David R. Tarpy

North Carolina State University — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

53h-index10.9kcitations192works3.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Insect and Pesticide Research(181), Plant and animal studies(175), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior(169), Bee Products Chemical Analysis(7), Plant Parasitism and Resistance(7)

Publications192 total

Morphometric photographs of queen honey bees originating from Canada, the U.S., Australia, Chile, and Italy
Borealis·2026Open Access
Morphometric photographs of queen honey bees originating from Canada, the U.S., Australia, Chile, and Italy
2026Open Access
Elevated virus infection of honey bee queens reduces methyl oleate production and destabilizes colony-level social structure
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Pheromone and morphometric features of honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens from around the globe
2025Open Access
Redefining the Geographic Distribution of Two Cryptic <i>Halictus</i> (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) Species in the Eastern United States
Ecology and Evolution·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) beehives have no impact on honey bee (Apis mellifera) overwintering colony survival or detoxification enzyme expression
PLoS ONE·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Honey bee egg composition changes seasonally and after acute maternal virus infection
Scientific Reports·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
The gut microbiome differs between hygiene-performing and non-hygiene-performing worker honey bees
Insectes Sociaux·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Virus infection of honey bee queens alters lipid profiles and indirectly suppresses a retinue pheromone component via reducing ovary mass
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Factors affecting heat resilience of drone honey bees (Apis mellifera) and their sperm
PLoS ONE·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Western red cedar ( <i>Thuja plicata</i> ) beehives have no impact on honey bee ( <i>Apis mellifera</i> ) overwintering colony survival or detoxification enzyme expression
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Redefining the geographic distribution of two cryptic Halictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) species in the eastern United States
2024
Physiological trade-offs in male social insects: Interactions among infection, immunity, fertility, size, and age in honey bee drones
Journal of Insect Physiology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Collective decision-making during reproduction in social insects: a conceptual model for queen supersedure in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
Current Opinion in Insect Science·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Honey bee egg composition changes seasonally and after acute maternal virus infection
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Common viral infections inhibit egg laying in honey bee queens and are linked to premature supersedure
Scientific Reports·2024· 13 citedOpen Access
Population origin, body mass, and viral infections influence drone honey bee ( <i>Apis mellifera</i> ) heat tolerance
2024Open Access
Common viral infections inhibit egg laying in honey bee queens and are linked to premature supersedure
2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Investigating trade-offs between ovary activation and immune protein expression in bumble bee ( <i>Bombus impatiens</i> ) workers and queens
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Metagenomic analysis of the honey bee queen microbiome reveals low bacterial diversity and Caudoviricetes phages
mSystems·2024· 18 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Dennis vanEngelsdorp(12), Jeffery S. Pettis(9), Jay D. Evans(5), Robyn Rose(5), Maryann Frazier(4), Yanping Chen(4), Nathalie Steinhauer(4), Karen Rennich(4), Dewey M. Caron(4), Ramesh R. Sagili(4), Jeff Pettis(4), Michael Wilson(4), James Wilkes(4), Thomas D. Seeley(4), Micheline K. Strand(4), Olav Rueppell(4), Deborah A. Delaney(4), Jennifer J. Keller(4), Chris Mullin(3), Diana Cox-Foster(3)