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Publications 1999

  • Mate number, kin selection and social conflicts in stingless bees and honeybees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 266:379-384. Authors: John M. Peters, David C. Queller, Vera L. Imperatriz-Fonseca, David W. Roubik, & Joan E. Strassmann.                                                                       
  • Phylogenetic relationships within the corbiculate Apinae (Hymenoptera) and the evolution of eusociality. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12:380-384. Authors: Koulianos, R. Schmid-Hempel, D. W. Roubik and P. Schmid-Hempel.                                                                                 

  • Grave-Robbing by Male Eulaema (Hymenoptera, Apidae): Implications for Euglossine Biology. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 71:188-191. Author: David W. Roubik.                                                        

  • Fragrance collection: storage and accumulation by individual male orchid bees. Journal of Chemical Ecology 25:157- 176. Authors: Eltz, T., Whitten, W. M., David. W. Roubik, & Linsenmair, K. E.                                             
  • Nestmate recognition in the stingless bee Melipona panamica (Apidae, Meliponini).  Insectes Sociaux 46:208-218. Authors: Tamiji Inoue, D. W. Roubik, and T. Suka.                                                                                                              
  • Preference in flower visits and partitioning in pollen diets
    of stingless bees in an Asian tropical rain forest. Researches in Population Ecology 41:195-202. Authors: Nagamitsu, T., Momose, K, Inoue, T., & David W. Roubik.                                                                                        

  • Height Communication by Bornean Honey Bees (Apiformes: Apidae; Apini) Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72:256-261. Authors: David W. Roubik, Tamiji Inoue, Abdul Hamid, and Rhett Harrison.

  • The foraging and potential pollination outcrossing distances flown by African honey bees in Congo forest. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72:394-401. Author: David. W. Roubik.                                                   
  • Regeneration in tropical rain forest managed for timber production: understory bees and their floral resources in a logged and silviculturally treated Costa Rican forest. Journal of the Kansas, Entomological Society 72:379-393. Authors: Rincon, R. M., David W. Roubik, Finegan, B., Delgado, D., Zamora, N.

Publications 1998

  • The Killer Bee Saga. Subtropical fruit news 6:13-14. Author: David W. Roubik.                                                                                                                     
  • Inoue-san. Researches on Population Ecology. 39:262-264. Author: Dave W. Roubik.                                                                                                                             

  • Potential mechanisms for the communication of height and distance by a stingless bee, Melipona panamica. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 43:387-399.99.  Authors: James C. Nieh, David W. Roubik

Publications 1997

Publications 1996

  • Population Genetics, Diploid Males, and Limits to Social Evolution of Euglossine Bees Evolution 50:931-935. Authors: David W. Roubik; L.A. Weight; M.A. Bonilla.                                                                                                          
  • Measuring the meaning of honey bees. In: A. Matheson, S. L. Buchmann, C. O´Toole, P. Westrich, & I. H. Williams, (eds.) The conservation of bees. Academic Press, Ltd., London. pp. 163-172. Author: D. W. Roubik.                                                                                                    
  • African honey bees as exotic pollinators in French Guiana. In: A. Matheson, S. L. Buchmann, C. O´Toole, P. Westrich, & I. H. Williams (eds.) The conservation of bees. Academic Press, Ltd., London. pp. 173-182.  Author: David W. Roubik.                                                             
  • Wild bees of Brunei Darussalam. In: D. Edwards, W. E. Booth, and M. Choy (eds.) Tropical rainforest research: current issues. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. pp. 59-66. Author: David W. Roubik.                                                                                                                 
  • Order and chaos in tropical bee communities. In: C. A. Garofalo, et al., (eds.). 2nd Encontro sobre abelhas de Ribeirao Preto. Sao Paulo, Brazil. pp. 122-132. Author: D. W. Roubik.                                                                  
  • Diversity in the real world: tropical forests as pollinator reserves. PP. 111-122 In: M. Mardan, et al., (eds.) Tropical bees and the environment. UPM Press, Selangor, Malaysia. Author: D. W. Roubik.                                                 

  • A Study of Flowering and Pollen Characteristics in a Tropical Herb Under Elevated CO2 Treatment.  Tropics 6:149-152. Authors: David W. Roubik and Klaus Winter.

Publications 1995

  • On optimal nectar foraging by some tropical bees. Apidologie 26:197-211. Authors: D. W. Roubik, D. Yanega, M .Aluja S., S. L. Buchmann, & D. W. Inouye.                                                                                                         
  • A stingless bee (Melipona panamica) indicates food location without using a scent trail. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 37:63-70. Authors: Charles D. Michener and David W. Roubik.                                                                                                        
  • Introduction. pp. 1-10 In: D. W. Roubik (ed.) Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Agricultural Bulletin 118, 197 pp. Author: D. W. Roubik.                    
  • Applied pollination in tropical America. pp. 66-73 In: D. W. Roubik (ed.) Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Agricultural Bulletin 118, 197 pp. Author: D. W. Roubik.                                                                             
  • Stingless bee colonies for pollination. pp. 150-153 In: D. W. Roubik (ed.) Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Agricultural Bulletin 118, 197 pp. Author: D. W. Roubik.                                                                 
  • Cultivated and semi-cultivated plants in the tropics and subtropics: origin, use, breeding system and pollination. pp. 168-182 In: D. W. Roubik (ed.) Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Agricultural Bulletin 118, 197 pp. Author: D. W. Roubik.                                                                                                           
  • Evaluating pollinators. pp. 101-108 In: D. W. Roubik (ed.)
    Pollination of cultivated plants in the tropics. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Agricultural Bulletin 118, 197 pp. Authors: R. Macfarlane, A. R. Davis & D. W. Roubik.                                                                   

  • Canopy Foraging by Two Tropical Honeybees: Bee Height Fidelity and Tree Genetic Neighborhoods. Tropics 5:81-93. Authors: Abang Abdul Hamid, Tamiji Inoue, & David W. Roubik. 

Publications 1994

  • Behavior and evolution of Trigona. p. 18 In: A. Lenoir, G. Arnold and M. Lepage (eds.). Les Insectes Sociaux. Univ. Paris Nord, Villetaneuse, France. Author: D. W. Roubik.                                                                                     
  • Effects of worker reproduction on systems of kin recognition in
    stingless bees. p. 21 In: A. Lenoir, G. Arnold and M. Lepage (eds.). Les Insectes Sociaux. Univ. Paris Nord, Villetaneuse, France. Authors: T. Inoue, T. Suka, & D. W. Roubik.

Publications 1993

  • Observations on the Labium of Meliponine Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pp. 251-265 In: T. Inoue and S. Yamane (eds.). Evolution of insect societies: comparative sociology of bees, wasps and ants. Hakuhin-sha Publishing Co., Tokyo. Authors: Charles D. Michener, & David W. Roubik                                                                                                                                          
  • Tropical Pollinators in the Canopy· and Understory: Field Data and Theory for Stratum “Preferences”. J. Ins. Behav. 6:659-673. Author: David W. Roubik.                                                                                                                 
  • Ethology of the robber bee, Lestrimelitta limao. Sociobiology 21:237-277. Authors: S. F. Sakagami, D. W. Roubik, & R. Zucchi.                                                                             
  • Vagility of pollinating bees in three dimensions: a comparison of understory and canopy visitation by bees in the neotropics and southeast Asia. p. 77 In: G. K. Veeresh, R. Uma Shaanker and K.
    N. Ganeshaiah (eds.) Pollination in Tropics. Proc. Int. Symp. Polln. Trop. 1993. IUSSI, Indian Chapter, Bangalore. Author: D. W. Roubik.                                                                           
  • Pollination and success of African honeybees in tropical America. p. 143 In: G. K. Veeresh, R. Uma Shaanker and K. N. Ganeshaiah (eds.) Pollination in Tropics. Proc. Int. Symp. Polln. Trop. 1993. IUSSI, Indian Chapter, Bangalore. Author: D. W. Roubik.                                                                         
  • Population dynamics of pollinators. p. 263 In: G. K. Veeresh, R. Uma Shaanker and K. N. Ganeshaiah (eds.) Pollination in Tropics. Proc. Int. Symp. Poll. Trop. 1993. IUSSI, Indian Chapter, Bangalore. Author: D. W. Roubik.                                                                                                                            

  • Direct costs of forest reproduction, bee-cycling and the efficiency of pollination modes. J. Bioscience 18:537-552. Author: David W. Roubik. 

  • Observations on the Labium of Meliponine Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) pp. 251-265 In: T. Inoue and S. Yamane (eds.). Evolution of insect societies: comparative sociology of bees, wasps and ants. Hakuhin-sha Publishing Co., Tokyo. Authors: Charles D. Michener, & David W. Roubik.

Publications 1992

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Publications 1987

  • Population change and control of Africanized honey bees in the Panama Canal area. Bull. Entomological Soc. of America. 35:34-39. Authors:  M. M. Boreham, & D. W. Roubik.                                                                                                                   
  • The developmental stages and dimorphic male of Chaetodactylus panamensis n. sp. (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) associated with a solitary bee (Apoidea: Anthophoridae). Internat. J. Acarology.13:65-73. Authors: E. W. Baker, D.W. Roubik, &  M. Delfinado-Baker.                           
  • Notes on the biology of Tetrapedia (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) and Chaetodactylus panamensis Baker, Roubik and Delfinado-Baker (Acari: Chaetodactylidae). Internat. J. Acarology. 65:75. Author: D. W. Roubik                                                                                                                          

  • Pollen Deposition and Removal by Bees Visiting Two Tree Species in Panama. Authors: Allison A. Snow, David W. Roubik

  • Long-term consequences of the Africanized honey bee invasion: implications for the United States. In D. E. Rawlins, ed. American Farm Bureau Symposium on Africanized honey bees.  Author: D. W. Roubik.                                                             
  • Formic acid in caustic cephalic secretions of Oxytrigona. J. Chemical Ecology 13:1079-1086. Authors: D. W. Roubik, B. H. Smith, & R. G. Carlson.                                                                                                                    

  • Long-term ecology of euglossine orchid-bees (Apidae: Euglossini) in Panama Authors: D.W. Roubik, J.D. Ackerman

Publications 1986

Publications 1985

  • Microbiology Of The Larval Provisions Of The Stingless Bee, Trigona Hypogea an Obligate Necrophage Authors: Martha Gilliam, Stephen L. Buchmann, Brenda J. Lorenz  

  •  Roles of nectar robbers in reproduction of the tropical treelet Quassia amara (Simaroubaceae). Oecologia 66:161-167. Authors: David W. Roubik, N. M. Holbrook, & G. Parra V.                                                                               
  • Ecology of tropical bees. Sanctuary (Asia) Author: D. W. Roubik.                          
  • A note on the nests and distribution of the Himalayan honey bee
    Apis laboriosa Smith in Nepal. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 58: 746-749. Authors: David W. Roubik, S. F. Sakagami, & I. Kudo.                 
  • Wax chemistry of two stingless bees of the Trigonisca group
    (Apidae: Meliponinae). Comparative biochemistry and physiology 82B: 137-142. Authors: D.W. Roubik, & S. L. Buchmann.

Publications 1984

  • Nectar Selection By Melipona and Apis Mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and The Ecology Of Nectar Intake By Bee Colonies In a Tropical Forest.  Authors: David W. Roubik and Stephen L. Buchmann 

  • African honey bees have not brought acarine mite infestations to Panama. American Bee Journal 124:665-667. Authors: D. W. Roubik,  &  F. Reyes.                                                                                                                                
  • Apibotanical study of Panama: Harvest and sources of pollen and honey used by Am and their seasonal and annual characteristics.
    Tech. Bull. 24. OIRSA. 74 pp. San Salvador. Authors: D. W. Roubik, R. J. Schmalzel &; E. Moreno.                                                                                        
  • Nesting biology of Crawfordapis in Panama (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 57:662-71.  Authors: D. W. Roubik, & C. D. Michener.

Publications 1983

  • Nest and colony characteristics of stingless bees from Panama. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 56:327-355.   Author: David W. Roubik.                                                                                              

  • Experimental Community Studies: Time-Series Tests of Competition between African and Neotropical Bees. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 56:327-355. Author: David W. Roubik.

  • Flight Ranges of Melipona and Trigona in Tropical Forest.Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 56:217-222. Authors: David W. Roubik, Martin Aluja

  • Thermodynamics in nests of two Melipona species in Brazil. Acta Amazonica 13:453-466. Authors: David W. Roubik, F. Peralta.                                      
  • A halictine bee with distinct castes: Halictus hesperus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) and its bionomics in central Panama. Sociobiology 7:263-282.  Authors:  R. W. Brooks, David W. Roubik.                                                          
  • Mandibular glands of stingless bees (Hymenoptera:Apidae): Chemical analysis of their contents and biological function in two species of Melipona. Journal of Chemical Ecology 9:1465-1472. Authors: B.H. Smith, D.W. Roubik.                                                                         
  • A new genus and species of Hypoaspidinae (Acari: Laelaplidae) from nests of stingless bees. International Journal of Acarology 9:195-203. Authors: D.W. Roubik, M. Delfinado-Baker, E. W. Baker.

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Publications 1976

  • Killer Bee. In: Merit Students Encyclopedia. Macmillan Educational     Corporation, New York, New York, USA. Author: D. W. Roubik.
  • Aquatic Coleoptera of Kansas. pp. 55-74 In: New state records of aquatic macroinvertebrates collected by the State Biological Survey of Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey Technical Bulletin No. 1. Author: David W. Roubik.