Kocher, S. D., F-J. Richard, D. R. Tarpy, and C. M. Grozinger.
(2008). Genomic analysis of post-mating changes in the honey bee
queen (Apis mellifera). BMC Genomics, 9: 232. [PDF]
Mathis, R. C. and D. R. Tarpy. (2007). 70 million years of building
thermal envelope experience: building science lessons from the
honey bee. ASHRAE Journal, 49: 1-8.
[PDF]
Richard, F-J., D. R. Tarpy, and C. M. Grozinger. (2007). Effects
of insemination quantity on honey bee queen physiology. PLoS ONE,
2(10): e980.
[PDF]
Tarpy, D. R., J. T. Summers, and J. J. Keller. (2007). Comparison
of parasitic mites in Russian-hybrid and Italian honey bee (Hymenoptera:
Apidae) colonies across three different locations in North Carolina.
Journal of Economic Entomology, 100: 258-266.
[PDF]
Tarpy, D. R., J. T. Summers, J. J. Keller, and W. T. Hensey. (2007).
Comparing pairs of Russian and Italian colonies by new beekeepers
in North Carolina. American Bee Journal, 147:
149-152. [PDF]
Seeley, T. D. and D. R. Tarpy. (2007). Queen promiscuity lowers disease
within honeybee colonies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of
London, B., 274: 67–72. [PDF]
Kreitlow, K. L. and D. R. Tarpy. (2006). Environmental and genotypic
effects on Russian-hybrid and Italian honey bee (Apis mellifera)
foraging behavior (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Environmental Entomology,
35: 1610-1616. [PDF]
DeGrandi-Hoffman, G., M. Chambers, S. S. Schneider, D. R. Tarpy,
and D. Smith. (2006). The African honey bee has arrived – so
where do we go from here? Bee Culture, 134
(6): 24-28. [PDF]
Schneider, S. S., G. DeGrandi-Hoffman, D. Smith, and D. R. Tarpy.
(2006). The displacement of European honey bees by African bees in
the new world. Bee Culture, 134 (5): 25-28.
[PDF]
Schneider, S. S., G. DeGrandi-Hoffman, D. Smith, and D. R. Tarpy.
(2006). The African honey bee: a case study of a biological invasion.
Bee Culture, 134 (4): 21-25. [PDF]
Tarpy, D. R. and T. D. Seeley. (2006). Lower disease infections in
honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies headed by polyandrous
vs monandrous queens. Naturwissenschaften, 93:
195-199. [PDF]
Gilley, D. C. and D. R. Tarpy. (2005). Three mechanisms of queen
elimination in swarming honey bee colonies. Apidologie, 36:
461-474. [PDF]
Johnson, R. N., M. T. Zaman, M. M. Decelle, A. J. Siegel, D. R. Tarpy,
E. C. Siegel, and P. T. Starks. (2005). Multiple microorganisms in
chalkbrood mummies: evidence and implications. Journal of Apicultural
Research, 44: 29-32. [PDF]
Tarpy, D. R., R. Nielsen, and D. I. Nielsen. (2004). A scientific
note on the revised estimates of effective paternity frequency in
Apis. Insectes Sociaux, 51: 203-204.
[PDF]
Tarpy, D. R., D. C. Gilley, and T. D. Seeley. (2004). Levels of selection
in a social insect: a review of conflict and cooperation during honey
bee (Apis mellifera) queen replacement. Behavioral Ecology
and Sociobiology, 55: 513-523. [PDF]
DeGrandi-Hoffman, G., D. R. Tarpy, and S. S. Schneider. (2004). Details,
details: how sperm use might influence the Africanization process.
American Bee Journal, 144: 453-455.
Tarpy, D. R. and D. C. Gilley. (2004). Group decision making during
queen production in highly eusocial bees. Apidologie, 35:
207-216. [PDF]
Tarpy, D. R. (2003). Bet hedging by honey bee queens. American
Bee Journal, 143: 937-939.
Gilley, D. C., D. R. Tarpy, and B. Land. (2003). The effect of queen
quality on the interactions of workers and dueling queen honey bees
(Apis mellifera). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology,
55: 190-196. [PDF]
Nielsen, R., D. R. Tarpy and H. K. Reeve. (2003). Estimating effective
paternity number in social insects and the effective number of alleles
in a population. Molecular Ecology 12: 3157-3164.
[PDF]
DeGrandi-Hoffman, G., D. R. Tarpy, and S. S. Schnieder. (2003). Patriline
composition of worker populations in honey bee (Apis mellifera
L.) colonies headed by queens inseminated with semen from African
and European drones. Apidologie, 34: 111-120.
[PDF]
Tarpy, D. R. and D. J. C. Fletcher. (2003). ‘Spraying’
behavior during queen competition in honey bees. Journal of Insect
Behavior, 16: 425-437. [PDF]
Tarpy, D. R. (2003) Genetic diversity within honey bee colonies prevents
severe infections and promotes colony growth. Proceedings of the
Royal Society of London, B., 270: 99-103. [PDF]
Pankiw, T., D. R. Tarpy, and R. E. Page, Jr. (2002). Genotype and
rearing environment affect honeybee perception and foraging behavior.
Animal Behaviour, 64: 663-672. [PDF]
Tarpy, D. R. and D. I. Nielsen. (2002). Sampling error, effective
paternity, and estimating the genetic structure of honey bee colonies
(Hymenoptera: Apoidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of
America, 95: 513-528. [PDF]
Tarpy, D. R. and R. E. Page, Jr. (2002). Sex determination and the
evolution of polyandry in honey bees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology,
52: 143-150. [PDF]
Keller, J. J. (2002). Testing effects of alternative diets on reproduction
rates of the small hive beetle, Aethina tumida. M.S. Thesis,
Entomology. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina State University: pp. 55.
[PDF]
Tarpy, D. R. and R. E. Page, Jr. (2001). The curious promiscuity
of queen honey bees (Apis mellifera): evolutionary and behavioral
mechanisms. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 38:
255-265. [PDF]
Tarpy, D. R. and R. E. Page, Jr. (2000). No behavioral control over
mating frequency in queen honey bees (Apis mellifera L.):
implications for the evolution of extreme polyandry. American
Naturalist, 155: 820-827. [PDF]
Tarpy, D. R., S. Hatch and D. J. C. Fletcher. (2000). The influence
of queen age and quality during queen replacement in honeybee colonies.
Animal Behaviour, 59: 97-101 [PDF]
Dreller, C. D. and D. R. Tarpy. (2000). Perception of the pollen
need by foragers in a honeybee colony. Animal Behaviour,
59: 91-96. [PDF]
Hatch, S., D. R. Tarpy and D. J. C. Fletcher. (1999). Worker regulation
of emergency queen rearing in honey bee colonies and the resultant
variation in queen quality. Insectes Sociaux, 46:
372-377. [PDF]
Tarpy, D. R. and D. J. C. Fletcher. (1998). Effect of relatedness
on queen competition within honeybee colonies. Animal Behaviour,
55: 537-543. [PDF]
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