Publications

*indicates graduate student; ^indicates undergraduate student

• Tokach, R.*, Smart, A. & Wu-Smart, J. 2024 An evaluation of honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony behaviors and aging when exposed to a pesticide-contaminated environment. Journal of Insect Science. 
• Tokach, R.*, Smart, A. & Wu-Smart, J. 2023 Re-using food resources from failed honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies and their impact on colony queen rearing capacity. Sci Rep 13, 18127. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-44037-2 
• Gupta Vakil, S.*, Biswas, S., Snow, D., Wu-Smart, J. 2022. Targeted Method for Quantifying Air-Borne Pesticide Residues from Conventional Seed Coat Treatments to Better Assess Exposure Risk During Maize Planting. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 109, 1051–1058. doi.org/10.1007/s00128-022-03627-y 
• Lamke, K.*, Wedin D., and Wu-Smart, J. 2022. Remnant prairies and high-diversity restorations support wild bees season-long. The Prairie Naturalist Journal Special Edition 1: 30-40. 003-Lamke.pdf (eaglehill.us) 
• Chen X, Liu B, Li X, An TT, Zhou Y, Li G, Wu-Smart J, Alvarez S, Naldrett MJ, Eudy J, Kubik G, Wilson RA, Kachman SD, Cui J, Yu J. 2021. Identification of anti-inflammatory vesicle-like nanoparticles in honey. J Extracell Vesicles 10(4):e12069. doi: 10.1002/jev2.12069. Epub 2021 Feb 12. PMID: 33613874; PMCID: PMC7879699. 
• Iwanowicz DD, Wu-Smart JY, *Olgun T, et al. 2020. An updated genetic marker for detection of Lake Sinai Virus and metagenetic applications. Peerj 8:e9424. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9424. 
• *Olgun T, Everhart SE, Anderson T, Wu-Smart J. 2020. Comparative analysis of viruses in four bee species collected from agricultural, urban, and natural landscapes. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0234431. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234431 
• O’Neal, S., Anderson, T. and Wu-Smart, J. 2018. Interactions between pesticides and pathogen susceptibility in honey bees. Curr. Opin. Insect Sci. 26: 57-62. 
• Wu-Smart, J. and Spivak, M. 2018. Effects of neonicotinoids on bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) queens and nest initiation. J. Environ. Entomol. 47(1):55-62. 
• LaLone, C., Villeneuve, D.L., Wu-Smart, J., Milsk, R.Y., Sappington, K., Garber, K.V., Housenger, J., Ankley, G.T. 2017. Weight of evidence evaluation of a network of adverse outcome pathways linking activation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in bees to colony death. Sci. Total. Environ. 584-585: 751-775. 
• Spivak, M., Wu-Smart, J., Otto, C., Smart, M., Goblisrch, M., Lee, K., and Browning, Z. 2017. Why Does Bee Health Matter? The Science Surrounding Honey Bee Health Concerns and What We Can Do About It. Council for Agricultural Science and Technology Commentary 
• Wu-Smart, J. and Spivak, M. 2016. Sub-lethal effects of neonicotinoid colony exposure on honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens and colony development. Scientific Reports 6 (32108): doi: 10.1038/srep32108