Elizabeth Walsh

Research Entomologist

 

Dr. Liz Walsh is a Research Scientist with the USDA-ARS laboratory in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Steve Pernal, of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, at the Beaverlodge Research Farm in Alberta. Liz's postdoc was spent exploring the links between honey bee health challenges and honey bee biomarkers as a part of the national BeeCSI project, but she also did work with AFB and chalkbrood exploring stock variation, asymptomatic vs. symptomatic infections, and more. This was all very different than her dissertation work, which was done at Texas A&M University with Dr. Juliana Rangel where Liz explored the impact of miticide exposure in immature queens. Liz is pleased to be well into her "teenage" years as a beekeeper, since she began keeping bees as a young high school student in her home state of Wisconsin, and is proud to serve the beekeeping industry through research initiatives.

 

Liz is currently working on various projects which include examining: aggression vs irritation in various honey bee stocks, drone reproductive health and biology, queen reproductive health after stressor exposure, and honey bee variation in responses to pathogens (chalkbrood and Nosema).

 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=apG1fhMAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elizabeth-Walsh-14

 

• Publications

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  • Climatic predictors of varroa destructor, melissococcus plutonius, and vairimorpha detections in honey bee colonies -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Mcafee, A., Walsh, E.M., Tran, L., Labuschagne, R., Cunningham, M., Tsvetkov, N., Common, J., Higo, H., Pernal, S., Giovenazz0, P. 2024. Climatic predictors of varroa destructor, melissococcus plutonius, and vairimorpha detections in honey bee colonies. PLOS Climate. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000485.
    
  • Pollen foraging mediates exposure to dichotomous stressor syndromes in honey bee -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Wizenberg, S.M., French, S.K., Newburn, L.R., Pepinelli, M., Conflitti, I.M., Mouboney, M., Ritchie, C., Jamieson, A., Achkanian, A., Travas, A., Imrit, M., Khusi, D., Chihata, M., Higo, H., Common, J., Walsh, E.M., Bixby, M., Guarna, M.M., Pernal, S.F., Hoover, S.E., Currie, R., Giovenazzo, P., Guzman-Novoa, E., Borges, D., Foster, L.J., Zayed, Z. 2024. Pollen foraging mediates exposure to dichotomous stressor syndromes in honey bee. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences-Nexus. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae440.
    
  • Climatic predictors of varroa destructor, melissococcus plutonius, and vairimorpha detections in honey bee colonies -(Other)
    Mcafee, A., Alavi-Shoushtari, N., Tran, L., Labuschagne, R., Cunningham, M., Tsvetkov, N., Common, J., Higo, H., Pernal, S., Giovenazzo, P., Hoover, S., Guzman-Novoa, E., Currie, R., Veiga, P., French, S., Conflitti, I., Pepinelli, M., Borges, D., Walsh, E.M., Bishop, C., Zayed, A., Duffe, J., Foster, L.J., Guarna, M. 2024. Climatic predictors of varroa destructor, melissococcus plutonius, and vairimorpha detections in honey bee colonies. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.28.601058.
    
  • New honey bee health special issue of U.S. and Canadian research-(Trade Journal)
    Walsh, E.M. 2024. New honey bee health special issue of U.S. and Canadian research. Entomology Today. https://entomologytoday.org/2024/06/12/honey-bee-health-new-collection-stressors-mitigation-methods/.
    
  • A colony health and economic comparison between mite resistant and commercial honey bees (aymenoptera: apidae) -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Avalos, A., Walsh, E.M., Bixby, M., Card Jr, A., Card, W. 2024. A colony health and economic comparison of varroa-resistant varroa destructor mesostigmata: varroidae and susceptible honey bees apis mellifera hymenoptera: apidae. Journal of Economic Entomology. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae166.
    
  • Honey bee stressor networks are complex and dependent on crop and region -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    French, S.K., Pepinelli, M., Conflitti, I.M., Higo, H., Common, J., Bixby, M., Walsh, E.M., Guarna, M.M., Pernal, S.F., Hoover, S.E. 2024. A systems approach to honey bee health. Current Biology. Volume 34 Page 1893-1903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.039.
    
  • Transcriptomic analysis of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen brain reveals that gene expression is affected by pesticide exposure during development -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Dickey, M., Walsh, E.M., Shepherd, T.F., Medina, R.F., Tarone, A., Rangel, J. 2023. Transcriptomic analysis of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen brain reveals that gene expression is affected by pesticide exposure during development. PLOS ONE. 18(4):e0284929. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284929.
    
  • Hangry bees: Pollen deprivation affects temper in Pol-line honey bees (Apis mellifera) -(Abstract Only)
    Walsh, E.M., Simone-Finstrom, M., Avalos, A., Ihle, K.E., Lau, P.W. 2023. Hangry bees: Pollen deprivation affects temper in Pol-line honey bees (Apis mellifera). Bee Culture. https://doi.org/10.55406/ABRC.23.
    
  • Baton Rouge scientist spotlight-(Trade Journal)
    Walsh, E.M. 2023. Baton Rouge scientist spotlight. Bee Culture. 1.
    

• Projects

  No More Mummies: Novel and Integrative Treatment Options for Ascosphaera Apis in Honey Bees Cooperative Agreement (A)   Accession Number:447055

  Using Genetics to Improve the Breeding and Health of Honey Bees In-House Appropriated (D)   Accession Number:437823

  No More Mummies: Novel and Integrative Treatment Options for Ascosphaera Apis in Honey Bees Interagency Reimbursable Agreement (I)   Accession Number:446560

  Assessment and Improvements of Honey Bee Stocks in Urban Environments Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)   Accession Number:444408

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