Honey bee pathology; Breeding disease resistant bees; Honey bee behaviors

Honey bee Sciences

Selected Publications:

Zhiguo Li, Meng Li, Jingfang He, Xiaomeng Zhao, Veeranan Chaimanee, Wei-Fone Huang, Hongyi Nie, Yazhou Zhao, Songkun Su. (2017). Differential physiological effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on honey bees: A comparison between Apis mellifera and Apis cerana, Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 140, 1-8.

Zhiguo Li, Jingnan Huang, Changsheng Ma, Linchen Xiao, Qiang Huang, Yazhou Zhao, Hongyi Nie, Songkun Su. (2017). Effects of Sublethal Concentrations of Chlorpyrifos on Olfactory Learning and Memory Performances in Two Bee Species, Apis mellifera and Apis cerana, Sociobiology, 64, 174-181.

Zhiguo Li, Shaokang Huang, Wei-fone Huang, Haiyang Geng, Yazhou Zhao, Meng Li, Yanping Chen, Songkun Su. (2016). A scientific note on detection of honeybee viruses in the darkling beetle (Alphitobius diaperinus, Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), a new pest in Apis cerana cerana colonies. Apidologie, 47, 759-761.

Li, Zhiguo,Songkun Su, Michele Hamilton, Limin Yan, Yanping Chen. (2014). The ability to cause infection in a pathogenic fungus uncovers a new biology feature of honey bee viruses. Journal of invertebrate pathogen, 120, 18-22.

Li, Zhiguo, Chen, Yanping, Zhang, Shaowu, Chen, Shenglu, Li, Wenfeng, Yan, Limin, Shi, Liangen, Wu, Lyman, Sohr, Alex, Su, Songkun. (2013). Viral Infection Affects Sucrose Responsiveness and Homing Ability of Forager Honey Bees, Apis mellifera L. PLOS ONE, 8(10), e77354.

Li, Zhiguo, Liu, Fang, Li, Wenfeng, Zhang, Shaowu, Niu, Dong, Xu, Haisheng, Hong, Qihua, Chen, Shenglu, Su, Songkun. (2012). Differential transcriptome profiles of heads from foragers: comparison between Apis mellifera ligustica and Apis cerana cerana. Apidologie, 43(5), 487-500.

Li, Wenfeng, Huang, Zachary Y, Liu, Fang, Li, Zhiguo, Yan, Limin, Zhang, Shaowu, Chen, Shenglu, Zhong, Boxiong, Su, Songkun. (2013). Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Juvenile Hormone Acid Methyltransferase in the Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, and Its Differential Expression during Caste Differentiation. PLOS ONE, 8(7), e68544.

Liu, F, Peng, Wenjun, Li, Zhiguo, Li, Wenfeng, Li, Li, Pan, Jiao, Zhang, Shaowu, Miao, Yungen, Su, Songkun. (2012). Next‐generation small RNA sequencing for microRNAs profiling in Apis mellifera: comparison between nurses and foragers. Insect molecular biology, 21(3), 297-303.