Prof Christian CWW Pirk
University of Pretoria
Faculty Member, Biological Sciences
South Africa
My co-authors include
Dr Nizar Jamal Haddad
Dr. H. Michael G. Lattorff
Daniel Masiga
My Publications
Aggression, Boldness, and Exploration Personality Traits in the Subterranean Naked Mole...
Animals
November 2022
Chemical Cues From Honeydew and Cuticular Extracts of Trialeurodes Vaporariorum Serve a...
Journal of Chemical Ecology
March 2022
Functional response of the hypopharyngeal glands to a social parasitism challenge in So...
Parasitology Research
January 2022
The exceptional attachment ability of the ectoparasitic bee louse <i>Braula...
Physiological Entomology
November 2021
Biological traits of wild-caught populations of Aedes aegypti in dengue endemic and non...
Journal of Vector Ecology
November 2021
Efficiencies of stationary sampling tools for the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes...
Acta Tropica
November 2021
The parasitoid Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris eavesdrops on semiochemicals from its hos...
Journal of Pest Science
August 2021
Terpenes from herbivore‐induced tomato plant volatiles attract ...
Pest Management Science
August 2021
A novel vehicle-mounted sticky trap; an effective sampling tool for savannah tsetse fli...
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
July 2021
Biological traits of wild-caught populations of Aedes aegypti in dengue endemic and non...
Journal of Vector Ecology
June 2021
Exploring the Kairomone-Based Foraging Behaviour of Natural Enemies to Enhance Biologic...
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
April 2021
Exploring non‐host plant‐based management strategy with lemongrass, garlic and guava vo...
Journal of Applied Entomology
March 2021
Plant sugar feeding patterns of wild‐caught Aedes aegypti ...
Medical and Veterinary Entomology
March 2021
Oviposition responses of Bactrocera dorsalis and Ceratitis cosyra to Dufour’s and poiso...
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science
February 2021
Re-Analysis of Abdominal Gland Volatilome Secretions of the African Weaver Ant, Oecophy...
Molecules
February 2021
The Biology of the Cape Honey Bee, Apis mellifera capensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae): A Rev...
Annals of the Entomological Society of America
January 2021
The Role of Trialeurodes vaporariorum-Infested Tomato Plant Volatiles in the Attraction...
Journal of Chemical Ecology
January 2021
Plant nutrient quality impacts survival and reproductive fitness of the dengue vector A...
Parasites & Vectors
January 2021
Effect of zebra skin-derived compounds on field catches of the human African trypanosom...
Acta Tropica
January 2021
First report of a gall midge as a parasitoid of weaver ants
Entomologia Generalis
December 2020
Refuge in architecture: mounds and diversity of termite species from a Sahel and Sudan ...
International Journal of Tropical Insect Science
October 2020
Odor-Mediated Group Organization and Coordination in the Termite-Raiding Ant Megaponera...
Chemical Senses
September 2020
COLOSS survey: global impact of COVID-19 on bee research
Journal of Apicultural Research
August 2020
A review of the biology and biogeography of Mantispidae (Neuroptera)
Insect Systematics & Evolution
April 2020
Modelling the effect of temperature on the biology and demographic parameters of the Af...
Journal of Thermal Biology
April 2020
Relationships Between Livestock Damages and Large Carnivore Densities in Sweden
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
January 2020
Prisoners receive food fit for a queen: honeybees feed small hive beetles protein-rich ...
Journal of Experimental Biology
January 2020
Antibiotic treatment impairs protein digestion in the honeybee, Apis mellifera
Apidologie
December 2019
Local variation in recombination rates of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) genome among s...
Insectes Sociaux
November 2019
Lemon Terpenes Influence Behavior of the African Citrus Triozid Trioza erytreae (Hemipt...
Journal of Chemical Ecology
November 2019
Hydroxylation patterns associated with pheromone synthesis and composition in two honey...
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
November 2019
Thermal regulatory mechanisms of termites from two different savannah ecosystems
Journal of Thermal Biology
October 2019
The Conservation of Native Honey Bees Is Crucial
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
September 2019
Temperature-dependent development and survival of immature stages of the coffee berry b...
Bulletin of Entomological Research
August 2019
Responses of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes to visually attractive stationary devices baite...
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
July 2019
Zebra skin odor repels the savannah tsetse fly, Glossina pallidipes (Diptera: Glossinidae)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
June 2019
Increased response to sequential infections of honeybee, Apis mellifera scutellata, col...
Scientific Reports
May 2019
Nest Architecture as a Tool for Species Discrimination of Hypotrigona Species (Hymenopt...
African Entomology
April 2019
Tergal gland components of reproductively dominant honey bee workers have both primer a...
Apidologie
February 2019
A Single SNP Turns a Social Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Worker into a Selfish Parasite
Molecular Biology and Evolution
January 2019
Effects of cage volume and bee density on survival and nutrient intake of honeybees (Ap...
Apidologie
October 2018
N eonicotinoids decrease sucrose responsiveness of honey bees at first contact
Journal of Insect Physiology
July 2018
Prediction of insect pest distribution as influenced by elevation: Combining field obse...
PLoS ONE
June 2018
Reproductive parasitism by worker honey bees suppressed by queens through regulation of...
Scientific Reports
May 2018
Turning workers into false queens– the role of exogenous pheromones in regulating repro...
Journal of Experimental Biology
May 2018
Sticky small target: an effective sampling tool for tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscip...
Parasites & Vectors
April 2018
Low fertility, fecundity and numbers of mated female offspring explain the lower reprod...
Parasitology
April 2018
Honeybee Evolution: Royal Jelly Proteins Help Queen Larvae to Stay on Top
Current Biology
April 2018
Compounds extracted from heads of African stingless bees (Hypotrigona species) as a pro...
Chemoecology
March 2018
Control of mandibular gland pheromone synthesis by alternative splicing of the CP-2 tra...
Apidologie
March 2018
The transcriptomic changes associated with the development of social parasitism in the ...
The Science of Nature
March 2018
Effects of vector control on the population structure of tsetse ( Glossina fuscipes fus...
Acta Tropica
March 2018
Host plant forensics and olfactory-based detection in Afro-tropical mosquito disease ve...
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
February 2018
Resolving taxonomic ambiguity and cryptic speciation of Hypotrigona species through mor...
Journal of Apicultural Research
February 2018
Corrigendum to “Waggle Dances and Azimuthal Windows”
Psyche A Journal of Entomology
January 2018
Digestibility and nutritional value of fresh and stored pollen for honey bees ( Apis me...
Journal of Insect Physiology
December 2017
Glandular sources of pheromones used to control host workers ( Apis mellifera scutellat...
Journal of Insect Physiology
October 2017
Spatial and temporal dimensions to the taxonomic diversity of arthropods in an arid gra...
Journal of Arid Environments
September 2017
Comparative transcriptome analysis on the synthesis pathway of honey bee (Apis mellifer...
Scientific Reports
July 2017
Hygienic and grooming behaviors in African and European honeybees—New damage categories...
PLoS ONE
June 2017
Effect of Brood Pheromone on Survival and Nutrient Intake of African Honey Bees (Apis m...
Journal of Chemical Ecology
April 2017
The metabolic fate of nectar nicotine in worker honey bees
Journal of Insect Physiology
April 2017
Proteomic and metabolomic analysis reveals rapid and extensive nicotine detoxification ...
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
March 2017
Wild and managed bees
Functional Ecology
October 2016
Effects of a neonicotinoid pesticide on thermoregulation of African honey bees (Apis me...
Journal of Insect Physiology
October 2016
Identification of Multiple Loci Associated with Social Parasitism in Honeybees
PLoS Genetics
June 2016
Sucrose Sensitivity of Honey Bees Is Differently Affected by Dietary Protein and a Neon...
PLoS ONE
June 2016
High Royal Jelly-Producing Honeybees (Apis mellifera ligustica) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) i...
Journal of Economic Entomology
February 2016
Resistance rather than tolerance explains survival of savannah honeybees (Apis mellifer...
Parasitology
December 2015
Linalool oxide: generalist plant based lure for mosquito disease vectors
Parasites & Vectors
November 2015
Hit‐and‐run trophallaxis of small hive beetles
Ecology and Evolution
November 2015
Reproductive traits and mandibular gland pheromone of anarchistic honey bee workers Api...
Apidologie
October 2015
Effects of age and Reproductive Status on Tergal Gland Secretions in Queenless Honey be...
Journal of Chemical Ecology
September 2015
Performance of pairwise shape dissimilarity morphometrics on nonmammalian taxa (Insecta...
Journal of Morphology
September 2015
Detoxification mechanisms of honey bees (Apis mellifera) resulting in tolerance of diet...
Scientific Reports
July 2015
Azimuth-dependent waggle dances; flight and foraging activities of the red dwarf honeyb...
Journal of Apicultural Research
May 2015
An improved odor bait for monitoring populations of Aedes aegypti-vectors of dengue and...
Parasites & Vectors
April 2015
Mandibular gland pheromone contents in workers and queens of Apis mellifera adansonii
Apidologie
January 2015
Antioxidant supplementation can reduce the survival costs of excess amino acid intake i...
Journal of Insect Physiology
December 2014
The Territorial Invasion of Apis florea in Africa
African Entomology
December 2014
Resistance of developing honeybee larvae during chronic exposure to dietary nicotine
Journal of Insect Physiology
October 2014
A worldwide survey of genome sequence variation provides insight into the evolutionary ...
Nature Genetics
August 2014
Impact of Varroa destructor on honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata) colony development ...
Experimental and Applied Acarology
July 2014
Olfactory Detection of Prey by the Termite-Raiding AntPachycondyla analis
Journal of Insect Science
April 2014
Economic and ecological implications of geographic bias in pollinator ecology in the li...
Oikos
March 2014
Nutrition affects survival in African honeybees exposed to interacting stressors
Functional Ecology
February 2014
A survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the Republic of South Africa–2009 to 2011
Journal of Apicultural Research
January 2014
Field evaluation of natural human odours and the biogent-synthetic lure in trapping Aed...
Parasites & Vectors
January 2014
Infestation rates of Varroa destructor and Braula coeca in the savannah honey bee (Apis...
Journal of Apicultural Research
January 2014
Honeybee Nests
January 2014
Olfactory detection of prey by the termite-raiding ant Pachycondyla analis
Journal of Insect Science
January 2014
Seasonal prevalence of pathogens and parasites in the savannah honeybee (Apis mellifera...
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
September 2013
Honeybees prefer warmer nectar and less viscous nectar, regardless of sugar concentration
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
July 2013
Male-biased dispersal promotes large scale gene flow in a subterranean army ant, Dorylu...
Population Ecology
June 2013
Threats to an ecosystem service: pressures on pollinators
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
June 2013
Prey choice and raiding behaviour of the Ponerine antPachycondyla analis(Hymenoptera: F...
Journal of Natural History
May 2013
Small Hive Beetles are Facultative Predators of Adult Honey Bees
Journal of Insect Behavior
May 2013
Physical properties of honeybee silk: a review
Apidologie
May 2013
An Effective Method for Maintaining the African Termite-Raiding AntPachycondyla analisi...
African Entomology
March 2013
A new design for honey bee hoarding cages for laboratory experiments
Journal of Apicultural Research
January 2013
Miscellaneous standard methods for Apis mellifera research
Journal of Apicultural Research
January 2013
Standard methods for small hive beetle research
Journal of Apicultural Research
January 2013
Statistical guidelines for Apis mellifera research
Journal of Apicultural Research
January 2013
Temporal patterns of den use suggest polygamous mating patterns in an obligate monogamo...
Animal Behaviour
December 2012
Waggle dances in absconding colonies of the red dwarf honeybee, Apis florea
Insectes Sociaux
July 2012
Simultaneous stressors: Interactive effects of an immune challenge and dietary toxin ca...
Journal of Insect Physiology
July 2012
Reproductive Biology of the Cape Honeybee: A Critique of Beekman et al.: A critique of ...
Journal of Heredity
May 2012
Honeybees and nectar nicotine: Deterrence and reduced survival versus potential health ...
Journal of Insect Physiology
February 2012
The pheromones of laying workers in two honeybee sister species: Apis cerana and Apis m...
Journal of Comparative Physiology A
January 2012
Genotypic diversity in queenless honey bee colonies reduces fitness
Journal of Apicultural Research
January 2012
A scientific note on the lack of effect of mandible ablation on the synthesis of royal ...
Apidologie
December 2011
The Honeybee Disease American Foulbrood — An African Perspective
African Entomology
September 2011
Extension of the Diet of an Extreme Foraging Specialist, the Aardwolf ( Proteles crist...
African Zoology
April 2011
Errors in comb building behaviour in Apis cerana cerana that result in entrapped workers
Insectes Sociaux
March 2011
Natural and within-farmland biodiversity enhances crop productivity
Ecology Letters
January 2011
Waggle Dances and Azimuthal Windows
Psyche A Journal of Entomology
January 2011
Energetic Aspects of Flight
December 2010
Genetic Considerations
December 2010
Pheromones
December 2010
Economics of comb wax salvage by the red dwarf honeybee, Apis florea
Journal of Comparative Physiology B
November 2010
Convergence of carbohydrate-biased intake targets in caged worker honeybees fed differe...
Journal of Experimental Biology
September 2010
Pheromonal predisposition to social parasitism in the honeybee Apis mellifera capensis
Behavioral Ecology
September 2010
The First Report of Storage Mites,Caloglyphus hughesi(Acaridae) on Laboratory-RearedAet...
African Entomology
September 2010
Responses of Queenright and Queenless Workers of Apis Cerana to 9-keto-2(E)-decenoic Ac...
Journal of Chemical Ecology
July 2010
Erratum to: Nestmate Recognition and the Role of Cuticular Hydrocarbons in the African ...
Journal of Chemical Ecology
May 2010
Nestmate Recognition and the Role of Cuticular Hydrocarbons in the African Termite Raid...
Journal of Chemical Ecology
March 2010
Sun angle time windows for absconding by the dwarf honeybee, Apis florea
Journal of Insect Physiology
November 2009
Clinal nature of the frequencies of ovarioles and spermathecae in Cape worker honeybee...
Apidologie
October 2009
The importance of protein type and protein to carbohydrate ratio for survival and ovar...
Apidologie
October 2009
Hetero-specific queen retinue behavior of worker bees in mixed-species colonies ofApis ...
Apidologie
September 2009
Worker reproduction in mixed-species colonies of honey bees
Behavioral Ecology
July 2009
Is there a need for conservation of honeybees in Africa?
Apidologie
May 2009
Intra- and interspecific brood recognition in pure and mixed-species honeybee colonies...
Apidologie
March 2009
Maintenance and application of multiple queen colonies in commercial beekeeping
Journal of Apicultural Research
January 2009
Sustainable multiple queen colonies of honey bees, Apis mellifera ligustica
Journal of Apicultural Research
January 2009
Trophallactic activities in the honeybee brood nest – Heaters get supplied with high pe...
Zoology
October 2008
Short-sighted evolution of virulence in parasitic honeybee workers (Apis mellifera cape...
The Science of Nature
February 2008
Adult honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) abandon hemocytic, but not phenoloxidase-based immu...
Journal of Insect Physiology
February 2008
Self Assessment in Insects: Honeybee Queens Know Their Own Strength
PLoS ONE
January 2008
Influence of pollen quality on ovarian development in honeybee workers (Apis mellifera ...
Journal of Insect Physiology
July 2007
Nestmate recognition for eggs in the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
May 2007
Pheromonal dominance and the selection of a socially parasitic honeybee worker lineage ...
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
May 2007
Seasonal nestmate recognition in the ant Formica exsecta
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
August 2006
Individual versus social pathway to honeybee worker reproduction (Apis mellifera): poll...
Journal of Comparative Physiology A
March 2006
Honeybee combs: construction through a liquid equilibrium process?
The Science of Nature
June 2004
Egg viability and worker policing in honey bees
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
May 2004
The behaviour of drifted Cape honeybee workers ( Apis mellifera capensis ): predisposi...
Apidologie
November 2003
Cape honeybees, Apis mellifera capensis, police worker-laid eggs despite the absence of...
Behavioral Ecology
May 2003
Spatial differences in worker policing facilitate social parasitism of Cape honeybee wo...
Insectes Sociaux
April 2003
Automatic life-long monitoring of individual insect behaviour now possible
Zoology
January 2003
A non-policing honey bee colony ( Apis mellifera capensis )
The Science of Nature
October 2002
Small hive beetles survive in honeybee prisons by behavioural mimicry
The Science of Nature
July 2002
Defense posture in the dwarf honeybee, Apis florea
Apidologie
May 2002
Egg laying and egg removal by workers are positively correlated in queenright Cape hon...
Apidologie
March 2002
Social encapsulation of beetle parasites by Cape honeybee colonies ( Apis mellifera cap...
The Science of Nature
September 2001
Social encapsulation of beetle parasites by Cape honeybee colonies ( Apis mellifera cap...
The Science of Nature
May 2001
Intranest relatedness and nestmate recognition in the meadow ant Formica pratensis (R.)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
April 2001
Behaviour of African and European Subspecies ofApis MelliferaToward the Small Hive Beet...
Journal of Apicultural Research
January 2001
Laboratory Rearing of Small Hive BeetlesAethina Tumida(Coleoptera, Nitidulidae)
Journal of Apicultural Research
January 2001
Scientific note. A scientific note on the natural merger of two honeybee colonies (Ap...
Apidologie
January 2001
