Tsvetkov, N., Samson-Robert, O., Sood, K., Patel, H., Malena, D., Gajiwala, P., Maciukiewicz, P., Fournier, V., and Zayed, A. (2017). Chronic exposure to neonicotinoids reduces honey bee health near corn crops. Science, 356(6345), 1395-1397.
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McAfee, A. French, S.K., Tsvetkov, N. Higo, H., Common, J., Pernal, S.F., Giovenazzo, P., Hoover, S.E., Guzman-Novoa, E., Currie, R.W., Veiga, P.W., Conflitti, I.M., Pepinelli, M., Tran, L., Zayed, A., Guarna, M.M., Foster, L.J. (2024) Higher prevalence of sacbrood virus in highbush blueberry pollination units. bioRxiv. 2024.03. 20.585971
Tsvetkov, N., Bahia, S., Calla, B., Berenbaum, M.R., Zayed, A. (2023). Genetics of tolerance in honeybees to the neonicotinoid clothianidin. iScience. 26(3), 106084.
Tsvetkov, N., & Zayed, A. (2021). Searching beyond the streetlight: Neonicotinoid exposure alters the neurogenomic state of worker honey bees. Ecology and evolution. 11(24), 18733-18742.
Tsvetkov, N., MacPhail, V. J., Colla, S. R., & Zayed, A. (2021). Conservation genomics reveals pesticide and pathogen exposure in the declining bumble bee Bombus terricola. Molecular ecology, 30(17), 4220-4230.
Tsvetkov, N., Cook, C. N., and Zayed, A. (2019). Effects of group size on learning and memory in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Journal of Experimental Biology 222.9 jeb193888.
Tsvetkov, N., Madani, B., Krimus, L., MacDonald, S. E., and Zayed, A. (2019). A new protocol for measuring spatial learning and memory in the honey bee Apis mellifera: effects of behavioural state and cGMP. Insectes Sociaux, 66(1), 65-71.
Kent, C.F., Dey, A., Patel, H., Tsvetkov, N., Tiwari, T., MacPhail, V. J., Gobeil, Y., Harpur, B.A., Gurtowski, J., Schatz, M. C., and Colla, S. R. (2018). Conservation genomics of the declining North American bumblebee Bombus terricola reveals inbreeding and selection on immune genes. Frontiers in Genetics, 9, 316.
Harpur, B. A., Chernyshova, A., Soltani, A., Tsvetkov, N., Mahjoorighasrodashti, M., Xu, Z., and Zayed, A. (2014). No genetic tradeoffs between hygienic behaviour and individual innate immunity in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. PloS one, 9(8), e104214.
Cutter, A. D., Yan, W., Tsvetkov, N., Sunil, S., and Felix, M. A. (2010). Molecular population genetics and phenotypic sensitivity to ethanol for a globally diverse sample of the nematode Caenorhabditis briggsae. Molecular Ecology, 19(4), 798-809.