Publications
Peer-reviewed publications
Honey bees and climate explain viral prevalence in wild bee communities on a continental scale.
Piot, N., Schweiger, O., Meeus, I., Yañez, O., Straub, L., Villamar-Bouza, L., De la Rúa, P., Jara, L., Ruiz, C., Malmstrøm, M., Mustafa, S., Nielsen, A., Mänd, M., Karise, R., Tlak-Gajger, I., Özgör, E., Keskin, N., Diévart, V., Dalmon, A., Gajda, A., Neumann, P., Smagghe, G., Graystock, P., Radzevičiūtė, R., Paxton, R. J. and de Miranda, J. R (2022) Scientific Reports
The threat of pesticide and disease co-exposure to managed and wild bee larvae.
Yordanova, M., Evison, S. E. F., Gill, R. J., P & Graystock, P. (2022) International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
The direct and indirect effects of environmental toxicants on the health of bumblebees and their microbiomes.
Rothman, J.A., Russell, K.A., Leger, L., McFrederick, Q.S. & Graystock, P. (2020) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Dominant bee species and floral abundance drive parasite temporal dynamics in plant-pollinator communities.
Graystock, P., Ng, W. H., Parks, K., Tripodi, A, D., Muñiz, P, A., Fersch, A, A., Myers, C. R., McFrederick , Q, S., McArt, S, H. (2020) Nature Ecology & Evolution
Landscape simplification shapes pathogen prevalence in plant‐pollinator networks.
Figueroa, L. L., Grab, H., Ng, W. H., Myers, C. R., Graystock, P., McFrederick, Q. S., & McArt, S. H. (2020) Ecology Letters.
High indirect fitness benefits for helpers across the nesting cycle in the tropical paper wasp Polistes canadensis.
Southon, R.J., Bell, E.F., Graystock, P., Wyatt, C.D.R., Radford, A.N. & Sumner, S. (2019) Molecular Ecology.
The bumble bee microbiome increases survival of bees exposed to selenate toxicity.
Rothman, J. A., Leger, L., Graystock, P., Russell, K. & McFrederick, Q. S. (2019) Environmental Microbiology.
The Role of Omics in the Application of Adverse Outcome Pathways for Chemical Risk Assessment.
Brockmeier, E.K., Hodges, G., Hutchinson, T.H., Butler, E., Hecker, M., Tollefsen, K.E., Garcia-Reyero, N., Kille, P., Becker, D., Chipman, K., Colbourne, J., Collette, T.W., Cossins, A., Cronin, M., Graystock, P., Gutsell, S., Knapen, D., Katsiadaki, I., Lange, A., Marshall, S., Owen, S.F., Perkins, E.J., Plaistow, S., Schroeder, A., Taylor, D., Viant, M., Ankley, G. & Falciani, F. (2017) Toxicological sciences .
Hunting for healthy microbiomes: determining the core microbiomes of Ceratina, Megalopta, and Apis bees and how they associate with microbes in bee collected pollen.
Graystock, P., Rehan, S.M., McFrederick, Q.S. (2017) Conservation Genetics.
Smith, AR., Graystock, P., Hughes, WOH. (2016) PeerJ.
Hygienic food to reduce pathogen risk to bumblebees.
Graystock, P., Jones, J.C., Pamminger, T., Parkinson, J.F., Norman, V., Blane, E.J., Rothstein, L., Wäckers, F., Goulson, D., Hughes, W.O.H. (2016) Journal of Invertebrate Pathology.
The effects of single and mixed infections of Apicystis bombi and deformed wing virus on the bumblebee Bombus terrestris.
Graystock, P., Meeus, I., Smagghe, G., Goulson, D., Hughes, W.O.H. (2016) Parasitology.
Do managed bees drive parasite spread and emergence in wild bees?
Graystock, P., Blane, J.E., McFrederick, Q.S., Goulson, D., Hughes, W.O.H. (2016) International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife.
*Invited review
Parasites in bloom: flowers aid dispersal and transmission of pollinator parasites within and between bee species
Graystock, P., Goulson, D. & Hughes, W.O.H. (2015) Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
MEDIA COVERAGE: IFL Science, Capital Press, KPCC Radio (Peter Graystock), Bumblebee Conservation Trust, UCR Today, American bee journal, The Wildlife Society, The Economic Times, Richard Dawkins Foundation, Bug Squad, PHYS.org, SciBlogs, EurekAlert!, The Hindu, KTIC Agriculture, Technology, Science 2.0, CanIndia News, Science Daily, NZ Health Tec, OneIndia, Sciences et Avenir, Iran Daily, Global Plant Council plus several small & local media outlets.
Long live the wasp: adult longevity in captive colonies of the eusocial paper wasp Polistes canadensis (L.)
Southon, R.J., Bell, E.F., Graystock, P., Sumner, S. (2015) PeerJ.
Sanitizing the fortress: Worker ants decontaminate nest and brood
Tranter, C., Graystock, P., Shaw, C., Lopes, JFS., Hughes, WOH. (2014) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live Science, Yahoo! news
The relationship between managed bees and the prevalence of parasites in bumblebees
Graystock, P., Goulson, D. & Hughes, W.O.H. (2014) PeerJ.
The Trojan hives: pollinator pathogens, imported and distributed in bumblebee colonies
Graystock, P., Yates, K., Evison, S.E.F., Darvill, B., Goulson, D. & Hughes, W.O.H. (2013) Journal of Applied Ecology.
MEDIA COVERAGE: NATURE Highlights, BBC News, BBC Podcast (William OH Hughes), BBC Leeds radio (Peter Graystock), BBC Scotland radio (Peter Graystock), ITV News, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, The International Chronicle, The American Bee Journal, The Express, The Daily Mail, The York Press, PHYS.org, RedOrbit, plus several small & local media outlets.
Genetic variability of the neogregarine Apicystis bombi, an etiological agent of an emergent bumblebee disease
Maharramov, J., Meeus, I., Maebe, K., Arbetman, M., Morales, C., Graystock, P., Hughes, WOH., Plischuk, S., Lange, CE., de Graaf, DC., Zapata, N., de la Rosa, JJP., Murray, TE., Brown, MJF., Smagghe, G. (2013) PLoS ONE.
Emerging dangers: deadly effects of an emergent parasite in a new pollinator host
Graystock, P., Yates, K., Darvill, B., Goulson, D. & Hughes, W.O.H. (2013) Journal of Invertebrate Pathology.
Disease Resistance in a Weaver Ant, Polyrhachis dives, and the Role of Antibiotic-Producing Glands
Graystock, P. & Hughes, W.O.H. (2011) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
Non peer reviewed articles
Calling on microbial allies to protect bee health – Buzzword, 2019, issue 39, pages 16-17