Team

Gard W. Otis, Professor Emeritus has focused on diversity of honey bees, hornets, and parasites in Asia

Professor of Behavioural Ecology and Apiculture (1982-2017)

School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph

Guelph, Ontario, Canada   N1G 2W1

Adjunct Researcher, Institute of Bee Health

Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern and Agroscope

Schwarzenburgstrasse 161, CH-3097 Bern, Switzerland

 

2024 Publications:

Nidup, T., P.N. Galay, W. Lhendup, and G.W. Otis (2024). Scientific note: Overlapping temporal distributions of drone flights of Apis laboriosa and Apis cerana in Bhutan. Apidologie 55: 74. doi: 10.1007/s13592-024-01109-0

Otis, G.W., M.-J. Huang, N. Kitnya, U. A.A. Sheikh, A. H. Faiz, C.H. Phung, N. Warrit, Y.-Q. Peng, X. Zhou, H.M. Oo, N. Archarya, K. Devkota (2024). The distribution of Apis laboriosa revisited: range extensions, biogeographic affinities, and species distribution modeling. Frontiers in Bee Science 2: 1374852. doi: 10.3389/frbee.2024.1374852

Kitnya, N., G. W. Otis, and A. Brockmann (2024). Taxonomic revision and identification keys for the giant honey bees, Apis subgenus Megapis Ashmead, 1904. Frontiers in Bee Science 2: 1379952. doi: 10.3389/frbee.2024.1379952

Voraphab, I., N. Chatthanabun, P. Nalinrachatakan, C. Thanoosing, P. Traiyasut, C. Kunsete, G.W. Otis, and N. Warrit (2024). Discovery of the Himalayan giant honey bee, Apis laboriosa, in Thailand: a major range extension. Apidologie 55: 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-024-01069-5