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Research
Latest papers
Managed-bee supplementation may drive parasite-mediated exclusion of wild bees.
Journal of theoretical biology · 2026
Correction: Field trials of the novel varroacide, 1-allyloxy-4-propoxybenzene, against Varroa destructor in Western Canada.
Scientific reports · 2026
Conserved cellular signals and mechanisms accompany the reproductive shutdown of honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens for dispersal.
Communications biology · 2026
Latest funding
- $120,000
Individual life history adaptation in the social context of the honey bee colony
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
30 publications.
Managed-bee supplementation may drive parasite-mediated exclusion of wild bees.
Feng T, Rueppell O, Wang H
Correction: Field trials of the novel varroacide, 1-allyloxy-4-propoxybenzene, against Varroa destructor in Western Canada.
Lu RX, Ibrahim A, Rueppell O, Plettner E, Pernal SF
Conserved cellular signals and mechanisms accompany the reproductive shutdown of honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens for dispersal.
Liu F, Wu J, Wei Q, Kang W, Xu S, Rueppell O, Han B
Susceptibility to the Neonicotinoid Pesticide Imidacloprid Is Linked to Life History Regulation in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.).
Toor G, Lu RX, Rueppell O
The Weak Worker Hypothesis: a new framework for understanding division of labour in social insects.
Herman JJ, Walton A, Rueppell O
Tissue-specific mitochondrial pathway remodeling linked to longevity in honeybee queens.
Chevret CJL, Echegaray JF, Walton A, Lo M, Rueppell O, Lemieux H
Field trials of the novel varroacide, 1-allyloxy-4-propoxybenzene, against Varroa destructor in Western Canada.
Lu RX, Ibrahim A, Rueppell O, Plettner E, Pernal SF
Transgenerational epigenetic effect of kings' aging on offspring's caste fate mediated by sperm DNA methylation in termites.
Takata M, Takahashi M, Ishibashi T, Tasaki E, Rueppell O, Vargo EL, Matsuura K
Testing learning as alternative to the blank slate hypothesis in the honey bee, Apis mellifera.
Rueppell O, De Jong K, Herman JJ, Randall C
Diverse Sublethal Effects of a Common Fungicide Impact the Behavior and Physiology of Honey Bees.
Zhang X, Cao Q, Wang F, Du Y, Zhao W, Guo Y, Rueppell O
Individual life history adaptation in the social context of the honey bee colony
Principal investigators: Rueppell, Olav
Keywords: social evolution; sociobiology; life history evolution; complex trait genomics; body size; ageing; honey bees; longevity; oxidative stress; apiculture
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Erika Plettner and Olav Rueppell: 2 shared papers
- Hao Wang and Olav Rueppell: 1 shared paper
- Biological Sciences
- Chemistry
- Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
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