiology 61:1185-1194.

Quezada-Euan, JJ. G., Paxton, R.J., Palmer, K.A., Itza, W. de J.M., Tay, W.T., & Oldroyd BP (2007) Morphological and molecular characters reveal differentiation in a Neotropical social bee, Melipona beecheii (Apidae: Meliponini) Apidologie 38: 1-12.

Nanork, P., Chapman, N.C., Wongsiri, S.,Lim, J., Gloag, R.S., & Oldroyd BP (2007) Social parasitism by workers in queenless and queenright Apis cerana colonies. Molecular Ecology 16: 1107-1114. Due to copyright restrictions, please email Ben for a copy.

Jones, J.C. & Oldroyd BP (2007) Nest thermoregulation in social insects. Advances in Insect Physiology. 33: 153-191.

Oldroyd BP & Thompson, G.J. (2007) Behavioural genetics of the honey bee Apis mellifera. Advances in Insect Physiology 33: 1-49.

Oldroyd BP, Reddy, M.S., Chapman, N.C., Thompson, GJ & M Beekman. (2006) Evidence for reproductive isolation between two colour morphs of cavity nesting honey bees (Apis) in south India. Insectes Sociaux 53:429-434.

Thompson, G.J., Kucharski, R. Maleszka, R. & Oldroyd BP (2006) Towards a molecular definition of worker sterility: differential gene expression and reproductive plasticity in honey bees. Insect Molecular Biology. 15:637–644.

Nanork, P., Wongsiri, S. & Oldroyd BP (2006) The reproductive dilemmas of queenless red dwarf honeybee (Apis florea) workers. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 61: 91-97

Holleley, C.E., Dickman, C.R., Crowther, M.S. & Oldroyd BP (2006) Size breeds success: multiple paternity, multivariate selection and male semelparity in a small marsupial, Antechinus stuartii. Molecular Ecology 15:3439-3448.

Graham, S., Myerscough, M.R., Jones, J.C. & Oldroyd BP (2006) Modelling the role of intracolonial genetic diversity on regulation of brood temperature in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies. Insectes Sociaux 53:226-232.

Koywiwattrakul, P., Thompson, GJ., Sitthipraneed, S., Oldroyd BP. & R. Maleszka. (2005) Effects of carbon dioxide narcosis on ovary activation amd gene expression in worker honeybees, Apis mellifera. Journal of Insect Science 5:36.

Nanork, P., Paar, J., Chapman, N.C., Wongsiri, S. & Oldroyd BP (2005) Asian honeybees parasitize the future dead. Nature 437:829.

Hoover, S.E.R., Winston, M.L. & Oldroyd BP (2005) Retinue attraction and ovary activation: responses of wild type and anarchistic honey bees (Apis mellifera) to queen and brood pheromones. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 59:278-284.

Jones J, Helliwell,P, Beekman M, Maleska R & Oldroyd, BP (2005) The effects of rearing temperature on developmental stability and learning and memory in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 191:1121-1129

Beekman M, Doyen, L. & Oldroyd BP (2005) Decrease in dance imprecision with increasing foraging distance in the honey bee Apis mellifera L. is partly explained by physical constraints. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 191:1107-1113

Hoover, S.E.R., Oldroyd BP, Wossler, T.C. & M.L. Winston. (2005) Anarchistic queen honey bees have normal queen mandibular pheromones. Insectes Sociaux 52:6 -10.

Beekman M & Oldroyd BP (2005) Honey bee workers use cues other than egg viability for policing. Biology Letters 1(2):129-132.

Thompson, G.J., & Oldroyd BP (2004) Evaluating alternative hypotheses for the origin of eusociality in corbiculate bees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33:452-456.

Beekman M, Martin C.G. & Oldroyd BP (2004) Similar policing rates of eggs laid by virgin and mated honey-bee queens. Naturwissenschaften 91:598-601.

Paar, J., Oldroyd BP, Huettinger, E. & G. Kastberger. (2004) Levels of polyandry in Apis laboriosa Smith from Nepal. Insectes Sociaux 51:212-214

Martin, S.J., Chaline, N., Oldroyd BP, Jones, G.R. & F.L.W. Ratnieks. (2004) Egg marking pheromones of anarchistic worker honeybees (Apis mellifera). Behav. Ecol. 15: 839-844

Jones, J.C., Myerscough, M.R., Graham, S. & BP Oldroyd. (2004) Honey Bee nest thermoregulation: Diversity promotes stability. Science 305:402-404

Cameron, E.C., Franck, P. & B. P. Oldroyd. (2004) Genetic structure of nest aggregations and drone congregations of the southeastern Asian stingless bee Trigona collina. Mol. Ecol. 13:2357-2364

Franck, P., Cameron, E., Good, G., Rasplus, J-Y. & BP Oldroyd. (2004) Nest architecture and genetic differentiation in a species comples of Australian stingless bees. Mol. Ecol. 13: 2317-2331

Paar, J., Oldroyd BP, Huettinger, E. & G. Kastberger. (2004) Genetic Structure of an Apis dorsata population: The significance of migration and colony aggregation. J. Heredity. 95: 119-126

Myerscough, MR & BP Oldroyd. (2004) Simulation models of the role of genetic variability in social insect task allocation. Insect. Soc. 51: 146-152

Martin CG, Oldroyd BP & Beekman M. (2004) Differential reproductive success among subfamilies in queenless honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56:42-49

Evans, J.D., Shearman, D.C.A. & BP Oldroyd. (2004) Molecular basis of sex determination in haplodiploids. TREE. 19:1-3

Dampney, J.R., Barron, A.B. & BP Oldroyd. (2004) Measuring the cost of worker reproduction in honeybees: work tempo in an 'anarchic' line. Apidologie 35:83-88

Beekman, M. & BP Oldroyd. (2003) Different policing rates of eggs laid by queenright and queenless anarchistic honey-bee workers (Apis mellifera L.) Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 54:480-484

Palmer, K.A. & BP Oldroyd. (2003) Evidence for intra-colonial genetic variance in resistance to American foulbrood of honey bees (Apis mellifera): further support for the parasite/pathogen hypothesis for the evolution of polyandry. Naturwissenschaften 90:265-268

Ashe, A. & BP Oldroyd. (2003) Do queens select sperm? TREE 18:108

Halling, LA. & BP. Oldroyd. (2003) Do policing honeybee (Apis mellifera) workers target eggs in drone comb? Insectes Soc. 50: 59-61

Beekman, M, Oldroyd BP. & Myerscough MR. (2003) Sticking to their choice - honey bee subfamilies abandon declining food sources at a slow but uniform rate. Ecological Entomology 28(2): 233-236

Beekman M & Oldroyd BP.(2003) Effects of cross-feeding anarchistic and wild type honey bees: Anarchistic workers are not queen-like. Naturwissenschaften. 90: 189-192

Wattanachaiyingcharoen, W., Oldroyd BP., Wongsiri, S., Palmer, K. & J. Paar. (2003). A scientific note on the mating frequency of Apis dorsata. Apidologie, 34: 85 - 86

Rinderer, T.E., Oldroyd, BP, de Guzman, L.I., Wattanachaiyingcharoen, W. & S. Wongsiri. (2002). Spatial distribution of the dwarf honey bees in an agroecosystem in southeastern Thailand. Apidologie. 33: 539-543

Paar, J., Oldroyd, BP, Huettinger, E. & G. Kastberger. (2002). Drifting of workers in nest aggregations of the giant honeybee Apis dorsata. Apidologie. 33: 553-561

Dampney,J.R., Barron, A.B. & BP Oldroyd. (2002) Policing of adult honey bees with activated ovaries is error prone. Insectes Soc. 49: 270-274

Green, C.L., Oldroyd BP (2002) Queen mating frequency and maternity of males in the stingless bee Trigona carbonaria Smith. Ins. Soc. 49: 196-202.

Lapidge, KL., Oldroyd BP. & M. Spivak. (2002) Seven suggestive quantitative trait loci influence hygenic behavior of honey bees. Naturwissenschaften 89: 565 - 568.

June 10, 2009