Christina Grozinger

Director of the Center for Pollinator Research; Director of the Insect Biodiversity Center; Publius Vergilius Maro Professor and Huck Scholar of Entomology

Christina Grozinger

Research Summary

Genomics of social behavior and health in bees

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Publication Tags

Bees Honey Gene Expression Pesticides Monitoring Pheromones Bee Parasites Nutrition Honey Bees Genes Pollen Apis Mellifera Viruses Scattering Eastern Africa Radar Conflict Pathogens Conflict (Psychology) Economics Kinship Population Communication Insects

Most Recent Papers

Summer weather conditions influence winter survival of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in the northeastern United States

Martina Calovi, Christina M. Grozinger, Douglas A. Miller, Sarah C. Goslee, 2021, Scientific Reports

Wild bees as winners and losers

Melanie Kammerer, Sarah C. Goslee, Margaret R. Douglas, John F. Tooker, Christina M. Grozinger, 2021, Global Change Biology on p. 1250-1265

Economic dependence and vulnerability of united states agricultural sector on insect-mediated pollination service

Vikas Khanna, Alex Jordan, Harland M. Patch, Christina M. Grozinger, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology on p. 2243-2253

Tissue-specific transcription patterns support the kinship theory of intragenomic conflict in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

David A. Galbraith, Rong Ma, Christina M. Grozinger, 2021, Molecular Ecology on p. 1029-1041

Numerical Modeling and Measurement of Apis Mellifera Radar Scattering Properties

Omar Alzaabi, Mohammad M. Al-Khaldi, Kenneth Ayotte, Diego Penaloza, Julio Urbina, James Kenneth Breakall, Michael Lanagan, Harland Martin Patch, Christina M. Grozinger, 2021, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

A screening-level assessment of the pollinator-attractiveness of ornamental nursery stock using a honey bee foraging assay

Douglas B. Sponsler, Christina M. Grozinger, Rodney T. Richardson, Andrea Nurse, Dalton Brough, Harland M. Patch, Kimberly A. Stoner, 2020, Scientific Reports

County-level analysis reveals a rapidly shifting landscape of insecticide hazard to honey bees (Apis mellifera) on US farmland

Margaret R. Douglas, Douglas B. Sponsler, Eric V. Lonsdorf, Christina M. Grozinger, 2020, Scientific Reports

Singing in the suburbs

Darin J. McNeil, Christina M. Grozinger, 2020, Journal of Insect Conservation on p. 1031-1043

Injection of seminal fluid into the hemocoel of honey bee queens (Apis mellifera) can stimulate post-mating changes

W. Cameron Jasper, Laura M. Brutscher, Christina M. Grozinger, Elina L. Niño, 2020, Scientific Reports

A long-term dataset on wild bee abundance in Mid-Atlantic United States

Melanie Kammerer, John F. Tooker, Christina M. Grozinger, 2020, Scientific data

Most-Cited Papers

Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

Patrick Abbot, Jun Abe, John Alcock, Samuel Alizon, Joao A.C. Alpedrinha, Malte Andersson, Jean Baptiste Andre, Minus Van Baalen, Francois Balloux, Sigal Balshine, Nick Barton, Leo W. Beukeboom, Jay M. Biernaskie, Trine Bilde, Gerald Borgia, Michael Breed, Sam Brown, Redouan Bshary, Angus Buckling, Nancy T. Burley, Max N. Burton-Chellew, Michael A. Cant, Michel Chapuisat, Eric L. Charnov, Tim Clutton-Brock, Andrew Cockburn, Blaine J. Cole, Nick Colegrave, Leda Cosmides, Iain D. Couzin, Jerry A. Coyne, Scott Creel, Bernard Crespi, Robert L. Curry, Sasha R.X. Dall, Troy Day, Janis L. Dickinson, Lee Alan Dugatkin, Claire El Mouden, Stephen T. Emlen, Jay Evans, Regis Ferriere, Jeremy Field, Susanne Foitzik, Kevin Foster, William A. Foster, Charles W. Fox, Juergen Gadau, Sylvain Gandon, Andy Gardner, Michael G. Gardner, Thomas Getty, Michael A.D. Goodisman, Alan Grafen, Rick Grosberg, Christina M. Grozinger, Pierre Henri Gouyon, Darryl Gwynne, Paul H. Harvey, Ben J. Hatchwell, Jürgen Heinze, Heikki Helantera, Ken R. Helms, Kim Hill, Natalie Jiricny, Rufus A. Johnstone, Alex Kacelnik, E. Toby Kiers, Hanna Kokko, Jan Komdeur, Judith Korb, Daniel Kronauer, Rolf Kümmerli, Laurent Lehmann, Timothy A. Linksvayer, Sébastien Lion, Bruce Lyon, James A.R. Marshall, Richard McElreath, Yannis Michalakis, Richard E. Michod, Douglas Mock, Thibaud Monnin, Robert Montgomerie, Allen J. Moore, Ulrich G. Mueller, Ronald Noë, Samir Okasha, Pekka Pamilo, Geoff A. Parker, Jes S. Pedersen, Ido Pen, David Pfennig, David C. Queller, Daniel J. Rankin, Sarah E. Reece, Hudson K. Reeve, Max Reuter, Gilbert Roberts, Simon K.A. Robson, Denis Roze, Francois Rousset, Olav Rueppell, Joel L. Sachs, Lorenzo Santorelli, Paul Schmid-Hempel, Michael P. Schwarz, Tom Scott-Phillips, Janet Shellmann-Sherman, Paul W. Sherman, David M. Shuker, Jeff Smith, Joseph C. Spagna, Beverly Strassmann, Andrew V. Suarez, Liselotte Sundström, Michael Taborsky, Peter Taylor, Graham Thompson, John Tooby, Neil D. Tsutsui, Kazuki Tsuji, Stefano Turillazzi, Francisco Úbeda, Edward L. Vargo, Bernard Voelkl, Tom Wenseleers, Stuart A. West, Mary Jane West-Eberhard, David F. Westneat, Diane C. Wiernasz, Geoff Wild, Richard Wrangham, Andrew J. Young, David W. Zeh, Jeanne A. Zeh, Andrew Zink, 2011, Nature on p. e1-e4

Bee nutrition and floral resource restoration

Anthony D. Vaudo, John F. Tooker, Christina M. Grozinger, Harland M. Patch, 2015, Current Opinion in Insect Science on p. 133-141

Macronutrient ratios in pollen shape bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) foraging strategies and floral preferences

Anthony D. Vaudo, Harland M. Patch, David A. Mortensen, John F. Tooker, Christina M. Grozinger, 2016, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. E4035-E4042

Genomic analysis of the interaction between pesticide exposure and nutrition in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Daniel R. Schmehl, Peter E.A. Teal, James L. Frazier, Christina M. Grozinger, 2014, Journal of Insect Physiology on p. 177-190

Cooperation, Conflict, and the Evolution of Queen Pheromones

Sarah D. Kocher, Christina M. Grozinger, 2011, Journal of Chemical Ecology on p. 1263-1275

Effects of immunostimulation on social behavior, chemical communication and genome-wide gene expression in honey bee workers (Apis mellifera)

Freddie Jeanne Richard, Holly L. Holt, Christina M. Grozinger, 2012, BMC Genomics

Evaluation of the distribution and impacts of parasites, pathogens, and pesticides on honey bee (apis mellifera) populations in east Africa

Elliud Muli, Harland Patch, Maryann Frazier, James Frazier, Baldwyn Torto, Tracey Baumgarten, Joseph Kilonzo, James Ng ang a. Kimani, Fiona Mumoki, Daniel Masiga, James Tumlinson, Christina Grozinger, 2014, PLoS One

Parallel Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Responses to Viral Infection in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

David A. Galbraith, Xingyu Yang, Elina Lastro Niño, Soojin Yi, Christina Grozinger, 2015, PLoS Pathogens on p. 1-24

Chronic parasitization by Nosema microsporidia causes global expression changes in core nutritional, metabolic and behavioral pathways in honey bee workers (Apis mellifera)

Holly L. Holt, Katherine A. Aronstein, Christina M. Grozinger, 2013, BMC Genomics

Shared genes related to aggression, rather than chemical communication, are associated with reproductive dominance in paper wasps (Polistes metricus)

Amy L. Toth, John F. Tooker, Srihari Radhakrishnan, Robert Minard, Michael T. Henshaw, Christina M. Grozinger, 2014, BMC Genomics

News Articles Featuring Christina Grozinger

Mar 04, 2021

Undergraduate Research Award Funds Pollinator Photo Project

Darya Alvarez completed a photography project funded by an Apes Valentes Undergraduate Research Award. Her goal is to help viewers gain a greater appreciation of the critical role that bees play in the survival of terrestrial ecosystems.

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Feb 04, 2021

The business of bees

The economic value of insect pollination services is much higher than previously thought in the U.S., new research finds.

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Feb 03, 2021

Penn State entomologists devise a system to control mushroom phorid flies

Working with producers, researchers develop method to give beleaguered residents relief from pest

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Feb 01, 2021

Summer weather conditions influence winter survival of honey bees

Winter survival of honey bee colonies is strongly influenced by summer temperatures and precipitation in the prior year, according to Penn State researchers, who said their findings suggest that honey bees have a "goldilocks" preferred range of summer conditions outside of which their probability of surviving the winter falls.

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Jan 21, 2021

Grozinger receives National Academy's Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences

Christina Grozinger, Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, will be honored by the National Academy of Sciences for helping the world understand how to address the crisis of global declines in pollinator populations.

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Jan 20, 2021

Feral colonies provide clues for enhancing honey bee tolerance to pathogens

Understanding the genetic and environmental factors that enable some feral honey bee colonies to tolerate pathogens and survive the winter in the absence of beekeeping management may help lead to breeding stocks that would enhance survival of managed colonies, according to a study led by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

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Jan 12, 2021

Climate change reduces the abundance and diversity of wild bees, study finds

Wild bees are more affected by climate change than by disturbances to their habitats, according to a team of researchers led by Penn State. The findings suggest that addressing land-use issues alone will not be sufficient to protecting these important pollinators.

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Dec 22, 2020

Study: Bumble bees lacking high-quality habitat have higher pathogen loads

Findings could inform management practices aimed at conserving wild bee populations

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Nov 17, 2020

Spring symposium, seed grants to promote transdisciplinary biodiversity research

The Sustainability Institute at Penn State is hosting transdisciplinary symposia on biodiversity throughout the spring 2021 semester.

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Oct 23, 2020

Penn State, Freiburg offer virtual course on pest and pollinator management

In February 2020, as part of a mutual effort to enhance a strategic partnership between the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg and Penn State that dates back to 1998, the two universities announced the selection of two joint proposals for novel online classroom projects.

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