Publications
Journal articles and book chapters
- Beshers,S.N., Z.Y. Huang, Y. Oono & G.E. Robinson. 2001. Social
inhibition and the regulation of temporal polyethism in honey bees. Journal
of Theoretical Biology. In Press.
- David J.S, M.J. Vermiglio, Z.Y. Huang & G.E. Robinson. 2001. Effects
of colony food shortage on social interactions in honey bee colonies.
Insectes Sociaux. In Press
- Pearce, A.N., Z.Y. Huang & M.D. Breed. 2001. Juvenile hormone and
aggression in honey bees. Journal
of Insect Physiology. I47: 1243-124
- Jassim, O., Z.Y. Huang & G.E. Robinson. 2000. Juvenile hormone profiles
of worker honey bees during normal and accelerated behavioral development.
Insect Physiol 46: 243-249
- Giray, T., Z.-Y.
Huang & G.E. Robinson. 1999. Endocrine basis of genetic differences
for behavioral development in honey bees. Behavioral
Ecology & Sociobiology 47: 17-28
- Bloch, G., D.W. Borst, Z.-Y. Huang, G.E. Robinson & A. Hefetz.
2000. Haemolymph JH titer, biosynthesis rates, ovarian development and
the social environment in Bombus terrestris. J
Insect Physiol 46: 46-57
- Huang, Z.-Y.& G.E. Robinson. 1999. Social control of division of
labor in honey bee colonies. In (Ed: Denoubourg) Information Processing
in Social Insects. Birhauser, pp. 165-186
- Huang, Z. Y. 1999. Regulation of division of labor in worker honey
bees: the activator-inhibitor model. In (Eds: L.J. Connor & R. Hoopingarner)
Apiculture in the 21st Century. Wicwas Press, pp 25-37
- Huang, Z.-Y. E. Plettner, and G.E. Robinson. 1998. Effect of social
environment and mandibular gland removal on division of labor in worker
honey bees. J. Comp.
Physiol. A. 183: 143-152
- Robinson, G.E. and Z-Y. Huang. 1998. Colony integration in honey bees:
genetic, endocrine, and social control of division of labor. Apidologie
29: 159-170
- Schulz, D.J., Z.-Y. Huang, and G.E. Robinson. 1998. Effect of colony
food shortage on the behavioral development of the honey bee, Apis mellifera.
Behav Ecol Sociobiol.
42: 295-303
- Pankiw, T., Z.-Y. Huang, M.L. Winston and G.E. Robinson. 1998. Queen
mandibular gland pheromone influences worker honey bee (Apis mellifera
L.) juvenile hormone titers and foraging ontogeny. J
Insect Physiol. 44: 685-692
- Trumbo,
S.T. Z.-Y. Huang, and G.E. Robinson. 1997. Division of labor between
undertaker specialists and other middle age workers in honey bee colonies.
Behav
Ecol Sociobiol 41:151-163
- Cnaani, J., Borst, D.W., Huang, Z.-Y., Robinson, G.E. and A. Hefetz.
1997. Caste determination in Bombus terrestris: differences in larval
development and rates of JH biosynthesis.
J Insect Physiology 43:373-381
- Huang, Z.-Y. and G.E. Robinson. 1996. Regulation of honey bee division
of labor by colony age demography. Behav
Ecol Sociobiol 39:147-158.
- Bloch, G., D. W. Borst, Z.- Y. Huang, G. E. Robinson, and A. Hefetz.
1996. Effects of Social conditions on juvenile hormone-mediated reproductive
development in Bombus terrestris workers. Physiological
Entomology 21:257-67
- Huang, Z.-Y. and G.E. Robinson. 1995. Seasonal changes in juvenile
hormone in worker honey bees.
J. of Comp. Physiol. B. 165:18-28
- Robinson, G.E., R.E. Page, and Z.-Y. Huang. 1994. Temporal polyethism
in social insects is a developmental process. Animal Behavior. 48:467-469
- Huang, Z.-Y., G.E. Robinson, and D.W. Borst. 1994. Physiological correlates
of division of labor among similarly aged honey bees.
J. of Comp. Physiol. A. 174:731-739
- Goodman, W.G., Z.-Y. Huang, Robinson, G.E., Strambi, and A. Strambi.
1993. A comparison of two juvenile hormone radioimmunoassays. Arch.
of Insect Biochem. Physiol.23: 147-152
- Huang, Z.-Y., and G.E. Robinson. 1992. Honey bee colony integration:
Worker-worker interactions mediate plasticity in endocrine and behavioral
development. Proc.
National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89: 11726-11729
- Robinson, G.E., C. Strambi, A. Strambi and Z.-Y. Huang.1992. Reproduction
in worker honey bees is associated with low juvenile hormone titres and
rates of biosynthesis. Gen.
Comp. Endocrinol. 87: 471-480
- Liu, J.-G., Z.-Y. Huang et al.(eds), 1992. Advances and Trends in Modern
Ecology.Science and Technology Press, Beijing, China. pp. 396
- Huang, Z.-Y., G.E. Robinson, S.S. Tobe, K.J. Yagi, C.Strambi, A. Strambi
and B. Stay, 1991. Hormonal regulation of behavioral development in the
honey bee is based on changes in the rate of juvenile hormone biosynthesis.
J. Insect Physiology
37(10): 733-741
- Huang, Z.-Y. and G.W. Otis, 1991. Inspection and feeding of larvae
by worker honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Effect of starvation and food
quantity. J.
Insect Behavior 4(3): 305-317
- Huang, Z.-Y. and G.W. Otis, 1991. Non-random visitation of brood cells
by worker honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). J.
Insect Behavior 4(2): 177-184
- Huang, Z.-Y. and C.O. Knowles, 1991. Nicotinic and muscarinic cholinergic
receptors in honey bee (Apis mellifera) brain. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology 97C(2): 275-281
- Huang, Z.-Y. and C.O. Knowles, 1990. Properties of a quinuclidinyl
benzilate binding component in the bulb mite Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology 95C(1): 71-77
- Huang, Z.-Y., 1990. A simple in vivo bioassay for estimating the hypopharyngeal
gland activity in honeybees (Apis mellifera L., Apidae, Hymenoptera).
J.Apicultural
Research 29(2): 75-81
- Huang, Z.-Y., G.W. Otis and P.E.A. Teal, 1989. Nature of brood signal
activating the protein synthesis of hypopharyngeal gland in honey bees,
Apis mellifera (Apidae: Hymenoptera). Apidologie
20: 455-464
- Huang, Z.-Y. and G.W. Otis, 1989. Factors determining hypopharyngeal
gland activity of worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Insectes
Sociaux 36(4):264-276
Cyber publication
Insects in Chinese
Culture.
Book edited
- Liu, J. (editor-in-chief), R. Wang, Z. Ouyang, S. Hu,
Z-Y. Huang, W. Cheng, & Y. Wu (editors), 1992. Advances and Trends
in Modern Ecology (with a preface by E.P. Odum). China Science and Technology
Press, Beijing, China. pp 396
Book chapters
- Huang, Z.-Y. 1992. Advances in honey bee ecology. In:
(eds: J.G. Liu et al.) Advances and Trends in Modern Ecology. (In
Chinese) pp 187-206
- Huang, Z. Y. 1999. Regulation of division of labor
in worker honey bees: the activator-inhibitor model. In (Eds: L.J. Connor
& R. Hoopingarner) Apiculture in the 21st Century. Wicwas Press,
pp 25-37
- Huang, Z.-Y.& G.E. Robinson. 1999. Social control
of division of labor in honey bee colonies. In (Ed: J. Denoubourg) Information
Processing in Social Insects. Birhauser, pp. 165-186
Conference Proceedings
- Huang, Z.-Y. & G.W. Otis. 1986. Mechanism of hypopharyngeal
gland activation in honey bees (Apis mellifera). In: (eds: J. Eder
& H. Rembold) Chemistry and Biology of Social Insects. Proceedings
of the 10th Internatioanal Congress of IUSSI, 1986, Munich, Germany, p 224.
Abstract
- Huang, Z.-Y. & G.W. Otis. 1989. Hunger signal from
larvae of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Proceedings of Chinese
Association of Agricultural Students & Scholars 1st Conference,
1989. Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY, p 133. Abstract
- Huang, Z.-Y. & C.O. Knowles. 1990. Nicotinic and
muscarinic cholinergic receptors associated with honey bee neural membranes.
In: (eds: B. Veeresh, Mallik & C.A. Viraktamath) Social Insects and
the Environment. Proceedings of the 11th Int'l Congress of IUSSI,
1990, Bangalor, India, p 463. Abstract
- Huang, Z.-Y. & G.E. Robinson. 1994. Seasonal changes
in juvenile hormone levels in worker honey bees (Apis mellifera).
In: (eds: A. Lenoir, G. Arnold & M. LePage) Les Insectes Sociaux.
Proceedings of the 12th Int'l Congress of IUSSI, 1994, Paris, France, p
236. Abstract
- Huang, Z.-Y. & G.E. Robinson. 1998.
Regulation of onset of foraging in honey bees: a worker primer pheromone
in the mandibular glands? Proceedings of the American Bee Research Conference,
American Bee Journal 138: 297. Abstract
- Huang, Z. Y. & Ruiwu Wang. 1999.
Nosema disease and division of labor in honey bees. Proceedings
of XXXVI Congress of Apimondia, Vancouver, Canada, p 102, Abstract
- Wang, R., D. Ke, P.J. Elzen, J. Pettis & Z.Y. Huang.
2000. Altered sodium channel as a possible resistance mechanism of Varroa
jacobsoni to fluvalinate. Proceedings of the American Bee Research
Conference, American Bee Journal 140: 474. Abstract
- Schmidt-Bailey, J., D. Westervelt & Z.Y. Huang.
2000. The Spartan Beetle Buster: testing of a new method for surveying the
small hive beetle. Proceedings of the American Bee Research Conference,
American Bee Journal 140: 907. Abstract
- Huang, Z.Y., H.O. Kuang, B.Y. Kuang & Y. Qin. 2001.
Juvenile hormone and division of labor in Apis cerana. Proceedings
of 7th International Bee Research Association Conference and Asian Apicultural
Association Conference, Thailand, 2000. In press
- Wang, R., K. Dong, Z. Y. Huang, P. J. Elzen & J.
Pettis. 2001. Resistance Mechanism of Varroa jacobsoni to Fluvalinate:
Altered Sodium Channel? Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on
Africanized Honey Bees and Bee Mites. In Press
Extension publications and popular articles
- Huang, Z.Y. & M. Hansen. 1999. Small hive beetle
now found in Michigan. Pesticide Notes, MSU Pesticide Educational Program
12: 2-3
- Huang, Z.Y. 1999. Small hive beetle is becoming a factor
for Michigan beekeepers. The Fruit Growers News 38: 43
- Huang, Z.Y. 1999. My first year at MSU. Michigan
Beekeepers Association Newsletter, Fall Issue.
- Hansen, M., Huang, Z.Y. 1999. Small hive beetle (Aethina
tumida) now in Michigan! Extension pamphlet, 2 pp
- Huang, Z.Y. 1999. Fruit trees and honey bees in 1999.
Fruit Crop Advisory Team Alert, Michigan State University 14: 2-3
- Huang, Z.Y. & R. Isaacs. 2000. Pollination of small
fruit crops in 2000. Fruit Crop Advisory Team Alert, Michigan State University
15: 4-5
- Huang, Z.Y. & H. Lin. 2001. The small hive beetle
— a new pest of honey bees in the United States. Newsletter of the Michigan
Entomological Society 46: 5, 8
- Huang, Z.Y. 2001. Mite Zapper-- a new and effective
method for varroa mite control. American Bee Journal. 141: 730-732.