Center For Pollinator Health
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Year 2025


BV Gever, J Hardy, J Chen, E Amiri. Dynamics of Israeli acute paralysis virus in the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren) colonies. Download


E Amiri, H Abou-Shaara, A McAfee. The effect of major abiotic stressors on honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens and potential impact on their progeny. Download


X Liu, G Miles, Y Zhu, M Grodowitz, E Amiri, B Scheffler, J Chen. Near-complete genome sequence of a type-A deformed wing virus discovered from Solenopsis invicta in Mississippi, USA. Download


Year 2024


BN Metz, T Molina-Marciales, MK Strand, O Rueppell, DR Tarpy, E Amiri. Physiological trade-offs in male social insects: Interactions among infection, immunity, fertility, size, and age in honey bee drones. Download


H Abou-Shaara, S Mehrparvar, QD Read, J Chen, E Amiri. Impact of commercial plastic queen cell cups on rearing success and development of honey bee queens. Download


Godfrey P Miles, Xiaofen F Liu, Brian E Scheffler, Esmaeil Amiri, Mark A Weaver, Michael J Grodowitz, Jian Chen. Solenopsis richteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) alates infected with deformed wing virus display wing deformity with altered mobility Download


A Derafsh, A Salehi, E Amiri, M Bakhtiarizadeh. The study of HSC70 and HSP90 gene expression and its association with temperature stresses in queen bees. Download


Year 2023
Year 2023



Bin Han, Esmaeil Amiri, Qiaohong Wei, David R Tarpy, Micheline K Strand, Shufa Xu, Olav Rueppel. Group size influences maternal provisioning and compensatory larval growth in honey bees. Download
Bin Han, Esmaeil Amiri, Qiaohong Wei, David R Tarpy, Micheline K Strand, Shufa Xu, Olav Rueppel. Group size influences maternal provisioning and compensatory larval growth in honey bees. Download



Godfrey P. Miles, Xiaofen F. Liu, Esmaeil Amiri, Michael J. Grodowitz, Margaret L. Allen and Jian Chen,
Co-Occurrence of Wing Deformity and Impaired Mobility of Alates with Deformed Wing Virus in Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insects14.10 (2023): 788. Download
Godfrey P. Miles, Xiaofen F. Liu, Esmaeil Amiri, Michael J. Grodowitz, Margaret L. Allen and Jian Chen,
Co-Occurrence of Wing Deformity and Impaired Mobility of Alates with Deformed Wing Virus in Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insects14.10 (2023): 788. Download


Year 2022



Bin Han, Qiaohong Wei, Esmaeil Amiri, Han Hu, Lifeng Meng, Micheline K Strand, David R Tarpy, Shufa Xu, Jianke Li, Olav Rueppell. The Molecular Basis of Socially Induced Egg-size Plasticity in Honey Bees. Elife, 11, p.e80499. Download
Bin Han, Qiaohong Wei, Esmaeil Amiri, Han Hu, Lifeng Meng, Micheline K Strand, David R Tarpy, Shufa Xu, Jianke Li, Olav Rueppell. The Molecular Basis of Socially Induced Egg-size Plasticity in Honey Bees. Elife, 11, p.e80499. Download



Hossam F. Abou-Shaara, Esmaeil Amiri, Katherine A Parys. Tracking the Effects of Climate Change on the Distribution of Plecia nearctica (Diptera, Bibionidae) in the USA Using MaxEnt and GIS. Diversity, 2022, 14(8), 690. Download
Hossam F. Abou-Shaara, Esmaeil Amiri, Katherine A Parys. Tracking the Effects of Climate Change on the Distribution of Plecia nearctica (Diptera, Bibionidae) in the USA Using MaxEnt and GIS. Diversity, 2022, 14(8), 690. Download



Hossam F. Abou-Shaara, Per Kryger, Marie-Pierre Chauzet, Esmaeil Amiri. Possible Role of Geographical Location and Queen Absence on Damage of Small Hive Beetles (Aethina tumida Murray) on Honey Bee Colonies. Bee World, 2022. Download
Hossam F. Abou-Shaara, Per Kryger, Marie-Pierre Chauzet, Esmaeil Amiri. Possible Role of Geographical Location and Queen Absence on Damage of Small Hive Beetles (Aethina tumida Murray) on Honey Bee Colonies. Bee World, 2022. Download



Abigail Chapman, Esmaeil Amiri, Bin Han, Erin McDermott, Olav Rueppell, David R. Tarpy, Leonard J. Foster, Alison McAfee. Fertility costs of cryptic viral infections in a model social insect. Scientific Reports, 2022, 12, 15857. Download
Abigail Chapman, Esmaeil Amiri, Bin Han, Erin McDermott, Olav Rueppell, David R. Tarpy, Leonard J. Foster, Alison McAfee. Fertility costs of cryptic viral infections in a model social insect. Scientific Reports, 2022, 12, 15857. Download


Year 2021

Shilpi Bhatia, Saman S. Baral, Carlos Vega Melendez, Esmaeil Amiri, Olav Rueppell. Comparing survival of Israeli acute paralysis virus infection among stocks of U.S. Honey Bees. Insects, 2021, 12(1), 60. Download
Shilpi Bhatia, Saman S. Baral, Carlos Vega Melendez, Esmaeil Amiri, Olav Rueppell. Comparing survival of Israeli acute paralysis virus infection among stocks of U.S. Honey Bees. Insects, 2021, 12(1), 60. Download




Year 2020



Esmaeil Amiri, Jacob J. Herman, Micheline K. Strand, David R. Tarpy, Olav Rueppell. Egg transcriptome profile responds to maternal virus infection in honey bees, Apis mellifera. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 2020, 104558. Download
Esmaeil Amiri, Jacob J. Herman, Micheline K. Strand, David R. Tarpy, Olav Rueppell. Egg transcriptome profile responds to maternal virus infection in honey bees, Apis mellifera. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 2020, 104558. Download



Esmaeil Amiri, Prashant Waiker, Olav Rueppell, Prashanti Manda. Using manual and computer-based text-mining to uncover research trends for Apis mellifera. Veterinary Sciences, 2020, 7(2), 61. Download
Esmaeil Amiri, Prashant Waiker, Olav Rueppell, Prashanti Manda. Using manual and computer-based text-mining to uncover research trends for Apis mellifera. Veterinary Sciences, 2020, 7(2), 61. Download



Orlando Yanez, Niels Piot, Anne Dalmon, Joachim R de Miranda, Panuwan Chantawannakul, Delphine Panziera, Esmaeil Amiri, Guy Smagghe, Declan C Schroeder, Nor Chejanovsky. Bee viruses: routes of infection in hymenoptera. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020, 11(943). Download
Orlando Yanez, Niels Piot, Anne Dalmon, Joachim R de Miranda, Panuwan Chantawannakul, Delphine Panziera, Esmaeil Amiri, Guy Smagghe, Declan C Schroeder, Nor Chejanovsky. Bee viruses: routes of infection in hymenoptera. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020, 11(943). Download



Esmaeil Amiri, Micheline K. Strand, David R. Tarpy, Olav Rueppell. Honey bee queens and virus infections. Viruses, 2020, 12(3), 322. Download
Esmaeil Amiri, Micheline K. Strand, David R. Tarpy, Olav Rueppell. Honey bee queens and virus infections. Viruses, 2020, 12(3), 322. Download



Esmaeil Amiri, Kevin Le, Carlos V. Melendez, Micheline K. Strand, David R. Tarpy, Olav Rueppell. Egg-size plasticity in Apis mellifera: honey bee queens alter egg size in response to both genetic and environmental factors. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2020; 00:1–10. Download
Esmaeil Amiri, Kevin Le, Carlos V. Melendez, Micheline K. Strand, David R. Tarpy, Olav Rueppell. Egg-size plasticity in Apis mellifera: honey bee queens alter egg size in response to both genetic and environmental factors. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2020; 00:1–10. Download


Year 2019



Prashant Waiker, Saman Baral, Anissa Kennedy, Shilpi Bhatia, Anika Rueppell, Kevin Le, Esmaeil Amiri, Jennifer Tsuruda, Olav Rueppell. Foraging and homing behavior of honey bees (Apis mellifera) during total solar eclipse. The Science of Nature, 2019, 106(1-2), 4. Download
Prashant Waiker, Saman Baral, Anissa Kennedy, Shilpi Bhatia, Anika Rueppell, Kevin Le, Esmaeil Amiri, Jennifer Tsuruda, Olav Rueppell. Foraging and homing behavior of honey bees (Apis mellifera) during total solar eclipse. The Science of Nature, 2019, 106(1-2), 4. Download



Esmaeil Amiri, Gregory Seddon, Wendy Zuluaga Smith, Micheline K. Strand, David R. Tarpy, Olav Rueppell. Israeli Acute Bee Paralysis Virus: Horizontal transmission pathways of virus during queen-worker interaction. Insects, 2019, 10(1), 9. Download
Esmaeil Amiri, Gregory Seddon, Wendy Zuluaga Smith, Micheline K. Strand, David R. Tarpy, Olav Rueppell. Israeli Acute Bee Paralysis Virus: Horizontal transmission pathways of virus during queen-worker interaction. Insects, 2019, 10(1), 9. Download


Year 2018



Esmaeil Amiri, Per Kryger, Marina D. Meixner, Micheline K. Strand, David R. Tarpy, Olav Rueppell. Quantitative patterns of vertical transmission of deformed wing virus in honey bees. PloS One, 2018, 13(3): e0195283. Download
Esmaeil Amiri, Per Kryger, Marina D. Meixner, Micheline K. Strand, David R. Tarpy, Olav Rueppell. Quantitative patterns of vertical transmission of deformed wing virus in honey bees. PloS One, 2018, 13(3): e0195283. Download


Year 2017



Esmaeil Amiri, Micheline K. Strand, Olav Rueppell, David R. Tarpy. Queen quality and the impact of honey bee diseases on queen health: potential for interactions between two major threats to colony health. Insects, 2017, 8(2), 48. Download
Esmaeil Amiri, Micheline K. Strand, Olav Rueppell, David R. Tarpy. Queen quality and the impact of honey bee diseases on queen health: potential for interactions between two major threats to colony health. Insects, 2017, 8(2), 48. Download


Year 2016



Esmaeil Amiri, Marina D. Meixner, Per Kryger. Deformed wing virus can be transmitted during natural mating in honey bees and infect the queens. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 33065. Download
Esmaeil Amiri, Marina D. Meixner, Per Kryger. Deformed wing virus can be transmitted during natural mating in honey bees and infect the queens. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 33065. Download


Year 2015



Esmaeil Amiri, Marina Meixner, Steen Lykke Nielsen, Per Kryger. Four categories of viral infection describe the health status of honey bee colonies. PloS One, 2015, 10(10): e0140272. Download
Esmaeil Amiri, Marina Meixner, Steen Lykke Nielsen, Per Kryger. Four categories of viral infection describe the health status of honey bee colonies. PloS One, 2015, 10(10): e0140272. Download


Year 2014



Esmaeil Amiri, Marina Meixner, Ralph Büchler, Per Kryger. Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus in honey bee queens: Evaluation susceptibility and infection routs. Viruses, 2014, 6(3): 1188-1201.Download
Esmaeil Amiri, Marina Meixner, Ralph Büchler, Per Kryger. Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus in honey bee queens: Evaluation susceptibility and infection routs. Viruses, 2014, 6(3): 1188-1201.Download



Hasan Al Toufailia, Esmaeil Amiri, Luciano Scandian, Per Kryger, Francis L W Ratnieks. Towards integrated control of varroa: effect of variation in hygienic behaviour among honey bee colonies on mite population increase and deformed wing virus incidence. J. of Apicultural Research, 2014, 53(5): 555-562. Download
Hasan Al Toufailia, Esmaeil Amiri, Luciano Scandian, Per Kryger, Francis L W Ratnieks. Towards integrated control of varroa: effect of variation in hygienic behaviour among honey bee colonies on mite population increase and deformed wing virus incidence. J. of Apicultural Research, 2014, 53(5): 555-562. Download



Marina Meixner, Roy Mathew Francis, Anna Gajda, Per Kryger, Sreten Andonov, Aleksandar Uzunov, Grażyna Topolska, Cecilia Costa, Esmaeil Amiri et al. Occurrence of parasites and pathogens in honey bee colonies used in a European genotype - environment - interactions experiment. J. of Apicultural Research, 2014, 53(2): 215-219. Download
Marina Meixner, Roy Mathew Francis, Anna Gajda, Per Kryger, Sreten Andonov, Aleksandar Uzunov, Grażyna Topolska, Cecilia Costa, Esmaeil Amiri et al. Occurrence of parasites and pathogens in honey bee colonies used in a European genotype - environment - interactions experiment. J. of Apicultural Research, 2014, 53(2): 215-219. Download



Roy Mathew Francis, Esmaeil Amiri, Marina Meixner, Per Kryger et al. Effect of genotype and environment on parasite and pathogen levels in one apiary-a case study. J. of Apicultural Research, 2014, 53(2): 230-232. Download
Roy Mathew Francis, Esmaeil Amiri, Marina Meixner, Per Kryger et al. Effect of genotype and environment on parasite and pathogen levels in one apiary-a case study. J. of Apicultural Research, 2014, 53(2): 230-232. Download


Year 2009



Esmaeil Amiri, Ghodrat Rahimi, Mahmood Vatankhah. No existence of allelic polymorphism in Boorola (FecB) and Inverdel (FecXI) genes in Luri-Bakhtiari sheep breed. (In Farsi). J. of Modern Genetics, 2009, 3(4): 57-63. Download
Esmaeil Amiri, Ghodrat Rahimi, Mahmood Vatankhah. No existence of allelic polymorphism in Boorola (FecB) and Inverdel (FecXI) genes in Luri-Bakhtiari sheep breed. (In Farsi). J. of Modern Genetics, 2009, 3(4): 57-63. Download
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Godfrey P. Miles, Xiaofen F. Liu, Esmaeil Amiri, Michael J. Grodowitz, Margaret L. Allen and Jian Chen,
Co-Occurrence of Wing Deformity and Impaired Mobility of Alates with Deformed Wing Virus in Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insects14.10 (2023): 788.. Download