One of the principle objectives of the Eva Crane Trust is to ensure the dissemination of information. A key factor when considering grant applications is how the project research will be published and shared.

The Eva Crane Trust takes pride in supporting unique and innovative bee research and we are delighted to share these academic papers, which have been published as a consequence of our funding. As you will see, the topics are varied, the research extensive and the geographical area global!

This list of articles has been compiled in chronological order (most recent at the top). The author who received funding is shown in bold. In some instances, several papers have been published.

Published in 2024

• Anna Hadjitofi, Barbara Webb.
  Dynamic antennal positioning allows honeybee followers to decode the dance.
  Current Biology, April, 2024: DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.045

• Federico Ferrante, Elisa Pasquini, Federico Cappa, Lorenzo Bellocchio, David Baracchi
  Unravelling the microplastic menace: different polymers work in synergy to increase bee vulnerability.
  BioRxiv, Reprint, Feb. 2024:  DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.08.579429
  
   

Published in 2023

• M. G. Wright; I. Gatti; M.G. Au; J. Salehi; C.R. Spencer; P. Allin; A. Mafra-Neto.
  Evaluating Formic Acid as a Behavioral Modifier in African Savanna Elephants.
  Diversity 2023, 15, 1079. DOI:10.3390/d15101079

• Richard G. Boakye, Dara A. Stanley, Blanaid White
  Honey contamination from plant protection products approved for cocoa (Theobroma cacao) cultivation: A systematic review of existing research and methods.
  PLOS One, Published: October 25, 2023.  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280175

• Molly McCann & Grace P. McCormack
  Increased levels of introgression evident in Irish honey bees
  Journal of Apicultural Research, Vol.62.  DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2023.2262872

• Elisa Pasquini, Federico Ferrante, Leonardo Passaponti, Francesco Saverio Pavone, Irene Costantini,  David Baracchi.
  Microplastics reach the brain and interfere with honey bee cognition.
  bioRxiv 2023.08.05.552092  DOI.org/10.1101/2023.08.05.552092

• Evan C Palmer-Young, Eugene V Ryabov, Lindsey M Markowitz, et al.
  Host-driven temperature dependence of Deformed wing virus infection in honey bee pupae.
  Commun Biol 6, 333 (2023).   DOI.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04704-6

• Faith T. Mpondo, Patrick A. Ndakidemi, Shelard C. Mukama, Anna C. Treydte.
  Insect visitation and pollination networks across traditional rangeland management categories in a Northern Tanzanian rangeland.
  Global Ecology and Conservation 46, 2023.  DOI.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02581

• Micaela Buteler, Ethel Villalobos, Andrea Marina Alma, Leonel Silva, Juan Pablo Tomba.
  Management practice for small hive beetle as a source of microplastic contamination in honey and honeybee colonies
  Environmental Pollution, Vol. 334. DOI.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122151

• Harriet Hall , Martin Bencsik & Michael Newton (2023)
  Automated, non‑invasive Varroa mite detection by vibrational measurements of gait combined with machine learning.
  Scientific reports. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36810-0
   

Published in 2022

• Evan C Palmer-Young, Lindsey M Markowitz, Kyle Grubbs, Yi Zhang, Miguel Corona, Ryan Schwarz, Yanping Chen, Jay D Evans 
  Antiparasitic effects of three floral volatiles on trypanosomatid infection in honey bees.
  Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 2022; 107830. DOI:10.1016/j.jip.2022.107830

• Micaela Buteler, Andrea Marina Alma, Teodoro Stadler, Ariane Carnebia Gingold, María Celeste Manattini, Mariana Lozada (2022)
  Acute toxicity of microplastic fibers to honeybees and effects on foraging behavior.
  Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 822, 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153320.

• Nicholas J. Balfour, Maria Clara Castellanos, Dave Goulson, Andrew Philippides, Chris Johnson (2022).
  DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions.
  Ecology (Ecological Society of America). DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3801

• Dominic L. Cram, Jessica E. M. van der Wal, Natalie Uomini, Mauricio Cantor, Martin Gruber, et al. (2022)
  The ecology and evolution of human-wildlife cooperation
  People and Nature (British Ecological Society) DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10369

• Paride Balzaniab, Giorgia Galeottia, Sara Scheggia, Alberto Masonia, Giacomo Santinia, David Baracchia (2022)
  Acute and chronic ingestion of polyethylene (PE) microplastics has mild effects on honey bee health and cognition.
  Environmental Pollution, Vol. 305 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119318

• Eduardo L Almeida, Celine Ribiere, Werner Frei, Denis Kenny, Mary F Coffey, Paul W O’Toole (2022).
  Geographical and Seasonal Analysis of the Honeybee Microbiome.
  Microbial Ecolology (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-022-01986-x

• Laura Avila, Elizabeth Dunne, David Hofmann and Berry J. Brosi (2022)
  Upper-limit agricultural dietary exposure to streptomycin in the laboratory reduces learning and foraging in bumblebees.
  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Vol. 289, Issue 1968 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2514

Published in 2021

• Carolina Bartolomé · María Buendía‑Abad · Concepción Ornosa · Pilar De la Rúa · Raquel Martín‑Hernández · Mariano Higes · Xulio Maside (2021).
  Bee Trypanosomatids: First Steps in the Analysis of the Genetic Variation and Population Structure of Lotmaria passim, Crithidia bombi and Crithidia mellificae.
  Microbial Ecology: DOI: 10.1007/s00248-021-01882-w 
   
• María Buendía-Abad, Pilar García-Palencia, Luis Miguel de Pablos, José María Alunda, Antonio Osuna, Raquel Martín-Hernández, Mariano Higes (2021).
  First description of Lotmaria passim and Crithidia mellificae haptomonad stages in the honeybee hindgut.
  International Journal for Parasitology: DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2021.06.005 
   
• Katherine L. W. Burns, Úna Fitzpatrick, Dara A. Stanley (2021)
  Public perceptions of Ireland’s pollinators: A case for more inclusive pollinator conservation initiatives.
  Journal for Nature Conservation, Vol.61: DOI:10.1016/j.jnc.2021.125999 
   
• Madeline H Carpenter, Brock A Harper (2021)
  Genetic past, present and future of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) in the United States of America. 
  Apidologie, Vol. 52, 63-79: DOI: 10.1007/s13592-020-00836-4
   
• Kaskinova M, Yunusbayev B, Altinbaev R, Raffiudin R, Carpenter MH, Kwon HW, Nikolenko A, Harper BA, Yunusbaev U (2021)
  Improved Apis mellifera reference genome based on the alternative long-read-based assemblies.
  G3 Genes/Genomes/Genetics Vol. 11, Issue 9:  DOI:10.1093/g3journal/jkab223
   
• Faith T. Mpondo, Patrick A. Ndakidemi, Alain Pauly, Anna C. Treydte, (2021).
  Traditional rangeland management can conserve insect pollinators in a semi-arid rangeland, northern Tanzania.
  Acta Oecologica. Vol. 113 DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2021.103790
   
• Faith Thomas Mpondo, Patrick A. Ndakidemi, Anna C. Treydte (2021) 
  Balancing Bees and Livestock: Pastoralist Knowledge, Perceptions and Implications for Pollinator Conservation in Rangelands, Northern Tanzania.Tropical Conservation Science, Vol. 14: 1–12. DOI: 10.1177%2F19400829211028127 
   
• Michael Thomas Smith, Michael Livingstone, Richard Comont (2021)
  A method for low-cost, low-impact insect tracking using retroreflective tags.
  Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Vol.12: 11 pp. 2184-2195. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13699 
   

• Riccardo Cabbri, Enea Ferlizza , Elisa Bellei , Giulia Andreani , Roberta Galuppi, Gloria Isani (2021)
  A Machine Learning Approach to Study Demographic Alterations in Honeybee Colonies Using SDS–PAGE Fingerprinting.
  Animals Vol. 11, 1823. DOI. 10.3390/ani11061823

Published in 2020

• Keith A. Browne, Jack Hassett , Michael Geary , Elizabeth Moore , Dora Henriques , Gabriele Soland-Reckeweg , Roberto Ferrari , Eoin Mac Loughlin , Elizabeth O’Brien , Saoirse O’Driscoll , Philip Young, M. Alice Pinto & Grace P McCormack (2020). 
  Investigation of free-living honey bee colonies in Ireland.
  Journal of Apicultural Research, DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2020.1837530 

Published in 2019

• Slobodan Dolasevic, Jevrosima Stevanovic, Nevenka Aleksic, Uros Glavinic, Icon,Nebojsa Deletic,Mica Mladenovic & Zoran Stanimirovic (2019)
  The effect of diet types on some quality characteristics of artificially reared Apis mellifera queens
  Journal of Apicultural Research, Vol. 59:1 pp.115-123. DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2019.1673965 
   
• Mark K. Greco, Brianna Coates & Edward J. Feil (2019)
  High tech research reveals preferential feeding in honey bees.
  Journal of Apicultural Research, 58:3, 471-477, DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2019.1582838
   
• Dayson Castilhos, Jeferson L. D. Dombroski, Genevile C. Bergamo, Kátia P. Gramacho & Lionel S. Gonçalves (2019)
  Neonicotinoids and fipronil concentrations in honeybees associated with pesticide use in Brazilian agricultural areas.
  Apidologie, 50, 657–668. DOI: 10.1007/s13592-019-00676-x 
   
• Corneile Minnaar, Bruce Anderson, Marinus L de Jager and Jeffrey D Karron (2019)
  Plant–pollinator interactions along the pathway to paternity.
  Annals of Botany, Volume 123, Issue 2, Pages 225–245. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcy167 

Published in 2018

• Riccardo Cabbri, Enea Ferlizza, Antonio Nanetti, Emanuela Monari, Giulia Andreani, Roberta Galuppi & Gloria Isani (2018)
  Biomarkers of nutritional status in honeybee haemolymph: effects of different biotechnical approaches for Varroa destructor treatment and wintering phase.
  Apidologie volume 49, pp. 606–618. DOI: 10.1007/s13592-018-0588-9
   
• Fabio Sgolastra, Xavier Arnan, Riccardo Cabbri, Gloria Isani, Piotr Medrzycki, Dariusz Teper and Jordi Bosch. (2018)
  Combine exposure to sublethal concentrations of an insecticide and a fungicide affect feeding, ovary development and longevity in a solitary bee. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0887 
   
• Thielens A, Bell D, Mortimore DB, Greco MK, Martens L, Joseph W. (2018)
  Exposure of Insects to Radio-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields from 2 to 120 GHz.
  Scientific Reports. 8(1):3924. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22271-3. PMID: 29500425; PMCID: PMC5834628.
   
• Jack Hassett, Keith A Browne, Grace P McCormack, Elizabeth Moore, Native Irish Honey Bee Society, Gabrielle Soland & Michael Geary (2018). 
  A significant pure population of the dark European honey bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) remains in Ireland.
  Journal of Apicultural Research, 57:3, pp.337-350, DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2018.1433949
   
• Dora Henriques, Keith A. Browne, Mark W. Barnett, Melanie Parejo, Per Kryger, Tom C. Freeman, Irene Muñoz, Lionel Garnery, Fiona Highet, J. Spencer Jonhston, Grace P. McCormack & M. Alice Pinto (2018)
  High sample throughput genotyping for estimating C-lineage introgression in the dark honeybee: an accurate and cost-effective SNP-based tool.
  Scientific Reports volume 8, Article number: 8552. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26932-1 
   
• Martin Gruber (2018)
  Hunters and Guides: Multispecies Encounters between Humans, Honeyguide Birds and Honeybees
  African Study Monographs (2018), 39(4): 169-187  DOI: 10.14989/236670

Published in 2017

• Denise Margaret S. Matias, Christian Borgemeister, Henrik von Wehrden. (2017)
  Thinking beyond Western commercial honeybee hives: towards improved conservation of honey bee diversity.
  Biodiversity & Conservation, 26, pp.3499–3504. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-017-1404-y 

Published in 2016

• Denise Margaret S. Matias , Julia Leventon, Anna-Lena Rau, Christian Borgemeister, Henrik von Wehrden (2016)
  A review of ecosystem service benefits from wild bees across social contexts
  Ambio 46, 456–467 (2017). DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0844-z 
• Jane Francis (2016) Apiculture in Roman Crete, in J. E. Francis and A. Kouremenos (eds) Roman Crete: New Perspectives (Oxford, Oxbow).