Publications
Villalobos, E.M., S. Nikaido, T. Ito and J. Wong (2024) Monitoring strategies during the establishment phase of Aethina tumida on Oahu, Hawaii. Journal of Applied Entomology, Short Communication https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13265
Zhang, Z., E. Villalobos, S. Nikaido and S.J. Martin. (2024). Seasonal Variability in the Prevalence of DWV Strains in Individual Colonies of European Honeybees in Hawaii. Insects 15(4):219
Buteler, M., E. Villalobos, A. Marina, L. Silva, J.P. Tomba. (2023). Management practice for small hive beetle as a source of microplastic contamination in honey and honeybee colonies. Environmental Pollution 334(1): 122151.
Grindrod, I.; Kevill, J.L.; Villalobos, E.M.; Schroeder, D.C.; Martin, S.J. (2021) Ten Years of Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) in Hawaiian Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), the Dominant DWV-A Variant Is Potentially Being Replaced by Variants with a DWV-B Coding Sequence. Viruses 2021, 13, 969. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13060969
Saez,A., M.A. Wizen, S.Medici, M. Viel, E. Villalobos, and P. Negri. (2020) Bees increase crop yield in an alleged pollinator-independent almond variety Scientific Reports 10(1). DOI:
10.1038/s41598-020-59995-0.
Negri, P., E. Villalobos, N. Szawarski, N. Damiani, L. Gende, M. Garrido, M. Maggi, S. Quintana, L. Lamattina, and M. Eguaras. (2019) Towards Precision Nutrition: A novel concept linking phytochemicals, immune response and honey bee health. Insects 10, (401).
S. Nikaido, E.M. Villalobos, A. Cubero, N. Castillo, and J. M. Rodriguez (2018). Scientific Note: Detection of Africanized Honey Bees in the Dominican Republic. Journal of Apicultural Research 57 (3): 351-353.
Santamaria, E. Villalobos, L. Brettell, S. Nikaido, J. Graham, and S.J. Martin. Evidence of Varroa-mediated Deformed Wing virus spillover in Hawaii (2017). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 151, DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2017.11.008.
Mordecai, L. Brettell, P. Pachori, E. Villalobos, S.J. Martin, and I. Jones. (2016). "Moku virus; a new Iflavirus found in wasps, honey bees and Varroa." Nature Scientific Reports: 6, Article 34983.
Villalobos, E. M. (2016). “The mite that jumped, the bee that traveled, the disease that followed”. Science 41: 554-556.
Martin SJ., Hardy J, Villalobos E, Martin-Hernandez R, Nikaido S, Higes M. (2013) Do the
honeybee pathogens Nosema ceranae and deformed wing virus act synergistically?
Environmental Microbiology Reports 5, 506-510 doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12052
Danka, R.G.; J. Harris; E. Villalobos; & T. Glenn. (2012) Varroa destructor resistance of honey bees in Hawaii. USA, with different genetic proportions of Varroa Sensitive Hygiene (VSH). Journal of Apicultural Research 51(3): 288-290.
Martin, S. J.; A, C. Highfield; L.E. Brettell; E. Villalobos, G.E. Budge; M.E. Powell; S.Nikaido; & D.C. Schroeder. (2012) Global Honey Bee Viral Landscape Altered by a Parasitic Mite. Science 336 (6086): 1304-6