College of Agricultural Sciences

B. N. Metz, Lucas, H. M., and Sagili, R., “Sucrose response thresholds of honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) foragers are not modulated by brood ester pheromone”, Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 592 - 597, 2018.

P. Chakrabarti and Sagili, R., “Sterol nutritional physiology in honey bees”, Proceedings of the 2018 American Bee Research Conference, Bee World. 2018.

L. L. Houston, Capalbo, S., Seavert, C., Dalton, M., Bryla, D. R., and Sagili, R., “Specialty fruit production in the Pacific Northwest: adaptation strategies for a changing climate”, Climatic Change, 2017.

P. Chakrabarti and Sagili, R., “Section II: Bees and Pollinators”, 77th Annual Pacific Northwest Insect Management Conference Research Reports. Portland, Oregon, USA, 2018.

R. Sagili, Breece, C. R., Martens, B. R., Simmons, R., and Borden, J. H., “Potential of Honey Bee Brood Pheromone to Enhance Foraging and Yield in Hybrid Carrot Seed”, HortTechnology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 98-104, 2015.

T. Pankiw, Roman, R., Sagili, R., and Zhu-Salzman, K., “Pheromone-modulated behavioral suites influence colony growth in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)”, Naturwissenschaften, vol. 91, pp. 575–578, 2004.

K. Kulhanek, Steinhauer, N., Rennich, K., Caron, D. M., Sagili, R., Pettis, J. S., Ellis, J. D., Wilson, M. E., Wilkes, J. T., Tarpy, D. R., and , “A national survey of managed honey bee 2015–2016 annual colony losses in the USA”, Journal of apicultural research, vol. 56, pp. 328–340, 2017.

N. Seitz, Traynor, K. S., Steinhauer, N., Rennich, K., Wilson, M. E., Ellis, J. D., Rose, R., Tarpy, D. R., Sagili, R., Caron, D. M., and , “A national survey of managed honey bee 2014–2015 annual colony losses in the USA”, Journal of Apicultural Research, vol. 54, pp. 292–304, 2015.

R. Sagili, Metz, B. N., Lucas, H. M., Chakrabarti, P., and Breece, C. R., “Honey bees consider larval nutritional status rather than genetic relatedness when selecting larvae for emergency queen rearing.”, Sci Rep, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 7679, 2018.

L. W. DeVetter, Watkinson, S., Sagili, R., and Lawrence, T., “Honey Bee Activity in Northern Highbush Blueberry Differs across Growing Regions in Washington State”, HortScience, vol. 51, no. 10, pp. 1228 - 1232, 2016.

C. R. Breece and Sagili, R., “Hands-on training emphasized in the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program”, Journal of Extension [On-line], vol. 53, no. 3, 2015.

R. Sagili, Breece, C., Cline, A., and Marshall, C., “First report of Brachypeplus basalis Erichson, 1842 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) infesting honey bee hives in Oregon, U.S.A.”, Pan-Pacific Entomologist, vol. 92, no. 4, pp. 213 - 216, 2016.

R. Sagili and Marshall, C., “First report of Apocephalus borealis Brues, 1924 (Diptera: Phoridae) parasitizing honey bees in Oregon, U.S.A.”, Pan-Pacific Entomologist, vol. 92, no. 3, pp. 168 - 169, 2016.

R. Sagili, “Evaluation of physiological and pheromonal factors regulating honey bee, Apis mellifera L.(Hymenoptera: Apidae) foraging and colony growth”, 2009.

R. Sagili and Burgett, D. M., Evaluating honey bee colonies for pollination: a guide for commercial growers and beekeepers. Oregon State University Extension Service, 2011.

R. Sagili, Pankiw, T., and Zhu-Salzman, K., “Effects of soybean trypsin inhibitor on hypopharyngeal gland protein content, total midgut protease activity and survival of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)”, Journal of insect physiology, vol. 51, pp. 953–957, 2005.

R. Sagili, Pankiw, T., and Zhu-Salzman, K., “Effects of soybean trypsin inhibitor on hypopharyngeal gland protein content, total midgut protease activity and survival of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.).”, J Insect Physiol, vol. 51, no. 9, pp. 953-7, 2005.

R. Sagili and Pankiw, T., “Effects of protein-constrained brood food on honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) pollen foraging and colony growth”, Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, vol. 61, pp. 1471–1478, 2007.

C. J. Jack, Uppala, S. Sree, Lucas, H. M., and Sagili, R., “Effects of pollen dilution on infection of Nosema ceranae in honey bees”, Journal of insect physiology, vol. 87, pp. 12–19, 2016.

R. Sagili and Breece, C. R., “Effects of brood pheromone (SuperBoost) on consumption of protein supplement and growth of honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies during fall in a northern temperate climate.”, J Econ Entomol, vol. 105, no. 4, pp. 1134-8, 2012.

R. Sagili and Pankiw, T., “Effects of brood pheromone modulated brood rearing behaviors on honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colony growth”, Journal of insect behavior, vol. 22, pp. 339–349, 2009.

M. - Y. Choi, Lucas, H., Sagili, R., Cha, D. H., and Lee, J. C., “Effect of Erythritol on Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the Presence of Naturally-Occurring Sugar Sources, and on the Survival of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae).”, Journal of Economic Entomology, vol. 112, no. 2, 2019.

R. Sagili, Pankiw, T., and Metz, B. N., “Division of labor associated with brood rearing in the honey bee: how does it translate to colony fitness?”, PLoS One, vol. 6, p. e16785, 2011.

C. J. Jack, Lucas, H. M., Webster, T. C., and Sagili, R., “Colony level prevalence and intensity of Nosema ceranae in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.)”, PloS one, vol. 11, p. e0163522, 2016.

T. Pankiw, Sagili, R., and Metz, B. N., “Brood pheromone effects on colony protein supplement consumption and growth in the honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in a subtropical winter climate”, Journal of economic entomology, vol. 101, pp. 1749–1755, 2008.