Publications
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May 2019
Increased response to sequential infections of honeybee, Apis mellifera scutellata, colonies by socially parasitic Cape honeybee, A. m. capensis, workers
Neumann, Peter, Pirk, Christian W. W.
Scientific Reports
Cape honeybee, Apis mellifera capensis, workers can be social parasites and host colonies can defend themselves by rejection of...
Feb 2019
Tergal gland components of reproductively dominant honey bee workers have both primer and releaser effects on subordinate workers
Okosun, Olabimpe O., Yusuf, Abdullahi A., Crewe, Robin M., Pirk, Christian W. W.
Apidologie
The primer and releaser effects of dominant honey bee workers’ tergal gland pheromones are not known under queenless conditions....
Jun 2019
Zebra skin odor repels the savannah tsetse fly, Glossina pallidipes (Diptera: Glossinidae)
Olaide, Olabimpe Y., Tchouassi, David P., Yusuf, Abdullahi A., Pirk, Christian W. W. et al.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Author summary The use of repellents from non-preferred hosts represents an innovative approach to control animal African...
2019
<em>The Dark Side of the Hive: The Evolution of the Imperfect Honey Bee, </em>Robin F.A.Moritz & Robin Crewe
Pirk, C.W.W.
African Entomology
The book is a result of a long on-going collaboration between the two authors. For decades they investigated various aspects of...
2019
<em>The Dark Side of the Hive: The Evolution of the Imperfect Honey Bee, </em>Robin F.A.Moritz & Robin Crewe
Pirk, C.W.W.
African Entomology
The book is a result of a long on-going collaboration between the two authors. For decades they investigated various aspects of...
Jul 2019
Non-invasive monitoring of adrenocortical activity in free-ranging Namaqua rock mice Micaelamys namaquensis from South Africa in response to anthropogenic land use and season
Ramahlo, Mmatsawela, Chimimba, Christian, Pirk, Christian W. W., Ganswindt, André
Wildlife Biology
Sep 2019
The Conservation of Native Honey Bees Is Crucial
Requier, Fabrice, Garnery, Lionel, Kohl, Patrick L., Njovu, Henry K. et al.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Recent studies have emphasized the role of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera, as a managed agricultural species worldwide,...
Mar 2019
Genome-Wide SNP Discovery in Indigenous Cattle Breeds of South Africa
Frontiers in Genetics
Single nucleotide polymorphism arrays have created new possibilities for performing genome-wide studies to detect genomic regions...