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Bugged

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by David MacNeal


  Chapter Ten: Tracing the Collapse

  Three books were especially informative to this chapter, and those were: Hannah Nordhaus’s The Beekeeper’s Lament, Hattie Ellis’s Sweetness & Light, and coming through with an amazing wealth of historical nuggets Hilda Ransome’s The Sacred Bee. Thomas Seeley’s book Honeybee Democracy is largely referenced as well. Several papers coauthored by Dennis vanEngelsdorp, as well as our interview, were very useful, as was my informative interview with CSIRO scientist Paulo de Souza and notes from University of California–Davis professor Elina L. Niño.

  “The Ancient Art of Honey Hunting in Nepal in Pictures.” The Guardian, February 27, 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2014/feb/27/honey-hunters-nepal-in-pictures

  Associated Press. “Collateral Damage: Bees Die in South Carolina Zika Spraying.” September 1, 2016. http://newsok.com/article/feed/1066424

  Cardinal, Sophie, and Bryan N. Danforth. “The Antiquity and Evolutionary History of Social Behavior in Bees.” PLoS ONE 6:6 (2011): e21086.

  Chrysochoos, John. Ikaria: Paradise in Peril. Pittsburgh: RoseDog Books, 2010.

  Cox-Foster, Diana, and Dennis vanEngelsdorp. “Solving the Mystery of the Vanishing Bees.” Scientific American Magazine, March 31, 2009. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/saving-the-honeybee/

  Crane, Eva. “Bee Products.” Encyclopedia of Insects. Vincent H. Resh and Ring T. Cardé, eds. 2nd edition. Boston: Academic Press, 2009. 71–75.

  Cresswell, James E. “A Meta-Analysis of Experiments Testing the Effects of a Neonicotinoid Insecticide (Imidacloprid) on Honey Bees.” Ecotoxicology 20 (2011): 149–57.

  Dainat, Benjamin, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, and Peter Neumann. “Colony Collapse Disorder in Europe.” Environmental Microbiology Reports 4:1 (2012): 123–25.

  Eisenstein, Michael. “Seeking Answers Amid a Toxic Debate.” Nature 521 (2015): 552–55.

  Ellis, Hattie. Sweetness & Light: The Mysterious History of the Honeybee. New York: Harmony Books, 2004.

  Frisch, Karl von. “Decoding the Language of the Bee.” Nobel Prize Lecture. University of Munich, Federal Republic of Germany. December 12, 1973. Lecture.

  Hornets from Hell. Dir. Jeff Morales. National Geographic Explorer, 2002.

  Jansen, Suze A., et al. “Grayanotoxin Poisoning: ‘Mad Honey Disease’ and Beyond.” Cardiovascular Toxicology 12:208 (2012): 208–215.

  Kantor, Sylvia. “Can Mushrooms Save the Honeybee?” Crosscut, February 16, 2015. http://crosscut.com/2015/02/can-mushrooms-save-honeybee/

  Laurino, Daniela, et al. “Toxicity of Neonicotinoid Insecticides to Honey Bees: Laboratory Tests.” Bulletin of Insectology 64:1 (2011): 107–13.

  Lenfestey, James P., ed. If Bees Are Few: A Hive of Bee Poems. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2016.

  Maeterlinck, Maurice. The Life of the Bee. New York: Mentor Books, 1954.

  Main, Douglas M. “A Different Kind of Beekeeping Takes Flight.” New York Times, February 17, 2012. https://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/a-different-kind-of-beekeeping-takes-flight/

  Monk and the Honey Bee, The. Narr. Roger Mills. Dir. Allen Jewhurst and David Taylor. BBC. 1988.

  Munz, Tania. The Dancing Bees: Karl von Frisch and the Discovery of the Honeybee Language. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

  Nordhaus, Hannah. The Beekeeper’s Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America. New York: Harper Perennial, 2011.

  ____. “The Honey Trap.” Wired, September 2016: 70–77.

  Pettis, Jeffery S., et al. “Colony Failure Linked to Low Sperm Viability in Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Queens and an Exploration of Potential Causative Factors.” PLoS ONE 11:2 (2016): e0147220.

  Ransome, Hilda M. The Sacred Bee: In Ancient Times and Folklore. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1937.

  Seeley, Thomas D. Honeybee Democracy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010.

  Seitz, Nicola, et al. “A National Survey of Managed Honey Bee 2014–2015 Annual Colony Losses in the USA.” Journal of Apicultural Research 54 (2016): 292–304.

  “Systemic Pesticides Pose Global Threat to Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.” International Union for Conservation of Nature, June 24, 2014. https://www.iucn.org/content/systemic-pesticides-pose-global-threat-biodiversity-and-ecosystem-services

  Tapanila, Leif, and Eric M. Roberts. “The Earliest Evidence of Holometabolan Insect Pupation in Conifer Wood.” PLoS ONE 7:2 (2012): e31668.

  Tison, Léa, et al. “Honey Bees’ Behavior Is Impaired by Chronic Exposure to the Neonicotinoid Thiacloprid in the Field.” Environmental Science & Technology 50 (2016): 7218–27.

  Townsend, Gordon F., and Eva Crane. “History of Apiculture.” History of Entomology. Ray F. Smith, Thomas E. Mittler, and Carroll N. Smith, eds. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews Inc., 1973. 387–406.

  Tu, Chau. “Step into a Hive.” Science Friday, June 29, 2016. http://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/step-into-a-hive/

  Weber, Bruce. “Margaret Heldt, Hairdresser Who Built the Beehive, Dies at 98.” New York Times, June 13, 2016.

  Wenner, Adrian M., and William W. Bushing. “Varroa Mite Spread in the United States.” Bee Culture 124 (1996): 341–43.

  Wilford, John Noble. “Which Came First: Bees or Flowers? Find Points to Bees.” New York Times, May 23, 1995. http://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/23/science/which-came-first-bees-or-flowers-find-points-to-bees.html?pagewanted=all

  Woodcock, Ben A., et al. “Replication, Effect Sizes and Identifying the Biological Impacts of Pesticides on Bees under Field Conditions.” Journal of Applied Ecology 53 (2016): 1358–62.

  Index

  The index that appeared in the print version of this title does not match the pages in your e-book. Please use the search function on your e-reading device to search for terms of interest. For your reference, the terms that appear in the print index are listed below.

  Acheta (field crickets). See also crickets

  Acheta domesticus (common house crickets). See also crickets

  Addington, Rob

  adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

  Adolphs, Ralph

  Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito). See also mosquitoes

  age polyethism

  Agra schwarzeneggeri (Arnold Schwarzenegger beetle) . See also beetles

  AgriProtein

  Agrius (moths genus). See also moths

  Alexander the Great

  Allen, Will

  Alphey, Luke

  American foulbrood (AFB)

  American Museum of Natural History (NYC)

  American Plague, An (Murphy)

  American Plague, The (Crosby)

  Anabuki-Browning, Ayomi

  Anderson, David

  Anderson, Gail

  Angels and Insects (book and film, Byatt)

  Anopheles (mosquito genus). See also mosquitoes

  Anopheles gambiae (African malaria mosquito). See also mosquitoes

  Anthony, Casey

  anti-inflammatory properties

  Antioch Dunes

  ants

  “Ant Ballet,”

  ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm

  antennae

  antennal taps

  “Anternet”

  anthills

  Atta cephalotes (leafcutter ant)

  Atta texana (Texas leafcutter ant)

  bullet ants

  colony protection

  colony scent

  colony specialization

  colony structures

  Dorylus wilverthi (African driver ants)

  fire ants

  as food

  Formica yessensis

  leafcutter ants

  Nothomyrmecia macrops (primitive ant species)

  pheromones

  primitive ants

  Psuedomyrmex triplarinus (fire ants)

  rock ants

  weaver ants

  Ants, The (Wilson and Hölldobler)

  Apis mellifera (European honeybee). See also bees


  arachnids. See also spiders; tarantulas

  Arachnophobia (film)

  arbovirus (arthropod-borne virus)

  Aristotle

  Asian citrus psyllid

  assassin bugs

  Atala, Alex

  Atta cephalotes (leafcutter ant). See also ants

  Atta project

  Atta texana (Texas leafcutter ant). See also ants

  Ayieko, Monica

  “Baby Bumblebee” (song)

  Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt; bacterium)

  Backwell, Lucinda

  Backyard Brains

  Bacon, Francis

  Balfour, Nick

  Barcode of Life

  Bartholomeus Anglicus

  Bed Bug Genome Consortium

  bedbugs

  Cimex lectularius (common bedbug)

  control of

  beehive hairdo

  Beekeeper’s Lament, The (Nordhaus)

  Beeologics

  bees

  alfalfa leafcutter bees

  American foulbrood (AFB)

  and anthropomorphism

  apiculture (maintenance of honeybees)

  Apis mellifera (European honeybee)

  bienenvater (German bee masters)

  Buckfast bee

  colony collapse disorder (CCD)

  as food

  Hanna-Honeycomb House (Frank Lloyd Wright structure)

  history of beekeeping

  honeybees

  Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV)

  varroa-sensitive hygienes (VSH)

  beetles

  Agra schwarzeneggeri (Arnold Schwarzenegger beetle)

  bark beetles

  beetle wrestling

  blister beetle

  bombardier beetles

  calls

  carrion beetles

  Cebrio

  collecting

  Colorado potato beetle

  compass orientation skill

  control of

  cost

  Darwin and

  diving beetles

  Dendroctonus ponderosae (mountain pine beetle)

  dermestid beetles

  dung beetles

  elephant beetles

  epidemics and infestations

  exoskeleton scales

  farming

  flour beetles

  in folklore

  as food

  grain beetles

  Hercules beetle

  Khepera (Egyptian beetle-faced god)

  ladybird beetle

  leaf beetles

  long-horned harlequin beetle

  mating

  Mecynorhina oberthuri

  and Mushi-King (arcade/trading card game)

  Necrobia ruficollis (ham beetle)

  rhinoceros beetles

  rove beetles

  smuggling

  stag beetles

  Tenebrio molitor (mealworm beetle)

  tiger beetles

  transport and sale

  vedalia beetles

  wood-boring beetles

  Berenbaum, May

  Bergeret, Marcel

  Berlese, Antonio

  Beyoncé

  Biehler, Dawn Day

  Big Cricket Farms

  biomimicry

  Bitty Foods

  Blaberus discoidalis (discoid cockroach). See also cockroaches

  Black Death. See plagues

  blowflies

  body segmentation

  Bombyx mori (silk moth). See also moths

  Bonebrake, Timothy

  Bornemissza, George

  Bozkurt, Alper

  Braack, L. E. O.

  Brachystola magna (pink grasshopper, aka plains lubber). See also grasshoppers

  Bromenshenk, Jerry

  Brunat, Paul

  Buckfast Abbey

  Bugs and the Victorians (Clark)

  Burton, Tim

  Butler, Charles

  butterflies

  Butterfly Pavilions

  butterfly sticker traps

  collecting

  in The Collector

  Comma butterfly

  Crowned Hairstreak butterfly

  genitalia

  Heliconius genus

  learned behavior

  monarch butterflies

  order Lepidoptera

  pale grass blue butterfly

  rice paper butterfly

  swallowtail butterfly

  and taxidermy

  transport and sale

  Xerces blue butterfly

  Butterfly Company (insect dealer)

  Buttress, Wolfgang

  Byatt, A. S.

  Cammack, Jonathan

  Campsicnemus charliechaplini (Charlie Chaplin fly)

  Capps, Dan

  Carreck, Norman

  Carson, Rachel

  caterpillars

  as food

  and insect economics

  Cebrio (beetle). See also beetles

  Ceccatti, John

  Cedars-Sinai medical center

  centipedes

  Chaplin, Charlie

  Chapul

  Charles V of Spain

  Cherniack, E. Paul

  chironomid midge (sandfly)

  Chirps

  chitin

  cicadas

  Cimex lectularius (common bedbug). See also bedbugs

  Clark, J. F. M.

  classification. See taxonomy

  Coalo Valley Farms

  Cockroach, The (Cornwell)

  cockroaches

  Age of Cockroaches

  Blaberus discoidalis (discoid cockroach)

  as food

  hissing cockroaches

  known as “water bugs”

  and pest control

  RoboRoach

  and Salmonella

  Simandoa cave roaches

  Collector, The (book and film, Fowles)

  Colorado potato beetle. See also beetles

  Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)

  conservation

  Cornwell, P. B.

  Cortés, Hernán

  Cowan, Richard

  Cox-Foster, Diana

  Crane, Eva

  crickets

  Acheta family

  Acheta domesticus

  and cave paintings

  chirps and calls

  and climate change

  cricket collecting

  cricket farming

  cricket fighting

  cricket paralysis virus (CPV)

  as food

  Golden Autumn Cricket Festival

  Jiminy Cricket (character)

  pet crickets

  and plagues

  rhaphidophorid cave cricket

  spitting dead crickets

  Teleogryllus oceanicus (oceanic field cricket)

  Texas field cricket

  Crosby, Molly Caldwell

  Cryptochaetum (parasitic fly). See also flies

  Dactylopius coccus (cochineal)

  Dalí, Salvador

  Damkaer, David

  Darwin, Charles

  D’Asaro, Laura

  DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane), See also pest control

  De Animalibus Insectis (Aldrovandi)

  deathstalker scorpions

  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

  DeFoliart, Gene

  Deinacrida heteracantha (Wetapunga)

  DeJean, Pierre

  DeLeon, Cesar Soto

  Dendroctonus ponderosae (mountain pine beetle). See also beetles

  Densley, Clare

  Denver Museum of Nature & Science

  Descartes, René

  Deutsch, Curtis

  Deyrolle (Parisian insect store)

  Dicke, Marcel

  disease, human. See viruses and disease

  Do Bees Sneeze? (Wangberg)

  Dorigo, Marco

  Dorn, Ronald

  Dorylus wilverthi (African driver ants)

/>   Dossey, Aaron

  Drager, Kim

  dragonflies

  Dryococelus australis (tree lobster)

  Duke of Burgundy, The, (film)

  Dung Down Under (documentary)

  Dunn, Robert

  Dyar, Harrison G.

  Dzamba, Jakub

  Eason, R.

  Eat-a-Bug Cookbook, The (Gordon)

  EcoSMART

  EcoVia

  elytra

  economics of insects

  entertainment

  sale and transport

  smuggling

  Edible (Martin)

  edible insects. See entomophagy (practice of eating insects as food)

  Ellis, Hattie

  Ento

  Entomo-L (listserv)

  Entomological Society of Washington (ESW)

  entomophagy (practice of eating insects as food)

  ants

  bees

  beetles

  cockroaches

  cooking a meal

  crickets

  Eating Insects Detroit (conference)

  grasshoppers

  insect allergen sensitivity,

  in Japan

  locusts

  moths

  silkworms

  spiders

  tarantulas

  termites

  wasps

  and world hunger

  entomophobes

  entomotherapies

  entophiles

  Environmental Discourses on the Ingestion of Bugs League (EDIBL)

  epidemics. See infestations and insect epidemics; plagues; viruses and disease

  Erzinçlioglu, Zakaria

  Escherichia coli (bacterium)

  eusociality

  Evolution Store (Manhattan)

  Exo

  extermination. See pest control

  Exterminators, The (comic series)

  extinction

  Fabre, Jean-Henri

  Fabricius, Johan Christian

  Felton, Chaquettea

  Finlay, Carlos

  fireflies

  Fitch, Asa

  fleas

  and bubonic plague

  control of

  as entertainment

  and typhus

  Xenopsylla cheopis (Oriental rat flea)

  Fleming, Stuart

  flies

  black solder flies

  Cryptochaetum (parasitic fly)

  dance flies

  flesh flies

  fruit flies

  Phaenicia sericata (green bottle fly)

  scuttle flies

  Fly for the Prosecution, A (Goff)

  flyswatters

  food, insects as. See entomophagy (practice of eating insects as food)

  Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)

  Forcella, Lawrence (Lorenzo)

  Forensic Anthropology Research Facility (FARF)

  Forensic Laboratory for Investigative Entomological Sciences (FLIES)

  forensics, insect

  Formica yessensis (ants). See also ants

  Fowles, John

  Frisch, Karl von

  Full, Robert

  fumigation. See also pest control

 

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