Publications

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Williams, M-K. F., R. N. Schaeffer, and D. L. Cox-Foster. Discovery of a critical time-point in the development and handling of an orchard pollinator, the blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria, Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

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1. Williams, M-K. F., D. A. Cleary, and A. L. Szalanski. (submitted  2023) Occurrence of Lotmaria passim in Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier x Apis mellifera L.) from the United States.

2. Leclercq, N., L. Marshall, T. Weekers, et al. (2023) Global taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic biogeography of bees in apple orchards. Sci. Tot. Env. 901: 165933. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165933. Publication includes 72 international collaborators, including myself, listed in alphabetical order.

3. Williams, M-K. F., D. A. Cleary, A. D. Tripodi, and A. L. Szalanski (2021) Co-occurrence of Lotmaria passim and Nosema ceranae in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) from six states in the United States. J. Api. Res. DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2021.1960745.

4. Williams, M-K. F., A. D. Tripodi, and A. L. Szalanski (2019) Molecular survey for the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) trypanosome parasites Crithidia mellificae and Lotmaria passim. J. Api. Res. 58(4): 553-558. DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2019.1568956.

5. Cleary, D., A. L. Szalanski, C. Trammel, M-K. Williams, A. D. Tripodi, and D. Downey (2018) Mitochondrial DNA variation of feral honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) from Utah (USA). J. Api. Sci. 62(2): 223-232.

6. Satterfield, D. A., S. Altizer, M-K. Williams, and R. J. Hall (2017) Environmental persistence influences infection dynamics for a butterfly pathogen. PLOS One. 12(1): e0169982.