List of works - Christian Pirk

A worldwide survey of genome sequence variation provides insight into the evolutionary history of the honeybee Apis mellifera

scientific article

An improved odor bait for monitoring populations of Aedes aegypti-vectors of dengue and chikungunya viruses in Kenya

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

Antioxidant supplementation can reduce the survival costs of excess amino acid intake in honeybees.

scientific article

Automatic life-long monitoring of individual insect behaviour now possible.

scientific article published in January 2003

Behaviour of African and European Subspecies ofApis MelliferaToward the Small Hive Beetle,Aethina Tumida

Clinal nature of the frequencies of ovarioles and spermathecae in Cape worker honeybees,Apis mellifera capensis

Comparative transcriptome analysis on the synthesis pathway of honey bee (Apis mellifera) mandibular gland secretions

scientific article

Convergence of carbohydrate-biased intake targets in caged worker honeybees fed different protein sources.

scientific article published on October 2010

Defense posture in the dwarf honeybee, Apis florea

Detoxification mechanisms of honey bees (Apis mellifera) resulting in tolerance of dietary nicotine

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

Digestibility and nutritional value of fresh and stored pollen for honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata).

scientific article

Economics of comb wax salvage by the red dwarf honeybee, Apis florea.

scientific article published on 16 November 2010

Effect of Brood Pheromone on Survival and Nutrient Intake of African Honey Bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) under Controlled Conditions.

scientific article published on 28 April 2017

Effects of a neonicotinoid pesticide on thermoregulation of African honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata).

scientific article

Effects of vector control on the population structure of tsetse (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) in western Kenya

scientific article published on 14 December 2017

Egg laying and egg removal by workers are positively correlated in queenright Cape honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis)

article by Christian Pirk et al published March 2002 in Apidologie

Egg viability and worker policing in honey bees.

scholarly article

Expression of honey bee (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) sterol homeostasis genes in food jelly producing glands of workers

scientific article published in 2024

Field evaluation of natural human odours and the biogent-synthetic lure in trapping Aedes aegypti, vector of dengue and chikungunya viruses in Kenya

scientific article

Floral turnover and climate drive seasonal bee diversity along a tropical elevation gradient

scientific article published on 22 March 2022

Hetero-specific queen retinue behavior of worker bees in mixed-species colonies ofApis ceranaandApis mellifera

article

High Royal Jelly-Producing Honeybees (Apis mellifera ligustica) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in China.

scientific article published on 25 February 2016

Honeybee Evolution: Royal Jelly Proteins Help Queen Larvae to Stay on Top.

scientific article published in April 2018

Honeybee combs: construction through a liquid equilibrium process?

scientific article published on 15 June 2004

Host plant forensics and olfactory-based detection in Afro-tropical mosquito disease vectors.

scientific article published on 20 February 2018

Hygienic and grooming behaviors in African and European honeybees-New damage categories in Varroa destructor.

scientific article

Identification of Multiple Loci Associated with Social Parasitism in Honeybees

scientific article

Increased response to sequential infections of honeybee, Apis mellifera scutellata, colonies by socially parasitic Cape honeybee, A. m. capensis, workers

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

Individual versus social pathway to honeybee worker reproduction (Apis mellifera): pollen or jelly as protein source for oogenesis?

scientific article published in March 2006

Influence of pollen quality on ovarian development in honeybee workers (Apis mellifera scutellata).

scientific article published on 24 April 2007

Intra- and interspecific brood recognition in pure and mixed-species honeybee colonies,Apis ceranaandA. mellifera

Linalool oxide: generalist plant based lure for mosquito disease vectors

scientific article

N eonicotinoids decrease sucrose responsiveness of honey bees at first contact

scientific article published on 15 May 2018

Natural and within-farmland biodiversity enhances crop productivity.

scientific article

Nutritive and immunological benefits derived from the honey bee gut microbiome are threatened by anthropogenic stressors

scientific article published in 2023

Oviposition responses of Bactrocera dorsalis and Ceratitis cosyra to Dufour’s and poison gland extracts of Oecophylla longinoda (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

scientific article published on 20 February 2021

Performance of pairwise shape dissimilarity morphometrics on nonmammalian taxa (Insecta: Neuroptera: Mantispidae).

scientific article

Pheromonal dominance and the selection of a socially parasitic honeybee worker lineage (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.).

scientific article

Pheromonal predisposition to social parasitism in the honeybee Apis mellifera capensis

article

Prediction of insect pest distribution as influenced by elevation: Combining field observations and temperature-dependent development models for the coffee stink bug, Antestiopsis thunbergii (Gmelin).

scientific article published on 22 June 2018

Prisoners receive food fit for a queen: honeybees feed small hive beetles protein-rich glandular secretions through trophallaxis

scientific article published on 23 December 2020

Proteomic and metabolomic analysis reveals rapid and extensive nicotine detoxification ability in honey bee larvae.

scientific article published in February 2017

Reproductive biology of the Cape honeybee: a critique of Beekman et al.

scientific article published on 11 May 2012

Reproductive parasitism by worker honey bees suppressed by queens through regulation of worker mandibular secretions.

scientific article published on 24 May 2018

Resistance of developing honeybee larvae during chronic exposure to dietary nicotine.

scientific article published on 10 May 2014

Responses of queenright and queenless workers of Apis cerana to 9-keto-2(E)-decenoic acid, a pheromonal constituent of the mandibular gland.

scientific article published on 20 July 2010

Scientific note. A scientific note on the natural merger of two honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis)

scientific article published in January 2001

Seasonal and elevational changes of plant‐pollinator interaction networks in East African mountains

scientific article published in 2023

Self assessment in insects: honeybee queens know their own strength.

scientific article

Short-sighted evolution of virulence in parasitic honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.).

scientific article published on 21 February 2008

Small hive beetles survive in honeybee prisons by behavioural mimicry.

scientific article published in July 2002

Spatial and temporal dimensions to the taxonomic diversity of arthropods in an arid grassland savannah

Sucrose Sensitivity of Honey Bees Is Differently Affected by Dietary Protein and a Neonicotinoid Pesticide

scientific article

Temporal patterns of den use suggest polygamous mating patterns in an obligate monogamous mammal

The behaviour of drifted Cape honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis): predisposition for social parasitism?

The importance of protein type and protein to carbohydrate ratio for survival and ovarian activation of caged honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata)

The influence of sublethal neonicotinoid doses on individual Apis mellifera scutellata thermotolerance

scientific article published in 2023

The metabolic fate of nectar nicotine in worker honey bees.

scientific article published on 10 November 2016

The transcriptomic changes associated with the development of social parasitism in the honeybee Apis mellifera capensis.

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

Trophallactic activities in the honeybee brood nest--heaters get supplied with high performance fuel.

scientific article published on 18 June 2008

Turning workers into false queens: the role of exogenous pheromones in regulating reproduction in worker honey bees

scientific article published on 10 July 2018

List of works by Christian Pirk

A worldwide survey of genome sequence variation provides insight into the evolutionary history of the honeybee Apis mellifera

An improved odor bait for monitoring populations of Aedes aegypti-vectors of dengue and chikungunya viruses in Kenya

Antioxidant supplementation can reduce the survival costs of excess amino acid intake in honeybees.

Automatic life-long monitoring of individual insect behaviour now possible.

Behaviour of African and European Subspecies ofApis MelliferaToward the Small Hive Beetle,Aethina Tumida

Clinal nature of the frequencies of ovarioles and spermathecae in Cape worker honeybees,Apis mellifera capensis

Comparative transcriptome analysis on the synthesis pathway of honey bee (Apis mellifera) mandibular gland secretions

Convergence of carbohydrate-biased intake targets in caged worker honeybees fed different protein sources.

Defense posture in the dwarf honeybee, Apis florea

Detoxification mechanisms of honey bees (Apis mellifera) resulting in tolerance of dietary nicotine

Digestibility and nutritional value of fresh and stored pollen for honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata).

Economics of comb wax salvage by the red dwarf honeybee, Apis florea.

Effect of Brood Pheromone on Survival and Nutrient Intake of African Honey Bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) under Controlled Conditions.

Effects of a neonicotinoid pesticide on thermoregulation of African honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata).

Effects of vector control on the population structure of tsetse (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) in western Kenya

Egg laying and egg removal by workers are positively correlated in queenright Cape honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis)

Egg viability and worker policing in honey bees.

Expression of honey bee (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) sterol homeostasis genes in food jelly producing glands of workers

Field evaluation of natural human odours and the biogent-synthetic lure in trapping Aedes aegypti, vector of dengue and chikungunya viruses in Kenya

Floral turnover and climate drive seasonal bee diversity along a tropical elevation gradient

Hetero-specific queen retinue behavior of worker bees in mixed-species colonies ofApis ceranaandApis mellifera

High Royal Jelly-Producing Honeybees (Apis mellifera ligustica) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in China.

Honeybee Evolution: Royal Jelly Proteins Help Queen Larvae to Stay on Top.

Honeybee combs: construction through a liquid equilibrium process?

Host plant forensics and olfactory-based detection in Afro-tropical mosquito disease vectors.

Hygienic and grooming behaviors in African and European honeybees-New damage categories in Varroa destructor.

Identification of Multiple Loci Associated with Social Parasitism in Honeybees

Increased response to sequential infections of honeybee, Apis mellifera scutellata, colonies by socially parasitic Cape honeybee, A. m. capensis, workers

Individual versus social pathway to honeybee worker reproduction (Apis mellifera): pollen or jelly as protein source for oogenesis?

Influence of pollen quality on ovarian development in honeybee workers (Apis mellifera scutellata).

Intra- and interspecific brood recognition in pure and mixed-species honeybee colonies,Apis ceranaandA. mellifera

Linalool oxide: generalist plant based lure for mosquito disease vectors

N eonicotinoids decrease sucrose responsiveness of honey bees at first contact

Natural and within-farmland biodiversity enhances crop productivity.

Nutritive and immunological benefits derived from the honey bee gut microbiome are threatened by anthropogenic stressors

Oviposition responses of Bactrocera dorsalis and Ceratitis cosyra to Dufour’s and poison gland extracts of Oecophylla longinoda (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Performance of pairwise shape dissimilarity morphometrics on nonmammalian taxa (Insecta: Neuroptera: Mantispidae).

Pheromonal dominance and the selection of a socially parasitic honeybee worker lineage (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.).

Pheromonal predisposition to social parasitism in the honeybee Apis mellifera capensis

Prediction of insect pest distribution as influenced by elevation: Combining field observations and temperature-dependent development models for the coffee stink bug, Antestiopsis thunbergii (Gmelin).

Prisoners receive food fit for a queen: honeybees feed small hive beetles protein-rich glandular secretions through trophallaxis

Proteomic and metabolomic analysis reveals rapid and extensive nicotine detoxification ability in honey bee larvae.

Reproductive biology of the Cape honeybee: a critique of Beekman et al.

Reproductive parasitism by worker honey bees suppressed by queens through regulation of worker mandibular secretions.

Resistance of developing honeybee larvae during chronic exposure to dietary nicotine.

Responses of queenright and queenless workers of Apis cerana to 9-keto-2(E)-decenoic acid, a pheromonal constituent of the mandibular gland.

Scientific note. A scientific note on the natural merger of two honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis)

Seasonal and elevational changes of plant‐pollinator interaction networks in East African mountains

Self assessment in insects: honeybee queens know their own strength.

Short-sighted evolution of virulence in parasitic honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.).

Small hive beetles survive in honeybee prisons by behavioural mimicry.

Spatial and temporal dimensions to the taxonomic diversity of arthropods in an arid grassland savannah

Sucrose Sensitivity of Honey Bees Is Differently Affected by Dietary Protein and a Neonicotinoid Pesticide

Temporal patterns of den use suggest polygamous mating patterns in an obligate monogamous mammal

The behaviour of drifted Cape honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis): predisposition for social parasitism?

The importance of protein type and protein to carbohydrate ratio for survival and ovarian activation of caged honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata)

The influence of sublethal neonicotinoid doses on individual Apis mellifera scutellata thermotolerance

The metabolic fate of nectar nicotine in worker honey bees.

The transcriptomic changes associated with the development of social parasitism in the honeybee Apis mellifera capensis.

Trophallactic activities in the honeybee brood nest--heaters get supplied with high performance fuel.

Turning workers into false queens: the role of exogenous pheromones in regulating reproduction in worker honey bees