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2014
Roberts, K.E. and Hughes, W.O.H., (2015) Horizontal transmission of a parasite is influenced by infected host phenotype and density. Parasitology, 142(2), pp.395-405.
Thompson, C.E., Biesmeijer, J.C., Allnutt, T.R., Pietravalle, S. and Budge, G.E., (2014) Parasite pressures on feral honey bees (Apis mellifera sp.). PloS one, 9(8), p.e105164. pdf
Roberts, K.E. and Hughes, W.O., (2014) Immunosenescence and resistance to parasite infection in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 121, pp.1-6.. pdf
Morrissey, B.J., Helgason, T., Poppinga, L., Fünfhaus, A., Genersch, E. and Budge, G.E., (2014) Biogeography of Paenibacillus larvae, the causative agent of American foulbrood, using a new multilocus sequence typing scheme. Environmental microbiology, 17(4), pp.1414-1424. Environmental Microbiology.
Budge, G.E., Shirley, M.D., Jones, B., Quill, E., Tomkies, V., Feil, E.J., Brown, M.A. and Haynes, E.G., (2014) Molecular epidemiology and population structure of the honey bee brood pathogen Melissococcus plutonius. The ISME journal, 8(8), p.1588. pdf
2013
Haynes, E., Helgason, T., Young, J.P.W., Thwaites, R. and Budge, G.E., (2013) A typing scheme for the honeybee pathogen Melissococcus plutonius allows detection of disease transmission events and a study of the distribution of variants. Environmental microbiology reports, 5(4), pp.525-529. pdf
Mill, A.C., Rushton, S.P., Shirley, M.D., Smith, G.C., Mason, P., Brown, M.A. and Budge, G.E., (2013) Clustering, persistence and control of a pollinator brood disease: epidemiology of American foulbrood. Environmental microbiology, 16(12), pp.3753-3763. pdf Further supporting information.
Polce, C., Termansen, M., Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Boatman, N.D., Budge, G.E., Crowe, A., Garratt, M.P., Pietravalle, S., Potts, S.G., Ramirez, J.A. and Somerwill, K.E., (2013) Species distribution models for crop pollination: a modelling framework applied to Great Britain. PloS one, 8(10), p.e76308. pdf
Datta, S., Bull, J.C., Budge, G.E. and Keeling, M.J., (2013) Modelling the spread of American foulbrood in honeybees. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 10(88), p.20130650. pdf
More information on the model that charts the spread of American foulbrood can be viewed on the following Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUEXRG8InLg
Cuthbertson, A.G., Wakefield, M.E., Powell, M.E., Marris, G., Anderson, H., Budge, G.E., Mathers, J.J., Blackburn, L.F. and Brown, M.A., (2013) The small hive beetle Aethina tumida: A review of its biology and control measures. Current Zoology, 59(5), pp.644-653. pdf
Evans, J.D., Schwarz, R.S., Chen, Y.P., Budge, G., Cornman, R.S., De la Rua, P., de Miranda, J.R., Foret, S., Foster, L., Gauthier, L. and Genersch, E., (2013) Standard methods for molecular research in Apis mellifera. Journal of apicultural research, 52(4), pp.1-54.
Forsgren, E., Budge, G.E., Charrière, J.D. and Hornitzky, M.A., (2013) Standard methods for European foulbrood research. Journal of Apicultural Research, 52(1), pp.1-14. pdf
De Graaf, D.C., Alippi, A.M., Antúnez, K., Aronstein, K.A., Budge, G., De Koker, D., De Smet, L., Dingman, D.W., Evans, J.D., Foster, L.J. and Fünfhaus, A., (2013) Standard methods for American foulbrood research. Journal of Apicultural Research, 52(1), pp.1-28. pdf
Vanbergen, A.J. and Initiative, T.I.P., (2013) Threats to an ecosystem service: pressures on pollinators. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 11(5), pp.251-259.
2012
Cuthbertson, A.G., Mathers, J.J., Blackburn, L.F., Powell, M.E., Marris, G., Pietravalle, S., Brown, M.A. and Budge, G.E., (2012) Screening commercially available entomopathogenic biocontrol agents for the control of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in the UK. Insects, 3(3), pp.719-726. pdf
Martin, S.J., Highfield, A.C., Brettell, L., Villalobos, E.M., Budge, G.E., Powell, M., Nikaido, S. and Schroeder, D.C., (2012) Global honey bee viral landscape altered by a parasitic mite. Science, 336(6086), pp.1304-1306.
Van der Zee, R., Pisa, L., Andonov, S., Brodschneider, R., Charrière, J.D., Chlebo, R., Coffey, M.F., Crailsheim, K., Dahle, B., Gajda, A. and Gray, A., (2012) Managed honey bee colony losses in Canada, China, Europe, Israel and Turkey, for the winters of 2008–9 and 2009–10. Journal of Apicultural Research, 51(1), pp.100-114. pdf
Evison, S.E., Roberts, K.E., Laurenson, L., Pietravalle, S., Hui, J., Biesmeijer, J.C., Smith, J.E., Budge, G. and Hughes, W.O., (2012) Pervasiveness of parasites in pollinators. PloS one, 7(1), p.e30641. pdf
2011
vanEngelsdorp, D., Brodschneider, R., Brostaux, Y., Zee, R.V.D., Pisa, L., Underwood, R., Lengerich, E., Spleen, A., Neumann, P., Wilkins, S. and Budge, G., (2011) Calculating and reporting managed honey bee colony losses. Honey Bee Colony Health, pp.229-236.
Glover, R.H., Adams, I.P., Budge, G., Wilkins, S. and Boonham, N., (2011) Detection of honey bee (Apis mellifera) viruses with an oligonucleotide microarray. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 107(3), pp.216-219. pdf
Richards, E.H., Jones, B. and Bowman, A., (2011) Salivary secretions from the honeybee mite, Varroa destructor: effects on insect haemocytes and preliminary biochemical characterization. Parasitology, 138(5), pp.602-608. pdf
2010
Budge, G.E., Barrett, B., Jones, B., Pietravalle, S., Marris, G., Chantawannakul, P., Thwaites, R., Hall, J., Cuthbertson, A.G. and Brown, M.A., (2010) The occurrence of Melissococcus plutonius in healthy colonies of Apis mellifera and the efficacy of European foulbrood control measures. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 105(2), pp.164-170. pdf
Campbell, E.M., Budge, G.E. and Bowman, A.S., (2010) Gene-knockdown in the honey bee mite Varroa destructor by a non-invasive approach: studies on a glutathione S-transferase. Parasites & vectors, 3(1), p.73. pdf
Andrew, G.S., Mathers, J.J., Blackburn, L.F., Brown, M.A. and Marris, G., (2010) Small hive beetle: the next threat to British honey bees?. Biologist, 57(1). pdf
Bacandritsos, N., Granato, A., Budge, G., Papanastasiou, I., Roinioti, E., Caldon, M., Falcaro, C., Gallina, A. and Mutinelli, F., (2010) Sudden deaths and colony population decline in Greek honey bee colonies. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 105(3), pp.335-340. pdf
de Miranda, J.R., Dainat, B., Locke, B., Cordoni, G., Berthoud, H., Gauthier, L., Neumann, P., Budge, G.E., Ball, B.V. and Stoltz, D.B., (2010) Genetic characterization of slow bee paralysis virus of the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.). Journal of general virology, 91(10), pp.2524-2530. pdf
de Miranda, J.R., Cordoni, G. and Budge, G., (2010) The acute bee paralysis virus–Kashmir bee virus–Israeli acute paralysis virus complex. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 103, pp.S30-S47. pdf
Kajobe, R., Marris, G., Budge, G., Laurenson, L., Cordoni, G., Jones, B., Wilkins, S., Cuthbertson, A.G. and Brown, M.A., (2010) First molecular detection of a viral pathogen in Ugandan honey bees. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 104(2), pp.153-156. pdf
Nguyen, B.K., Van der Zee, R., Vejsnæs, F., Wilkins, S., Conte, Y.L. and Ritter, W., (2010) COLOSS Working Group 1: monitoring and diagnosis. Journal of Apicultural Research, 49(1), pp.97-99.
Potts, S.G., Roberts, S.P., Dean, R., Marris, G., Brown, M.A., Jones, R., Neumann, P. and Settele, J., (2010) Declines of managed honey bees and beekeepers in Europe. Journal of apicultural research, 49(1), pp.15-22. pdf
2009
Cuthbertson, A.G.S. and Brown, M.A., (2009) Issues affecting British honey bee biodiversity and the need for conservation of this important ecological component. International Journal of Environmental Science & Technology, 6(4), pp.695-699. pdf
Tomkies, V., Flint, J., Johnson, G., Waite, R., Wilkins, S., Danks, C., Watkins, M., Cuthbertson, A.G., Carpana, E., Marris, G. and Budge, G., (2009) Development and validation of a novel field test kit for European foulbrood. Apidologie, 40(1), pp.63-72. pdf
Adams, S.J., Fussell, R.J., Dickinson, M., Wilkins, S. and Sharman, M., (2009) Study of the depletion of lincomycin residues in honey extracted from treated honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies and the effect of the shook swarm procedure. Analytica Chimica Acta, 637(1-2), pp.315-320.
Becker, R., Vergnet, C., Maus, C., Pistorius, J., Tornier, I. and Wilkins, S., (2009) Proposal of the ICPBR Bee Brood Group for testing and assessing potential side effects from the use of plant protection products on honey bee brood. Julius-Kühn-Archiv, (423), p.43.
2008
Adams, S.J., Heinrich, K., Fussell, R.J., Wilkins, S., Thompson, H.M., Ashwin, H.M. and Sharman, M., (2008) Study of the distribution and depletion of chloramphenicol residues in bee products extracted from treated honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies. Apidologie, 39(5), pp.537-546. pdf
Baker, R.H.A., Black, R., Copp, G.H., Haysom, K.A., Hulme, P.E., Thomas, M.B., Brown, A., Brown, M., Cannon, R.J.C., Ellis, J. and Ellis, M., (2008) The UK risk assessment scheme for all non-native species. pdf
Cuthbertson, A.G., Mathers, J.J., Blackburn, L.F., Wakefield, M.E., Collins, L.E., Luo, W. and Brown, M.A., (2008) Maintaining Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) under quarantine laboratory conditions in the UK and preliminary observations on its behaviour. Journal of apicultural research, 47(3), pp.192-193.
Garrido, C., Carbú, M., Fernández-Acero, F.J., Budge, G., Vallejo, I., Colyer, A. and Cantoral, J.M., (2008) Isolation and pathogenicity of Colletotrichum spp. causing anthracnose of strawberry in south west Spain. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 120(4), pp.409-415.
2007
Adams, S.J., Heinrich, K., Hetmanski, M., Fussell, R.J., Wilkins, S., Thompson, H.M. and Sharman, M., (2007) Study of the depletion of tylosin residues in honey extracted from treated honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies and the effect of the shook swarm procedure. Apidologie, 38(4), pp.315-322. pdf
Thompson, H.M., Wilkins, S., Battersby, A.H., Waite, R.J. and Wilkinson, D., (2007) Modelling long‐term effects of IGRs on honey bee colonies. Pest management science, 63(11), pp.1081-1084. pdf
Ward, L., Brown, M., Neumann, P., Wilkins, S., Pettis, J. and Boonham, N., (2007) A DNA method for screening hive debris for the presence of small hive beetle (Aethina tumida). Apidologie, 38(3), pp.272-280. pdf
Ward, L., Waite, R., Boonham, N., Fisher, T., Pescod, K., Thompson, H., Chantawannakul, P. and Brown, M., (2007) First detection of Kashmir bee virus in the UK using real-time PCR. Apidologie, 38(2), pp.181-190. pdf
Wilkins, S., Brown, M.A. and Cuthbertson, A.G., (2007) The incidence of honey bee pests and diseases in England and Wales. Pest management science, 63(11), pp.1062-1068. pdf
2006
Chantawannakul, P., Ward, L., Boonham, N. and Brown, M., (2006) A scientific note on the detection of honeybee viruses using real-time PCR (TaqMan) in Varroa mites collected from a Thai honeybee (Apis mellifera) apiary. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 91(1), pp.69-73. pdf
Cuthbertson, A.G.S. and Brown, M.A., (2006) The value of the honey bee and the need for it to be protected.. Biodiversity news, 35: 14.
Cuthbertson, A.G. and Brown, M.A., (2006) Vital pollinators: honey bees in apple orchards. Biologist, 53(2). pdf
De Graaf, D., Alippi, A., Brown, M.A., Evans, J., Gregorc, A., Hornitzky, M., Pernal, S., Schuch, D., Titera, T., Tomkies, V. & Ritter, W., (2006) Diagnosis of American foulbrood: review of diagnostic methods. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 43: 583-590. pdf
Thompson, H.M., Waite, R.J., Wilkins, S., Brown, M.A., Bigwood, T., Shaw, M., Ridgway, C. and Sharman, M., (2006) Effects of shook swarm and supplementary feeding on oxytetracycline levels in honey extracted from treated colonies. Apidologie, 37(1), pp.51-57. (pdf)
2005
Thompson, H., Waite, R.J., Wilkins, S., Brown, M. A., Bigwood, T., Shaw, M., Ridgway, C., Sharman, M., (2005) Effects of European foulbrood treatment regime on oxytetracycline levels in honey extracted from treated honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies and toxicity to brood. Food Additives and Contaminants, 22: 573-578.
2004
Thompson, H.M., Wilkins, S., Battersby, A.H., Waite, R.J. and Wilkinson, D., (2004) The effects of four insect growth-regulating (IGR) insecticides on honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) colony development, queen rearing and drone sperm production. Ecotoxicology, 14(7), pp.757-769.
2003
Thompson, H.M., (2003) Behavioural effects of pesticides in bees–their potential for use in risk assessment. Ecotoxicology, 12(1-4), pp.317-330.
Thompson, H., Ball, R., Brown, M. and Bew, M., (2003) Varroa destructor resistance to pyrethroid treatments in the United Kingdom. Bulletin of Insectology, 56, pp.175-184.
Thompson, H. and Wilkins, S., (2003) Assessment of the synergy and repellency of pyrethroid/fungicide mixtures. Bulletin of Insectology, 56(1), pp.131-134.
Waite, R.J., Brown, M.A., Thompson, H.M. and Bew, M.H., (2003) Controlling European foulbrood with the shook swarm method and oxytetracycline in the UK. Apidologie, 34(6), pp.569-575.
Waite, R., Brown, M. and Thompson, H., (2003) Hygienic behaviour in honey bees in the UK: a preliminary study. Bee World, 84(1), pp.19-26.
Waite, R., Jackson, S. and Thompson, H., (2003) Preliminary investigations into possible resistance to oxytetracycline in Melissococcus plutonius, a pathogen of honeybee larvae. Letters in applied microbiology, 36(1), pp.20-24.
2002
Brown, M.A., Thompson, H.M. and Bew, M.H., (2002) Risks to UK beekeeping from the parasitic mite Tropilaelaps clareae and the Small hive beetle, Aethina tumida. Bee World, 83(4), pp.151-164.
Thompson, H.M., Brown, M.A., Ball, R.F. and Bew, M.H., (2002) First report of Varroa destructor resistance to pyrethroids in the UK. Apidologie, 33(4), pp.357-366.
Wilkinson, D. and Brown, M.A., (2002) Rearing queen honey bees in a queenright colony. American Bee Journal, 142(4), pp.270-274.
Wilkinson, D. and Smith, G.C., (2002) A model of the mite parasite, Varroa destructor, on honeybees (Apis mellifera) to investigate parameters important to mite population growth. Ecological Modelling, 148(3), pp.263-275.
Wilkinson, D., Smith, G.C., Hutton, S. and York, Y., (2002) Modeling the Efficiency of Sampling and Trapping Varroa destructor in the Drone Brood of Honey bees (Apis mellifera). American Bee Journal, 142(3), pp.209-212.
2001
Lewis, G.B., Gough, H.J., Kunast, C., Thompson, H.M. and Stevenson, J.H., (2001) The use of toxic standards in the honey bee acute toxicity test. COLLOQUES-INRA, pp.149-158.
Thompson, H.M., (2001) Assessing the exposure and toxicity of pesticides to bumblebees (Bombus sp.). Apidologie, 32(4), pp.305-321.
Thompson, H.M., (2001) Assessing the exposure and toxicity of pesticides to bumble bees. In: Hazards of Pesticides to Bees, Proceedings of the 7th ICPBR Bee Protection Symposium, Avignon. Edited by Belzunces, L.P., Pelissier, C. & Lewis, G.B., published by INRA, Paris.
Thompson, H.M., Barrett, K.A., (2001) Assessing the effects of a glasshouse application of a novel insect growth regulator on bumble bee colonies. In: Hazards of Pesticides to Bees, Proceedings of the 7th ICPBR Bee Protection Symposium, Avignon. Edited by Belzunces, L.P., Pelissier, C. & Lewis, G.B., published by INRA, Paris.
Thompson, H.M., Brown, M.A., (2001) Is contact colony treatment an effective control for European foulbrood? Bee World, 82: 30-138.
Thompson, H.M., Folkard-Ward, H., (2001) Toxicity of realistic combinations of pyrethroids and fungicides to honeybees. In: Hazards of Pesticides to Bees, Proceedings of the 7th ICPBR Bee Protection Symposium, Avignon. Edited by Belzunces, L.P., Pelissier, C. & Lewis, G.B., published by INRA, Paris.
Wilkinson, P.D., Thompson, H.M., Smith, G.C., (2001) Modelling biological approaches to controlling varroa populations. American Bee Journal, 141: 511-516
2000
Thompson, H.M., & Barnett, E.A., (2000) Pesticides and Honeybees, Central Association of Beekeepers.
1999
Thompson, H.M., Brown, M.A., (1999) The role of the National Bee Unit in controlling statutory bee diseases. Bee World, 80: 132-139.
Thompson, H.M., Hunt, L.V., (1999) Extrapolating from honeybees to bumble bees in pesticide risk assessment. Ecotoxicology, 8: 147-166.
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