ZomBees: Are parasites controlling the minds of honey bees?

By Erika M. Bueno and Maria Jose Pastor-Infantas
Backed by Deana Crumbling, Thomas Josephsohn, Diana Matthias, Anders Eklund, Bruno, Gerardo Camilo, Nan Broadbent, Kristina Mogel, Sarah Davis, Denny Luan, and 38 other backers
San Francisco State University
Berkeley, California
BiologyEcology
DOI: 10.18258/2332
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Funded on 8/12/14
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Lab Notes

ZomBee's featured on It's Okay to Be Smart!
March 5, 2015
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Watch honey bee foragers enter and leave the hive!
February 2, 2015
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Isolating DNA from honey bee abdomens
January 16, 2015
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ZomBees on Science Friday
October 28, 2014
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ZomBee interview with Pips of sciencemug.com
August 19, 2014
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Unbelievable!! We thank you!
August 8, 2014
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Zombie fly maggots!
August 7, 2014
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Zombeewatch Coverage on CBS8 San Diego
August 6, 2014
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Discovery paper on zombees by Core et. al 2012
August 4, 2014
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Biofortified Blog wrote a piece on our project!!
August 2, 2014
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One of many behavior trials.
August 2, 2014
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Rearing of phorids
August 1, 2014
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Q and A with Relax I'm an Entomologist
July 31, 2014
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Zombee jokes are the best jokes
July 30, 2014
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Thank you for your support!
July 29, 2014
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ZomBee brains
July 23, 2014
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Division of labor in honey bees
July 16, 2014
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Collecting honey bees
July 13, 2014
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Our observation hives
July 9, 2014
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Thank you!
July 9, 2014
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Marking forager bees
July 9, 2014
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