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2025

11.
Omics insights into the effects of highbush blueberry and cranberry crop agroecosystems on honey bee health and physiology


11. Zhong H, Shi Y, Kozlova A, Moravcova R, Rogalski JC, Jamieson A, Lansing L, Moon K-M, Yuan J, Gregoris AS, Higo H, Common J, Conflitti IM, Pepinelli M, Tran L, Jabbari H, Bukhari SA, French SK, Ortega Polo R, Hoover SE, Pernal SF, Giovenazzo P, Guarna MM, Zayed A, Foster LJ. Proteomics.


10.
Regional patterns and climatic predictors of viruses in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies over time


McAfee A, Alavi-Shoushtari N, Labuschagne R, Tran L, Tsvetkov N, Common J, Higo H, Pernal SF, Giovenazzo P, Hoover SE, Guzman-Novoa E, Currie RW, Wolf Veiga P, French SK, Conflitti IM, Pepinelli M, Borges D, Walsh EM, Bishop CA, Zayed A, Duffe J, Guarna MM, Foster LJ. Scientific Reports.


2024

9.
Pollen foraging mediates exposure to dichotomous stressor syndromes in honey bees


Wizenberg SB, French SK, Newburn LR, Pepinelli M, Conflitti IM, Moubony M, Ritchie C, Jamieson A, Richardson RT, Travas A, Imrit MA, Chihata M, Higo H, Common J, Walsh EM, Bixby M, Guarna MM, Pernal SF, Hoover SE, Currie RW, Giovenazzo P, Guzman-Novoa E, Borges D, Foster LJ, Zayed A. PNAS Nexus.


8.
Identifying and modeling the impact of neonicotinoid
exposure on honey bee colony profit


Bixby M, French SK, Wizenberg SB, Jamieson A, Pepinelli M, Cunningham MM, Conflitti IM, Foster LJ, Zayed A, Guarna MM. Journal of Economic Entomology.


7.
Climatic predictors of Varroa destructor, Melissococcus
plutonius
, and Vairimorpha detections in honey bee colonies


McAfee A, Alavi-Shoushtari N, Tran L, Labuschagne R, Cunningham M, Tsvetkov N, Common J, Higo H, Pernal SF, Giovenazzo P, Hoover SE, Guzman-Novoa E, Currie RW, Wolf Veiga P, French SK, Conflitti IM, Pepinelli M, Borges D, Walsh EM, Bishop CA, Zayed A, Duffe J, Foster LJ, Guarna MM. PLOS Climate.


6.
Higher prevalence of sacbrood virus in highbush blueberry pollination units


McAfee A, French SK, Tsvetkov N, Higo H, Common J, Pernal SF, Giovenazzo P, Hoover SE, Guzman-Novoa E, Currie RW, Wolf Veiga P, Conflitti IM, Pepinelli M, Tran L, Zayed A, Guarna MM, Foster LJ. Journal of Economic Entomology.


5.
Honey bee stressor networks are complex and dependent on crop and region


French SK, Pepinelli M, Conflitti IM, Jamieson A, Higo H, Common J, Walsh EM, Bixby M, Guarna MM, Pernal SF, Hoover SE, Currie RW, Giovenazzo P, Guzman-Novoa E, Borges D, Foster LJ, Zayed A. Current Biology.


2021

4.
Forest edges and their effects on the arrival of dragonflies at north-temperate experimental ponds


Leite LMSN, French SK, Searcy CA, McCauley SJ. International Journal of Odonatology.


2019

3.
The movement responses of three libellulid dragonfly species to open and closed landscape cover


French SK, McCauley SJ. Insect Conservation and Diversity.


2018

2.
Canopy cover affects habitat selection by adult dragonflies


French SK, McCauley SJ. Hydrobiologia.


2014

1.
Responses of newly settled juvenile mussels to bed shear stress: implications for dispersal


French SK, Ackerman JD. Freshwater Science.


2024

May 5th
Radio-Canada interview
Le déclin de la santé des abeilles décodé une fois pour toutes?

April 19th
Radio-Canada Ohdio interview
Des pertes énormes dans les ruches de certains apiculteurs de l'île Manitoulin

April 17th
York University News interview
EN Honey bees experience multiple health stressors out-in-the-field
FR Les abeilles mellifères sont confrontées à de multiples facteurs de stress qui affectent leur santé

April 17th
New study out in Current Biology
Honey bee stressor networks are complex and dependent on crop and region