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The influence of nest site selection on the population dynamics of Africanized honey bees in an urban landscape
Link to the publication: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eea.12549/full
Birt A.G., Chen S.-H.V., Baum K.A., Tchakerian M.D., Coulson R.N. (2017) The influence of nest site selection on the population dynamics of Africanized honey bees in an urban landscape. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 162:315–327.

A pan-European epidemiological study reveals honey bee colony survival depends on beekeeper education and disease control
Link to the publication: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0172591
Jacques A., Laurent M., Ribière-Chabert M., Saussac M., Bougeard S., Budge G.E., Hendrikx P., Chauzat M.-P. (2017) A pan-European epidemiological study reveals honey bee colony survival depends on beekeeper education and disease control. PloS one 12:e0172591.

Cuticular hydrocarbon cues of immune-challenged workers elicit immune activation in honey bee queens
Link to the publication: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.14086/full
López J.H., Riessberger-Gallé U., Crailsheim K., Schuehly W. (2017) Cuticular hydrocarbon cues of immune-challenged workers elicit immune activation in honey bee queens. Molecular Ecology.

Structure of deformed wing virus, a major honey bee pathogen
Link to the publication: http://www.pnas.org/content/114/12/3210.full
Škubnik K., Nováček J., Füzik T., Přidal A., Paxton R.J., Plevka P. (2017) Structure of deformed wing virus, a major honey bee pathogen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114:3210–3215.

Feeding Preference and Sub-chronic Effects of ZnO Nanomaterials in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera carnica)
Link to the publication: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00244-017-0385-x
Glavan G., Milivojević T., Bożič J., Sepčić K., Drobne D. (2017) Feeding Preference and Sub-chronic Effects of ZnO Nanomaterials in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera carnica). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 72:471–480.

Most ornamental plants on sale in garden centres are unattractive to flower-visiting insects
Link to the publication: https://peerj.com/articles/3066/
Garbuzov M., Alton K., Ratnieks F.L.W. (2017) Most ornamental plants on sale in garden centres are unattractive to flower-visiting insects. PeerJ 5:e3066.

Applying x-ray micro-tomography to learning and memory
Link to the publication: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2057-1976/aa6307/meta
Greco M.K., Stait-Gardner T. (2017) Applying x-ray micro-tomography to learning and memory. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express 3:024001.

Unity in defence: honeybee workers exhibit conserved molecular responses to diverse pathogens
Link to the publication: https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12864-017-3597-6
Doublet V., Poeschl Y., Gogol-Döring A., Alaux C., Annoscia D., Aurori C., Barribeau S.M., Bedoya-Reina O.C., Brown M.J.F., Bull J.C. et al. (2017) Unity in defence: honeybee workers exhibit conserved molecular responses to diverse pathogens. BMC genomics 18:207.

Honey bees (Apis mellifera ligustica) swing abdomen to dissipate residual flying energy landing on a wall
Link to the publication: http://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.4977844
Zhao J., Huang H., Yan S. (2017) Honey bees (Apis mellifera ligustica) swing abdomen to dissipate residual flying energy landing on a wall. Journal of Applied Physics 121:094702.

European honeybee defense against Japanese yellow hornet using heat generation by bee-balling behavior
Link to the publication: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ens.12248/full
Hosono S., Nakamura J., Ono M. (2017) European honeybee defense against Japanese yellow hornet using heat generation by bee-balling behavior. Entomological Science 20:163–167.