Recent Lab Publications
Journal Articles

Harpur, B.A., Guarna, M.M., Huxter, E., Higo, H., Moon, K., Hoover, S.E., Ibrahim, A., Melathopoulos, A.P., Desai, S., Currie, R.W., Pernal, S.F., Foster, L.J., and A. Zayed, 2019. Integrative Genomics Reveals the Genetics and Evolution of the Honey Bee's Social Immune System. Genome Biology and Evolution.

Guarna, M.M., Hoover, S.E., Huxter, E., Higo, H., Moon, K., Domanski, D., Bixby, M., Melathopoulos, A.P., Ibrahim, A., Peirson, M., Desai, S., Micholson, D., White, R., Borchers, C.H., Currie, R.W., Pernal, S.F., and L. Foster. 2017. Peptide biomarkers used for the selective breeding of a complex polygenic trait in honey bees. Scientific Reports, 7:8381. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-08464-2

Bixby, M., Baylis, K, Hoover, S.E., Currie, R.W., Melathopoulos, A.P., Foster, L.J., Pernal, S.F., and M.M. Guarna A Bio-Economic Case Study of Canadian Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies: Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS) in Queen Breeding Affects Beekeeper Profits . Journal of Economic Entomology, 2017: 1-10 doi: 10.1093/jee/tox077

Vanderwel, D., Bacala C., Bacala R. and R.W. Currie. 2017. Clarification of the role of 4-methylnonanol, female-produced sex pheromone of the yellow mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Journal of Stored Products Research. 70: 60-64.

Desai, S.D. and R.W. Currie, 2016. Effects of Wintering Environment and Parasite-Pathogen Interactions on Honey Bee Colony Loss in North Temperate Regions. PLoS ONE 11(7):e0159615. July 2016

Desai, S.D., Kumar, S. and R.W. Currie. 2016. Occurrence, detection and quantification, of economically important viruses in healthy and unhealthy honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae), colonies in Canada. Canadian Entomologist 148: 22-35

Bahreini, R. and R.W. Currie. 2015. The Influence of Nosema (Microspora: Nosematidae) infection on Varroa mite (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) Mortality in Honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Insect Pathology. 132: 57-65.

Bahreini, R. and R.W. Currie. 2015. The Potential of Bee-Generated Carbon Dioxide for Control of Varroa Mite (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) in Indoor Overwintering Honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies. Journal of Economic Entomology. 108: 2153-5167. doi:10.1093/jee/tov202

Bahreini, R. and R.W. Currie. 2015. Influence of Honey Bee Genotype and Wintering Method on Wintering Performance of Varroa destructor (Parasitiformes: Varroidae)-Infected Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies in a Northern Climate. Journal of Economic Entomology. 108: 1495-1505. doi: 10.1093/jee/tov164

Desai, S.D. and R.W. Currie. 2015. Genetic diversity within honey bee colonies affects pathogen load and relative virus levels in honey bees, Apis mellifera L. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 69: 1527-1541. DOI 10.1007/s00265-015-1965-2

Bahreini, R. and R.W. Currie. 2015. The effect of queen pheromone status on Varroa mite removal from honey bee colonies with different grooming ability. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 66: 383-397.

Desai, S.D., Young-Jae E., Whyard, S. and R.W. Currie. 2012. Prevention of deformed wing virus infection in larval and adult honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) by dsRNA ingestion. Insect Molecular Biology, 21: 446-455. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2012.01150.x

Kozak, P. and R.W. Currie. 2011. Laboratory study on the effects of temperature and three ventilation rates on infestations of Varroa destructor in clusters of honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 104: 1774-1782. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/EC08278

Currie, R.W., Pernal, S.F. And E. Guzmán-Novoa. 2010. Colony losses in Canada. Journal of Apicultural Research. 49: 104-106.

Book Chapters and Collective Works

FAUM-FAB LAB, STUFF Group, R. Currie, J. Hwang, M. Loverich, L. King, G. Mnaugh, Bee Project Apiaries, C. Connery, B.Bergem, D. Smart, M.Mazurkiewicz, A. Matyiku, M. Krahn, M. Hagen, E. Taylor. O. Nichols. S. Mcivor, and J. Becker. Bee House Lab. Bee House Design Competition and Research Guide. ISBN 978-1-634968-2 36 135pp.

Currie, R.W., Spivak, M., and G Reuter. 2015. Wintering Management of Honey Bee Colonies. In The Hive and the Honey Bee. Series ed. Graham, Joe. Dadant and Sons. 61 pp.

Currie, R.W. 2011. Indoor wintering of honey bees (pp.104-107). In The Beekeeper's Handbook. Fourth Edition. Diana Samataro and Alphonse Avitabile Editors. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, NY. 308 pp (pp.104-107).

Non-Refereed Publications

Currie, R.W. 2014. Pollinating insects-native and managed pollinators. Pages 22-23 in B. Amiro, C. Rawluk and K. Wittenberg (editors). Moving Towards Prairie Agriculture 2050. Green Paper prepared for the Alberta Institute of Agrologists Conference, April. 46 pp.