Publications
(for the most up-to-date list of our publications please visit Hollis' google scholar)
2025 (PUBLISHED, ACCEPTED, IN PRESS, submitted & PRE-PRINTS)
Moore ME & Woodard SH. Male sibling care supports early nest development in a eusocial insect. In review at Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences.
Fischer NF, Costa CP, Woodard SH. Integrating morphological and molecular perspectives on foraging tactic constancy in nectar-robbing bumble bees. In review at Current Research in Insect Science.
Ballare KM, Escalona M, Fisher K, Guillén BM, Richardson LR, Seligmann W, Chumchim N, Marimuthu MPA, Nguyen OH, Williams NM, Shapiro B, Woodard SH. Genome assemblies of two bumble bee species: Bombus sonorus and B. vosnesenskii. In review at Journal of Heredity.
Du Clo B, Seltmann KC, Turley NE, Maffei C, Tucker EM, Lane I, Levenson HK, Woodard SH. The Wild Bee Data Standard. In review at Journal of Melittology.
Strange JP, Lopez-Uribe MM, Whiteman L, Danforth BN, Jha S, Levenson HK, Du Clos B, Koch JBU, Woodard SH. Standardized protocol for collecting bee samples for parasite and pathogen data. In press at Journal of Melittology.
Lopez-Uribe MM, Strange JP, Whiteman L, Danforth BN, Jha S, Branstetter MG, Koch JBU, Levenson HK, Du Clos B, Woodard SH. Standardized protocol for collecting bee samples to generate molecular data. In press at Journal of Melittology.
Levenson HK, Messinger Carril O, Turley NE, Maffei C, LeBuhn G, Griswold T, Williams NM, Hung KLJ, Irwin RE, Du Clos B, Woodard SH. Standardized protocol for collecting community-level bee data. In press at Journal of Melittology.
Otto CRV, Bailey LL, Smith TA, Evans EC, Pearse I, Killingsworth S, Du Clos B, Jepsen S, Woodard SH. Estimating occupancy of focal bee species. In press at Journal of Melittology.
Fisher K, Guillén BM, Dahanukar A, Yamanaka N, Woodard SH (2025). Expression of putatively novel gustatory receptor genes is tissue-specific in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens. BMC Genomics 26: 575. doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11710-x
Peto BR, Costa CP, Moore ME, Woodard SH (2025). Social control of egg-laying in independently nest-founding bumble bee queens. BMC Ecology and Evolution 25: 30. doi.org/10.1186/s12862-025002364-O
Costa CP, Fischer N, Arellano M, Torres CP, Woodard SH (2025). Bumble bee abundance and body size increase following wildlife in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. Ecology and Evolution 15: e70821. doi.org/10.1002/ece3/70821
Gustilo ES, Grover WH, Woodard SH (2025). Wild foundress queen bumble bees make numerous, short foraging trips and exhibit frequent nest failure: Insights from trap-nesting and RFID tracking. Ecology and Evolution 15: e71016. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71016
Otto CRV, Woodard SH, Bailey L (2025). A case for occupancy as a state variable for wild bee monitoring. Biological Conservation 302: 110932. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110932
Fischer NF, Costa CP, Woodard SH. Integrating morphological and molecular perspectives on foraging tactic constancy in nectar-robbing bumble bees. In review at Current Research in Insect Science.
Ballare KM, Escalona M, Fisher K, Guillén BM, Richardson LR, Seligmann W, Chumchim N, Marimuthu MPA, Nguyen OH, Williams NM, Shapiro B, Woodard SH. Genome assemblies of two bumble bee species: Bombus sonorus and B. vosnesenskii. In review at Journal of Heredity.
Du Clo B, Seltmann KC, Turley NE, Maffei C, Tucker EM, Lane I, Levenson HK, Woodard SH. The Wild Bee Data Standard. In review at Journal of Melittology.
Strange JP, Lopez-Uribe MM, Whiteman L, Danforth BN, Jha S, Levenson HK, Du Clos B, Koch JBU, Woodard SH. Standardized protocol for collecting bee samples for parasite and pathogen data. In press at Journal of Melittology.
Lopez-Uribe MM, Strange JP, Whiteman L, Danforth BN, Jha S, Branstetter MG, Koch JBU, Levenson HK, Du Clos B, Woodard SH. Standardized protocol for collecting bee samples to generate molecular data. In press at Journal of Melittology.
Levenson HK, Messinger Carril O, Turley NE, Maffei C, LeBuhn G, Griswold T, Williams NM, Hung KLJ, Irwin RE, Du Clos B, Woodard SH. Standardized protocol for collecting community-level bee data. In press at Journal of Melittology.
Otto CRV, Bailey LL, Smith TA, Evans EC, Pearse I, Killingsworth S, Du Clos B, Jepsen S, Woodard SH. Estimating occupancy of focal bee species. In press at Journal of Melittology.
Fisher K, Guillén BM, Dahanukar A, Yamanaka N, Woodard SH (2025). Expression of putatively novel gustatory receptor genes is tissue-specific in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens. BMC Genomics 26: 575. doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-11710-x
Peto BR, Costa CP, Moore ME, Woodard SH (2025). Social control of egg-laying in independently nest-founding bumble bee queens. BMC Ecology and Evolution 25: 30. doi.org/10.1186/s12862-025002364-O
Costa CP, Fischer N, Arellano M, Torres CP, Woodard SH (2025). Bumble bee abundance and body size increase following wildlife in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. Ecology and Evolution 15: e70821. doi.org/10.1002/ece3/70821
Gustilo ES, Grover WH, Woodard SH (2025). Wild foundress queen bumble bees make numerous, short foraging trips and exhibit frequent nest failure: Insights from trap-nesting and RFID tracking. Ecology and Evolution 15: e71016. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71016
Otto CRV, Woodard SH, Bailey L (2025). A case for occupancy as a state variable for wild bee monitoring. Biological Conservation 302: 110932. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110932
2024
Levenson HK, Du Clos B, Smith TA, Jepsen S, Everett JG, Williams NM, Woodard SH (2024). A call for standardization in wild bee data collection and curation. Journal of Melittology 123. doi.org/10.17161/jom.vi123.22533
Brasil S, Araujo F, Brelsford A, Faria C, Zanette LRS, Woodard SH (2024). Large carpenter bees show high dispersal in a tropical semi-arid region susceptible to desertification. Ecology and Evolution. 14:e70085. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70085
Rousseau JS, Woodard SH, Du Clos B, Johnston A, Danforth BN, Rodewald AD (2024). Advancing bee conservation in the US: gaps and opportunities in data collection and reporting. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 12: 1346795. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1346796 *This work was led by the Rodewald lab.
Fisher N, Costa CP, Hur M, Kirkwood JS, Woodard SH (2024). Impacts of neonicotinoid insecticides on bumble bee energy metabolism are revealed under nectar starvation. Science of the Total Environment. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169388
Brasil S, Araujo F, Brelsford A, Faria C, Zanette LRS, Woodard SH (2024). Large carpenter bees show high dispersal in a tropical semi-arid region susceptible to desertification. Ecology and Evolution. 14:e70085. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70085
Rousseau JS, Woodard SH, Du Clos B, Johnston A, Danforth BN, Rodewald AD (2024). Advancing bee conservation in the US: gaps and opportunities in data collection and reporting. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 12: 1346795. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1346796 *This work was led by the Rodewald lab.
Fisher N, Costa CP, Hur M, Kirkwood JS, Woodard SH (2024). Impacts of neonicotinoid insecticides on bumble bee energy metabolism are revealed under nectar starvation. Science of the Total Environment. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169388
2023
Franco M, Fassler R, Goldberg TS, Chole H, Herz Y, Woodard SH, Reichmann D, Bloch G (2023). Substances in the mandibular glands mediate queen effects on larval development and colony organization in an annual bumble bee. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 120: e2302071120. doi.org/10/1073/pnas.2302071120 *This work was led by the Bloch lab.
Gustillo ES, Fisher K, Woodard SH (2023). Parental care behaviour in bumble bee queens is tightly regulated by the number of helpers in incipient nests. Animal Behaviour. 203: 241-250. doi.org.10.1016.j.anbehav.2023.07.009
Gustillo ES, Fisher K, Woodard SH (2023). Parental care behaviour in bumble bee queens is tightly regulated by the number of helpers in incipient nests. Animal Behaviour. 203: 241-250. doi.org.10.1016.j.anbehav.2023.07.009
2022
Chole H, de Guinea M, Woodard SH, Bloch G (2022). Field-realistic concentrations of a neonicotinoid insecticide influence socially-regulated brood development in a bumble bee. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 289: 20220253. doi.org.10.1098/rspb.2022.0253 *This work was led by the Bloch lab.
Fisher K, Duennes MA, Woodard SH (2022). Mountains as refugia: evidence from bumble bee brain transcriptomes. bioRxiv, doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.09.507046
Costa C, Leza M, Duennes MA, Fisher K, Vollaro A, Hur M, Kirkwood JS, Woodard SH (2002). Pollen diet mediates how pesticide exposure impacts brain gene expression in nest-founding bumble bee queens. Science of the Total Environment, 883: 155216. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155216
Fisher K, Watrous KM, Williams NM, Richardson LL, Woodard SH (2022) A contemporary survey of bumble bee diversity across the state of California. Ecology & Evolution, 12: e8505. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8505
Fisher K*, Sarro E*, Miranda CK, Guillén BM, Woodard SH (2022). Worker task organization in incipient bumble bee nests. Animal Behaviour, 185: 143-161. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.12.005
Sarro E, Tripodi A, Woodard SH (2022). Bumble bee (B. vosnesenskii) queen nest searching occurs independent of ovary developmental status. Integrative Organismal Biology, 4: obac007. doi.org/10.1093/iob/obac007
Costa C, Okamoto N, Orr M, Yamanaka N, Woodard SH (2022). Convergent loss of PTTH, a canonical regulator of development, in social bee evolution. Frontiers in Physiology, 13: 831928. doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.831928
Fisher K, Duennes MA, Woodard SH (2022). Mountains as refugia: evidence from bumble bee brain transcriptomes. bioRxiv, doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.09.507046
Costa C, Leza M, Duennes MA, Fisher K, Vollaro A, Hur M, Kirkwood JS, Woodard SH (2002). Pollen diet mediates how pesticide exposure impacts brain gene expression in nest-founding bumble bee queens. Science of the Total Environment, 883: 155216. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155216
Fisher K, Watrous KM, Williams NM, Richardson LL, Woodard SH (2022) A contemporary survey of bumble bee diversity across the state of California. Ecology & Evolution, 12: e8505. doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8505
Fisher K*, Sarro E*, Miranda CK, Guillén BM, Woodard SH (2022). Worker task organization in incipient bumble bee nests. Animal Behaviour, 185: 143-161. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.12.005
Sarro E, Tripodi A, Woodard SH (2022). Bumble bee (B. vosnesenskii) queen nest searching occurs independent of ovary developmental status. Integrative Organismal Biology, 4: obac007. doi.org/10.1093/iob/obac007
Costa C, Okamoto N, Orr M, Yamanaka N, Woodard SH (2022). Convergent loss of PTTH, a canonical regulator of development, in social bee evolution. Frontiers in Physiology, 13: 831928. doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.831928
2021
Sarro E, Sun P, Mauck K, Rodriguez-Arellano D, Yamanaka N, Woodard SH (2021) An organizing feature of bumble bee life history: worker emergence promotes queen reproduction and survival in young nests. Conservation Physiology, 9: coab047. doi.org/10.1093/consphys/coab047
Watrous KM, Costa C, Diaz YR, Woodard SH (2021) Flexibility in the critical period of nutrient sequestration in bumble bee queens. Integrative Organismal Biology, 3: obab009. doi.org/10.1093/iob/obab009
Costa CP, Fisher K, Guillén B, Yamanaka G, Bloch G, Woodard SH (2021) Care-giver identity impacts offspring development and performance in an annually social bumble bees. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21: 20. doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01756-2
Cohen H, Smith GP, Sardiñas H, Zorn JF, McFrederick QS, Woodard SH, Ponisio LC (2021) Mass-flowering monoculture attracts bees, amplifying parasite prevalence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288: 20211369. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1369 *This work was led by the Ponisio lab and in collaboration with the McFrederick lab.
Watrous KM, Costa C, Diaz YR, Woodard SH (2021) Flexibility in the critical period of nutrient sequestration in bumble bee queens. Integrative Organismal Biology, 3: obab009. doi.org/10.1093/iob/obab009
Costa CP, Fisher K, Guillén B, Yamanaka G, Bloch G, Woodard SH (2021) Care-giver identity impacts offspring development and performance in an annually social bumble bees. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21: 20. doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01756-2
Cohen H, Smith GP, Sardiñas H, Zorn JF, McFrederick QS, Woodard SH, Ponisio LC (2021) Mass-flowering monoculture attracts bees, amplifying parasite prevalence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288: 20211369. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1369 *This work was led by the Ponisio lab and in collaboration with the McFrederick lab.
2020
Woodard SH*, Federman S*, James RR, Danforth BN, Griswold TL, Inouye D, McFrederick QS, Morandin L, Paul DL, Sellers E, Strange JP, Vaughan M, Williams NM, Branstetter MG, Burns C, Cane J, Cariveau AB, Cariveau DP, Childers A, Childers C, Cox-Foster DL, Evans EC, Graham KK, Hackett K, Huntzinger KT, Irwin RE, Jha S, Lawson SP, Liang C, López-Uribe MM, Melathopoulos A, Moylett HMC, Otto C, Ponisio LC, Richardson LL, Rose R, Singh R, Wehling W (2020) Toward a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees. Biological Conservation, 252: 1-6. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108821
Costa CP, Duennes MA, Fisher K, Der JP, Watrous KM, Okamoto N, Yamanaka N, Woodard SH (2020) Transcriptome analysis reveals nutrition- and age- related patterns of gene expression in the fat body of pre-overwintering bumble bee queens. Molecular Ecology, 29: 720-737. doi.org/10.1111/mec.15361
Costa CP, Duennes MA, Fisher K, Der JP, Watrous KM, Okamoto N, Yamanaka N, Woodard SH (2020) Transcriptome analysis reveals nutrition- and age- related patterns of gene expression in the fat body of pre-overwintering bumble bee queens. Molecular Ecology, 29: 720-737. doi.org/10.1111/mec.15361
2019
Watrous KW, Duennes MA, Woodard SH (2019) Pollen diet composition impacts early nesting success in queen bumble bees (Bombus impatiens). Environmental Entomology, 48: 711-717. doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvz043
Chole H, Woodard SH, Bloch G (2019) Body size variation in bees: regulation, mechanisms, and relationship to social organization. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 35: 77-87. doi.org/10.1016/j/cois/2019.07.006 *This work was led by the Bloch lab.
Woodard SH, Duennes MA, Watrous KM, Jha S (2019) Diet and nutritional status during early adult life have immediate and persistent effects on queen bumble bees. Conservation Physiology, 7: coz048. doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coz048
Fisher KC, West M, Lomeli AM, Woodard SH, Purcell J (2019) Are societies resilient? Challenges faced by social insects in a changing world. Insectes Sociaux, 66:5-13. doi.org/.10.1007/s00040-018-0662-2 *This work was co-organized with Dr. Jessica Purcell.
Chole H, Woodard SH, Bloch G (2019) Body size variation in bees: regulation, mechanisms, and relationship to social organization. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 35: 77-87. doi.org/10.1016/j/cois/2019.07.006 *This work was led by the Bloch lab.
Woodard SH, Duennes MA, Watrous KM, Jha S (2019) Diet and nutritional status during early adult life have immediate and persistent effects on queen bumble bees. Conservation Physiology, 7: coz048. doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coz048
Fisher KC, West M, Lomeli AM, Woodard SH, Purcell J (2019) Are societies resilient? Challenges faced by social insects in a changing world. Insectes Sociaux, 66:5-13. doi.org/.10.1007/s00040-018-0662-2 *This work was co-organized with Dr. Jessica Purcell.
2018
Leza M, Watrous KM, Bratu J, Woodard SH (2018) Effects of neonicotinoid insecticide exposure and monofloral diet on nest-founding bumblebee queens. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 285:20180761. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0761
2017
Woodard SH (2017) Bumble bee ecophysiology: Integrating the changing environment and the organism. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 22:101-108. doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2017.06.001
Woodard SH & Jha S (2017) Wild bee nutritional ecology: predicting pollinator population dynamics, movement, and services from floral resources. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 21:83-90. doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2017.05.011
Woodard SH & Jha S (2017) Wild bee nutritional ecology: predicting pollinator population dynamics, movement, and services from floral resources. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 21:83-90. doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2017.05.011
2016
Romiguier J, Cameron SA, Woodard SH, Fischman BJ, Keller L, Praz CJ (2016) Phylogenomics controlling for base compositional bias reveals a single origin of eusociality in corbiculate bees. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 33:670-678. doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msv258 *This work was led by the Praz lab.
2015
Woodard SH, Lozier J, Strange J, Williams P, Goulson D, Jha S (2015) Molecular tools and bumble bees: revealing hidden details of ecology and evolution in a model system. Molecular Ecology, 24: 2916-2936. doi.org/10.1111/mec.13198
2014
Woodard SH, Bloch G, Band MR, Robinson GE (2014) Molecular heterochrony and the evolution of cooperative brood care behavior in bumble bees (Bombus terrestris). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 281: 20132419. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2419
2013
Woodard SH, Bloch G, Band MR, Robinson GE (2013) Social regulation of maternal traits in nest-founding bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) queens. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216: 3474–3482. doi.org/10.1242/jeb.087403
2011
Woodard SH*, Fischman BJ*, Venkat A, Hudson ME, Varala K, Cameron SA, Clark AG, Robinson GE (2011) Genes involved in convergent evolution of eusociality in bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 108: 7472-7477. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1103457108
Fischman BJ*, Woodard SH*, Robinson GE (2011) Molecular evolutionary analyses of insect society. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 108: 10847-10854. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1100301108
*Shared first authorship; both authors contributed equally.