Scientific publications

Siefert P, Buling N, Grünewald B (2021)
Honey bee behaviours within the hive: Insights from long-term video analysis.
PLoS ONE 16(3): e0247323. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247323

Siefert P., Hota R., Ramesh V., Grünewald, B. (2020)
Chronic within-hive video recordings detect altered nursing behaviour and retarded larval development of neonicotinoid treated honey bees.
Sci. Rep. 10, 8727.

Boardman L., Eimanifar A., Kimball R.T., Braun E.L., Fuchs S., Grünewald B., Ellis J.D. (2020)
The complete mitochondrial genome of the West African honey bee Apis mellifera adansonii (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Mitochondrial DNA Part B(5) 11-12. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1693308

Boardman L., Eimanifar A., Kimball R.T., Braun E.L., Fuchs S., Grünewald B., Ellis J.D. (2020)
The mitochondrial genome of the spanish honey bee, Apis mellifera iberiensis (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), from Portugal
Mitochondrial DNA Part B(5) 17-18. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1693920

Boardman L., Eimanifar A., Kimball R.T., Braun E.L., Fuchs S., Grünewald B., Ellis J.D. (2020)
The mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera simensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae), an Ethopian honey bee
Mitochondrial DNA Part B(5) 9-10. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1693307

Boardman L., Eimanifar A., Kimball R.T., Braun E.L., Fuchs S., Grünewald B., Ellis J.D. (2020)
The complete mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera jemenitica (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), the Arabian honey bee
Mitochondrial DNA Part B(5) 875-876. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1717383

Boardman L., Eimanifar A., Kimball R.T., Braun E.L., Fuchs S., Grünewald B., Ellis J.D. (2020)
The mitochondrial genome of the Maltese honey bee, Apis mellifera ruttneri (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Mitochondrial DNA Part B(5) 877-878. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1717384

Boardman L., Eimanifar A., Kimball R.T., Braun E.L., Fuchs S., Grünewald B., Ellis J.D. (2020)
Mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera anatoliaca (Hymenoptera: Apidae)-the Anatolian honey bee
Mitochondrial DNA Part B(5:2),1876-1877. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1751737

Grünewald B., Siefert P. (2019)
Acetylcholine and its Receptors in Honeybees: Involvement and Development and Impairments by Neonicotinoids
Insects(10) 1-12. DOI: 10.3390/insects10120420

Boardman L., Eimanifar A., Kimball R.T., Braun E.L., Fuchs S., Grünewald B., Ellis J.D. (2019)
The complete mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera unicolor (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), the Malagasy honey bee
Mitochondrial DNA Part B(4) 3286-3287. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1671247

Boardman L., Eimanifar A., Kimball R.T., Braun E.L., Fuchs S., Grünewald B., Ellis J.D. (2019)
The complete mitochondrial genome of the Carniolan honey bee, Apis mellifera carnica (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Mitochondrial DNA Part B(4) 3288-3290. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1671250

Zwaka H., Bartels R., Grünewald B., Menzel R. (2018)
Neural organization  of A3 mushroom body extrinsic neurons in the honeybee brain.
Frontiers in neuroanatomy Vol. 12, Article 57, 2018080/23802359.2019.1671250

Siede R., Faust L., Meixner M.D., Maus C., Grünewald B., Büchler R. (2017)
Performance of honey bee colonies under a long-lasting dietary exposure to sublethal concentrations of the neonicotinoid insecticide thiacloprid.
Pest Manag Sci73(7): 1334–1344. DOI: 10.1002/ps.4547

Nawrocka A., Kandemir I., Fuchs S., Tofilski A. (2017)
Computer software for identification of honey bee subspecies and evolutionary lineages.
Apidologie.DOI 10.1007/s13592-017-0538-y

Eimanifar A., Kimball R.T., Braun E.L., Fuchs S., Grünewald B., Ellis J.D. (2017)
The complete mitochondrial genome of Apis nuluensis Tingek, an Asian honey bee (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae).

Mitochondrial DNA Part B2(2):552-553. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1365655

Eimanifar A., Kimball R.T., Braun E.L., Fuchs S., Grünewald B., Ellis J.D. (2017)
The complete mitochondrial genome of an east African honey bee, Apis mellifera monticola Smith (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae).
Mitochondrial DNA Part B2(2): 589-590. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1372722

Eimanifar A., Kimball R.T., Braun E.L., Fuchs S., Grünewald B., Ellis J.D. (2017)
The complete mitochondrial genome of the Egyptian honey bee, Apis mellifera lamarckii (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae).

Mitochondrial DNA Part B2(1):270-272. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1325343

Eimanifar A., Kimball R.T., Braun E.L., Fuchs S., Grünewald B., Ellis J.D. (2017)
The complete mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera meda (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae).
Mitochondrial DNA Part B2(1):268-269. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1325342

Wessler I., Gärtner H.A., Michel-Schmidt R., Brochhausen C., Schmitz L., Anspach L., Grünewald B., Kirkpatrick C.J. (2016)
Honeybees Produce Millimolar Concentrations of Non-Neuronal Acetylcholine for Breeding: Possible Adverse Effects of Neonicotinoids

PLoS One. 11(6):e0156886. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156886

Rolke D., Fuchs S.,Grünewald B., Gao Z.,Blenau W. (2016)
Large-scale monitoring of effects of clothianidin-dressed oilseed rape seeds on pollinating insects in Northern Germany: effects on honey bees (Apis mellifera).

Ecotoxicology.25(9):1648-1665. DOI: 10.1007/s10646-016-1725-8

Rolke D., Persigehl M., Peters B., Sterk G., Blenau B. (2016)
Large-scale monitoring of effects of clothianidin-dressed oilseed rape seeds on pollinating insects in northern Germany: residues of clothianidin in pollen, nectar and honey.

Ecotoxicology 25(9):1691–1701. DOI 10.1007/s10646-016-1723-x

Grünewald B. (2016)
ET&C Perspectives The Challenge: Assessment of risks posed by systemic insecticides to hymenopteran pollinators: New perception when we move from laboratory via (semi-)field to landscape scale testing? A perspective from academia.

Environ Toxicol Chem 36(1): 18-18. DOI: 10.1002/etc.3631

Dukku U.H. (2016)
A preliminary evaluation of morphometric characters of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) populations in Nigeria

J Entomol Zool Studies 4(2):273-282

Dukku U.H. (2016)
Evaluation of Morphometric Characters of Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) Populations in the Lake Chad Basin in Central Africa.

Adv Entomol 4(2): 75-89. DOI: 10.4236/ae.2016.42009

Grünewald B. (2015)
Die vielfältigen Bedrohungen der Honigbiene: Ist die Bestäubung in Gefahr?

In: Lorenz S, Stark K (eds) Menschen und Bienen. Ein nachhaltiges Miteinander in Gefahr. Oekom, München: p 49-60.

Devaud J.M., Papouin T., Carcaud J., Sandoz J.C., Grünewald B., Giurfa M. (2015)
Neural substrate for higher-order learning in an insect: Mushroom bodies are necessary for configural discriminations

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 112(43):E5854-62. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1508422112.

Fischer J., Müller T., Spatz A., Greggers U., Grünewald B., Menzel R. (2014)
Neonicotinoids interfere with specific components of navigation in honeybees.

PLOS One 9, 1-10

Schild H-A., Fuchs S., Bode H.B., Grünewald B.(2014)
Low-molecular weight metabolites secreted by Paenibacillus larvae as potential virulence factors of American Foulbrood.

Appl. Environ. Microbiol. DOI: 10.1128, 1-29

French A., Rolke D., Simcock K., Gartside S.E., Blenau W., Wright G.A. (2014)
The role of serotonin in feeding and gut contractions in the honeybee.

J. Insect Physiol. DOI: 10.1016 /j.jinsphys.2013.12.005

Troppmann B., Balfanz S., Krach C., Baumann A., Blenau, W.(2014)
Characterization of an invertebrate-type dopamine rezeptor of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana.

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 15, 629-653

Cakmak I., Fuchs S. (2013)
Exploring a treatment strategy for long-term increase of varroa tolerance on Marmara Island,Turkey.

J.Apicult. Res. 52, 242-250

Reim T., Thamm M., Rolke D., Blenau W., Scheiner R. (2013)
Suitability of three common reference genes for quantitative real-time PCR in honey bees.

Apidologie 44, 342-350

Schulte C., Leboulle G., Otte M., Grünewald B., Gehne N., Beye M. (2013)
Honey bee promoter sequences for targeted gene expression.

Insect Mol. Biol. 22, 399-410

Thamm M., Rolke D., Jordan N., Balfanz S., Schiffer C., Baumann A., Blenau, W. (2013)
Function and distribution of 5-HT2 receptors in the honeybee (Apis mellifera).

PLoS One 8, e82407

Scheiner, R., Ibramson,C.I., Brodschneider,R., Crailsheim,K., Farina,W.M., Fuchs,S., Grünewald,B., Hahshold,S., Karrer,M., Koeniger,G., Koeniger,N., Menzel,R., Mujagic,S., Radspieler,G., Schmickl,T., Schneider,C., Siegel,A.J., Szopek,M., Thenius,R.(2013)
Standard methods for behavioural studies of Apis mellifera.

J.Apicult. Res. 52, 1-58

Blenau, W., Thamm, M., Baumann, A. (2013)
Serotonin in insects: distribution, biosynthesis, uptake, inactivation, receptors, functions, and implications for human health.
Hall, F.S. (Ed.) Serotonin: Biosynthesis, Regulation and Health Implications. NOVA Publishers, New York, pp.1-26

Grünewald, B. (2013)
Cellular Mechanisms of neuronal plasticity in the honeybee brain.
in : Menzel R.,  and Benjamin P.R. (Eds.). Invertebrate Learning and memory. Academic press, London, pp. 467-477

Blenau, W., Rademacher, E., Baumann, A. (2012)
Plant essential oils and formamidines as insecticides/acaricides: what are the molecular targets?
Apidologie 43, 334-347

Dietemann, V., Pflugfelder, J., Anderson, D., Charriere, J.D., Chejanovsky, N., Dainat, B., de Miranda, J., Delaplane, K., Dillier, F.X., Fuchs, S., Gallmann, P., Gauthier, L., Imdorf, A., Koeniger, N., Kralj, J., Meikle, W., Pettis, J., Rosenkranz, P., Sammataro, D., Smith, D., Yanez, O., Neumann, P. (2012)
Varroa destructor: research avenues towards sustainable control.
J. Apicult. Res. 51, 125-132

Heindorff, K., Blenau, W., Walz, B., Baumann, O. (2012)
Characterization of a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent AC1 adenylyl cyclase in a non-neuronal tissue, the blowfly salivary gland.
Cell Calcium 52, 103-112

Himmelreich, S., Grünewald, B. (2012)
Cellular physiology of olfactory learning in the honeybee brain.
Apidologie 43, 308-321

Knipping, S., Grünewald, B., Hirt, R. (2012)
Erste Erfahrungen mit medizinischem Honig in der Wundbehandlung im Kopf-Hals-Bereich.
HNO 60, 830-836

Moors, L., Koeniger, G., Billen, J. (2012)
Ontogeny and morphology of the bulbus, part of the male reproductive organ in Apis mellifera carnica (Hymenoptera, Apidae).
Apidologie 43, 201-211

Röser, C., Jordan, N., Balfanz, S., Baumann, A., Walz, B., Baumann, O., Blenau, W. (2012)
Molecular and pharmacological characterization of serotonin 5-HT2α and 5-HT7 receptors in the salivary glands of the blowfly Calliphora vicina.
PLoS One 7, e49459

Schewe, B., Blenau, W., Walz, B. (2012)
Intracellular pH regulation in unstimulated Calliphora salivary glands is Na+-dependent and requires V-ATPase activity.
J. Exp. Biol. 215, 1337-1345

Schneider, C.W., Tautz, J., Grünewald, B., Fuchs, S. (2012)
RFID tracking of sublethal effects of two neonicotinoid insecticides on the foraging behavior of Apis mellifera.
PLoS One 7, e30023

Tan, K., Wang, Z., Yang, M., Fuchs, S., Luo, L., Zhang, Z., Li, H., Zhuang, D., Yang, S., Tautz, J., Beekman, M., Oldroyd, B. (2012)
Asian hive bees, Apis cerana, modulate dance communication in response to nectar toxicity and demand.
Anim. Behav. 84, 1589-1594

Vital, M.V.C., Hepburn, R., Radloff, S., Fuchs, S. (2012)
Geographic distribution of africanized honeybees (Apis mellifera) reflects niche characteristics of ancestral African subspecies.
Natureza & Conservacao 10, 184-190

Gauthier, M., Grünewald, B. (2012)
Neurotransmitter systems in the honey bee brain: functions in learning and memory.
in: Galizia C.G., Eisenhardt, D., Giurfa, M. (Eds.) Honeybee Neurobiology and Behavior, Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York, pp. 155-169

Grünewald, B. (2012)
Cellular physiology of the honey bee brain.
in: Galizia C.G., Eisenhardt, D., Giurfa, M. (Eds.) Honeybee Neurobiology and Behavior, Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York, pp. 185-198

Blenau, W., Thamm, M. (2011)
Distribution of serotonin (5‑HT) and its receptors in the insect brain with focus on the mushroom bodies. Lessons from Drosophila melanogaster and Apis mellifera.
Arthropod Struct Dev. 40, 381-394

Kandemir, I., Ozkan, A., Fuchs, S. (2011)
Reevaluation of honeybee (Apis mellifera) microtaxonomy: a geometric morphometric approach.
Apidologie 42, 618-627

Meixner, M.D., Leta, M.A., Koeniger, N., Fuchs, S. (2011)
The honey bees of Ethiopia represent a new subspecies of Apis mellifera-Apis mellifera simensis n. ssp.
Apidologie 42, 425-437

Wesener, T., Kohler, J., Fuchs, S., van den Spiegel, D. (2011)
How to uncoil your partner – “mating songs” in giant pill-millipedes (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida).
Naturwissenschaften 98, 967-975

Fuchs, S., Tautz, J. (2011)
Colony defence and natural enemies.
in: Honeybees of Asia, Hepburn, R., Radloff, S.E. (Eds.), Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 369-395

Koeniger, G., Koeniger, N., Phiancharoen, M. (2011)
Comparative reproductive biology of honeybees.
in: Honeybees of Asia, Hepburn, R., Radloff, S.E. (Eds.), Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 159-206

Koeniger, N., Koeniger, G., Smith, D. (2011)
Phylogeny of the genus Apis.
in: Honeybees of Asia, Hepburn, R., Radloff, S.E. (Eds.), Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 23-50

Bloch, G., Francoy, T.M., Wachtel, I., Panitz-Cohen, N., Fuchs, S., Mazar, A. (2010)
Industrial apiculture in the Jordan valley during Biblical times with Anatolian honeybees.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 107, 11240-11244

Grünewald, B. (2010)
Is Pollination at Risk? Current Threats to and Conservation of Bees.
Gaia 19, 61-67

Kralj, J., Fuchs, S. (2010)
Nosema sp influences flight behavior of infected honey bee (Apis mellifera) foragers.
Apidologie 41, 21-28

Meznar, E.R., Gadau, J., Koeniger, N., Rueppell, O. (2010)
Comparative linkage mapping suggests a high recombination rate in all honeybees.
J. Hered. 101, S118-S126

Radloff, S.E., Hepburn, C., Hepburn, H.R., Fuchs, S., Hadisoesilo, S., Tan, K., Engel, M.S., Kuznetsov, V. (2010)
Population structure and classification of Apis cerana.
Apidologie 41, 589-601

Koeniger, N., Koeniger, G., Tingek, S. (2010)
Honey Bees of Borneo, Exploring the Centre of Apis Diversity.
Natural History Publication (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu

Haddad, N., Fuchs, S., Hepburn, H.R., Radloff, S.E. (2009)
Apis florea in Jordan: source of the founder population.
Apidologie 40, 508-512

Haddad, N., Meixner, M.D., Fuchs, S., Migdadi, H., Garnery, L., Sheppard, W.S. (2009)
Mitochondrial DNA support for genetic reserves of Apis mellifera syriaca in Jordan.
J. Apicult. Res. 48, 19-22

Shaibi, T., Fuchs, S., Moritz, R.F.A. (2009)
Morphological study of honeybees (Apis mellifera) from Libya.
Apidologie 40, 97-105

Grünewald, B., Wersing, A. (2008)
An ionotropic GABA receptor in cultured mushroom body Kenyon cells of the honeybee and its modulation by intracellular calcium.
J. Comp. Physiol. A 194, 329-340

Hadisoesilo, S., Raffiudin, R., Susanti, W., Atmowidi, T., Hepburn, C., Radloff, S.E., Fuchs, S. Hepburn, H.R. (2008)
Morphometric analysis and biogeography of Apis koschevnikovi Enderlein (1906).
Apidologie 39, 495-503

Hasselmann, M., Vekemans, X., Pflugfelder, J., Koeniger, N., Koeniger, G., Tingek, S., Beye, M. (2008)
Evidence for convergent nucleotide evolution and high allelic turnover rates at the complementary sex determiner gene of Western and Asian honeybees.
Mol. Biol. Evol. 25, 696-708

Tan, K., Fuchs, S., Engel, M.S. (2008)
An adventitious distal abscissa in the forewing of honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apis).
Apidologie 39, 674-682

Tan, K., Hepburn, H.R., Radloff, S.E., Fuchs, S., Fan, X., Zhang, L.J., Yang, M.X. (2008)
Multivariate morphometric analysis of the Apis cerana of China.
Apidologie 39, 343-353

Barbara, G.S., Grünewald, B., Paute, S., Gauthier, M., Raymond-Delpech, V. (2007)
Study of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors on cultured antennal lobe neurones from adult honeybee brains.
Invert. Neurosci. 8, 19-29

De la Rua, P., Fuchs, S., Serrano, J. (2007)
A scientific note on the ITS-1 region of Apis mellifera subspecies.
Apidologie 38, 378-379

Devaud, J.M., Blunk, A., Podufall, J., Giurfa, M., Grünewald, B. (2007)
Using local anaesthetics to block neuronal activity and map specific learning tasks to the mushroom bodies of an insect brain.
Eur. J. Neurosci. 26, 3193-3206

Koeniger, N., Koeniger, G. (2007)
Mating flight duration of Apis mellifera queens: As short as possible, as long as necessary.
Apidologie 38, 606-611

Koeppler, K., Vorwohl, G., Koeniger, N. (2007)
Comparison of pollen spectra collected by four different subspecies of the honey bee Apis mellifera.
Apidologie 38, 341-353

Meixner, M.D., Worobik, M., Wilde, J., Fuchs, S., Koeniger, N. (2007)
Apis mellifera mellifera in eastern Europe - morphometric variation and determination of its range limits.
Apidologie 38, 191-197

Tingek, S., Koeniger, G., Koeniger, N., Spivak, M. (2007)
A new record of a parasite of honey bees in Sabah, Malaysia, Borneo: An additional danger for worldwide beekeeping?
Am. Bee J. 147, 1037-1038

Publications of the Institute of Apiology 1992 - 2006