Robin M. Crewe - Publications

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University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 

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2019 Mumoki FN, Yusuf AA, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM. Hydroxylation patterns associated with pheromone synthesis and composition in two honey bee subspecies Apis mellifera scutellata and A. m. capensis laying workers. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 114: 103230. PMID 31470083 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ibmb.2019.103230  0.407
2019 Requier F, Garnery L, Kohl PL, Njovu HK, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM, Steffan-Dewenter I. The Conservation of Native Honey Bees Is Crucial. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. PMID 31072605 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tree.2019.04.008  0.322
2019 Okosun OO, Yusuf AA, Crewe RM, Pirk CWW. Tergal gland components of reproductively dominant honey bee workers have both primer and releaser effects on subordinate workers Apidologie. 50: 173-182. DOI: 10.1007/S13592-018-0628-5  0.339
2018 Mumoki FN, Pirk CWW, Yusuf AA, Crewe RM. Reproductive parasitism by worker honey bees suppressed by queens through regulation of worker mandibular secretions. Scientific Reports. 8: 7701. PMID 29799016 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-018-26060-W  0.371
2018 Yusuf AA, Crewe RM, Pirk CWW. Turning workers into false queens- the role of exogenous pheromones in regulating reproduction in worker honey bees. The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 29776997 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.175505  0.368
2018 Jarosch-Perlow A, Yusuf AA, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM, Moritz RFA. Control of mandibular gland pheromone synthesis by alternative splicing of the CP-2 transcription factor gemini in honeybees (Apis mellifera carnica) Apidologie. 49: 450-458. DOI: 10.1007/S13592-018-0571-5  0.316
2017 Okosun OO, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM, Yusuf AA. Glandular sources of pheromones used to control host workers (Apis mellifera scutellata) by socially parasitic workers of Apis mellifera capensis. Journal of Insect Physiology. 102: 42-49. PMID 28889990 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jinsphys.2017.09.001  0.421
2016 Strauss U, Dietemann V, Human H, Crewe RM, Pirk CW. Resistance rather than tolerance explains survival of savannah honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata) to infestation by the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. Parasitology. 143: 374-87. PMID 26690678 DOI: 10.1017/S0031182015001754  0.312
2015 Neumann P, Naef J, Crailsheim K, Crewe RM, Pirk CW. Hit-and-run trophallaxis of small hive beetles. Ecology and Evolution. 5: 5478-86. PMID 27069599 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.1806  0.389
2015 Okosun OO, Yusuf AA, Crewe RM, Pirk CW. Effects of age and Reproductive Status on Tergal Gland Secretions in Queenless Honey bee Workers, Apis mellifera scutellata and A. m. capensis. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 41: 896-903. PMID 26384295 DOI: 10.1007/S10886-015-0630-6  0.346
2015 Strauss U, Pirk CW, Crewe RM, Human H, Dietemann V. Impact of Varroa destructor on honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata) colony development in South Africa. Experimental & Applied Acarology. 65: 89-106. PMID 25037745 DOI: 10.1007/S10493-014-9842-7  0.339
2015 Yusuf AA, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM. Mandibular gland pheromone contents in workers and queens of Apis mellifera adansonii Apidologie. 46: 559-572. DOI: 10.1007/S13592-014-0346-6  0.343
2014 Yusuf AA, Gordon I, Crewe RM, Pirk CWW. Prey choice and raiding behaviour of the Ponerine ant Pachycondyla analis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Journal of Natural History. 48: 345-358. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.791931  0.323
2013 Strauss U, Human H, Gauthier L, Crewe RM, Dietemann V, Pirk CW. Seasonal prevalence of pathogens and parasites in the savannah honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 114: 45-52. PMID 23702244 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jip.2013.05.003  0.307
2013 Yusuf AA, Crewe RM, Pirk CWW. An Effective Method for Maintaining the African Termite-Raiding Ant Pachycondyla analis in the Laboratory African Entomology. 21: 132-136. DOI: 10.4001/003.021.0126  0.304
2013 Heinze J, Aumeier V, Bodenstein B, Crewe RM, Schrempf A. Wingless and intermorphic males in the ant Cardiocondyla venustula Insectes Sociaux. 60: 43-48. DOI: 10.1007/S00040-012-0263-5  0.356
2012 Pirk CW, Lattorff HM, Moritz RF, Sole CL, Radloff SE, Neumann P, Hepburn HR, Crewe RM. Reproductive biology of the Cape honeybee: a critique of Beekman et al. The Journal of Heredity. 103: 612-4; author reply . PMID 22581844 DOI: 10.1093/Jhered/Ess007  0.355
2011 Jarosch A, Stolle E, Crewe RM, Moritz RF. Alternative splicing of a single transcription factor drives selfish reproductive behavior in honeybee workers (Apis mellifera). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108: 15282-7. PMID 21896748 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1109343108  0.389
2011 Neumann P, Härtel S, Kryger P, Crewe RM, Moritz RFA. Reproductive division of labour and thelytoky result in sympatric barriers to gene flow in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24: 286-294. PMID 21044209 DOI: 10.1111/J.1420-9101.2010.02167.X  0.347
2011 Härtel S, Wossler TC, Moltzer G, Crewe RM, Moritz RFA, Neumann P. Pheromone-mediated reproductive dominance hierarchies among pseudo-clonal honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis) Apidologie. 42: 659-668. DOI: 10.1007/S13592-011-0066-0  0.405
2010 Metz BN, Pankiw T, Tichy SE, Aronstein KA, Crewe RM. Variation in and responses to brood pheromone of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). Journal of Chemical Ecology. 36: 432-40. PMID 20354895 DOI: 10.1007/S10886-010-9775-5  0.306
2010 Yusuf AA, Pirk CW, Crewe RM, Njagi PG, Gordon I, Torto B. Nestmate recognition and the role of cuticular hydrocarbons in the African termite raiding ant Pachycondyla analis. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 36: 441-8. PMID 20349337 DOI: 10.1007/S10886-010-9774-6  0.303
2010 Strauss U, Human H, Crewe RM, Pirk CWW. The first report of storage mites, Caloglyphus hughesi (Acaridae) on laboratory-reared Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in South Africa African Entomology. 18: 379-382. DOI: 10.4001/003.018.0214  0.312
2010 Zheng H, Dietemann V, Crewe RM, Hepburn R, Hu F, Yang M, Pirk CWW. Pheromonal predisposition to social parasitism in the honeybee Apis mellifera capensis Behavioral Ecology. 21: 1221-1226. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arq131  0.405
2009 Jaffé R, Dietemann V, Crewe RM, Moritz RFA. Temporal variation in the genetic structure of a drone congregation area: an insight into the population dynamics of wild African honeybees (Apis mellifera scutellata) Molecular Ecology. 18: 1511-1522. PMID 19368651 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2009.04143.X  0.305
2009 Tan K, Yang M, Radloff S, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM, Phiancharoen M, Hepburn R, Oldroyd BP. Worker reproduction in mixed-species colonies of honey bees Behavioral Ecology. 20: 1106-1110. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arp103  0.403
2009 Dietemann V, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM. Is there a need for conservation of honeybees in Africa Apidologie. 40: 285-295. DOI: 10.1051/Apido/2009013  0.31
2008 Ellis MB, Nicolson SW, Crewe RM, Dietemann V. Hygropreference and brood care in the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Journal of Insect Physiology. 54: 1516-21. PMID 18822293 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jinsphys.2008.08.011  0.335
2008 Dietemann V, Zheng HQ, Hepburn C, Hepburn HR, Jin SH, Crewe RM, Radloff SE, Hu FL, Pirk CW. Self assessment in insects: honeybee queens know their own strength. Plos One. 3: e1412. PMID 18183293 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0001412  0.635
2008 Duncan FD, Crewe RM. A comparison of the energetics of foraging of three species of Leptogenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Physiological Entomology. 18: 372-378. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-3032.1993.Tb00610.X  0.348
2008 Strauss K, Scharpenberg H, Crewe RM, Glahn F, Foth H, Moritz RFA. The role of the queen mandibular gland pheromone in honeybees (Apis mellifera): honest signal or suppressive agent? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 62: 1523-1531. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-008-0581-9  0.397
2007 Dietemann V, Neumann P, Härtel S, Pirk CWW, Crewe RM. Pheromonal dominance and the selection of a socially parasitic honeybee worker lineage (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.) Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20: 997-1007. PMID 17465910 DOI: 10.1111/J.1420-9101.2007.01303.X  0.383
2007 Lattorff HM, Moritz RF, Crewe RM, Solignac M. Control of reproductive dominance by the thelytoky gene in honeybees. Biology Letters. 3: 292-5. PMID 17412668 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2007.0083  0.356
2006 Dietemann V, Lubbe A, Crewe RM. Human factors facilitating the spread of a parasitic honey bee in South Africa. Journal of Economic Entomology. 99: 7-13. PMID 16573317 DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2006)099[0007:Hfftso]2.0.Co;2  0.351
2006 Schäfer MO, Dietemann V, Pirk CW, Neumann P, Crewe RM, Hepburn HR, Tautz J, Crailsheim K. Individual versus social pathway to honeybee worker reproduction (Apis mellifera): pollen or jelly as protein source for oogenesis? Journal of Comparative Physiology. a, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 192: 761-8. PMID 16508763 DOI: 10.1007/S00359-006-0112-Y  0.382
2006 Dietemann V, Pflugfelder J, Härtel S, Neumann P, Crewe RM. Social parasitism by honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.): evidence for pheromonal resistance to host queen’s signals Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 60: 785-793. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-006-0222-0  0.393
2005 Brent C, Peeters C, Dietemann V, Dietmann V, Crewe R, Vargo E. Hormonal correlates of reproductive status in the queenless ponerine ant, Streblognathus peetersi. Journal of Comparative Physiology. a, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 192: 315-20. PMID 16283330 DOI: 10.1007/S00359-005-0065-6  0.324
2005 Simon UE, Moritz RFA, Crewe RM. Reproductive dominance among honeybee workers in experimental groups of Apis mellifera capensis Apidologie. 36: 413-419. DOI: 10.1051/Apido:2005030  0.399
2004 Moritz RF, Lattorff HM, Crewe RM. Honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis) compete for producing queen-like pheromone signals. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 271: S98-100. PMID 15101431 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2003.0113  0.359
2004 Cuvillier-Hot V, Lenoir A, Crewe R, Malosse C, Peeters C. Fertility signalling and reproductive skew in queenless ants Animal Behaviour. 68: 1209-1219. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2003.11.026  0.418
2003 Moritz RF, Pflugfelder J, Crewe RM. Lethal fighting between honeybee queens and parasitic workers (Apis mellifera). Die Naturwissenschaften. 90: 378-81. PMID 12955229 DOI: 10.1007/S00114-003-0445-0  0.367
2002 Sole CL, Kryger P, Hefetz A, Katzav-Gozansky T, Crewe RM. Mimicry of queen Dufour's gland secretions by workers of Apis mellifera scutellata and A. m. capensis. Die Naturwissenschaften. 89: 561-4. PMID 12536278 DOI: 10.1007/S00114-002-0370-7  0.313
2002 Moritz RFA, Crewe RM, Hepburn HR. Queen avoidance and mandibular gland secretion of honeybee workers (Apis mellifera L.) Insectes Sociaux. 49: 86-91. DOI: 10.1007/S00040-002-8284-0  0.36
2001 Simon UE, Moritz RFA, Crewe RM. The ontogenetic pattern of mandibular gland components in queenless worker bees (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.). Journal of Insect Physiology. 47: 735-738. PMID 11356420 DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(00)00167-0  0.335
2001 Moritz RFA, Crewe RM, Hepburn HR. Attraction and Repellence of Workers by the Honeybee Queen (Apis mellifera L.) Ethology. 107: 465-477. DOI: 10.1046/J.1439-0310.2001.00681.X  0.365
2001 Sledge MF, Peeters C, Crewe RM. Reproductive division of labour without dominance interactions in the queenless ponerine ant Pachycondyla (= Ophthalmopone) berthoudi Insectes Sociaux. 48: 67-73. DOI: 10.1007/Pl00001748  0.378
2000 Moritz RFA, Simon UE, Crewe RM. Pheromonal contest between honeybee workers (Apis mellifera capensis) Naturwissenschaften. 87: 395-397. PMID 11091962 DOI: 10.1007/S001140050748  0.37
2000 Moritz RFA, Crewe RM, Hepburn HR. Clustering of related workers in the honeybee colony (Apis mellifera L.): adaptive process or inevitable pattern? Apidologie. 31: 223-233. DOI: 10.1051/Apido:2000118  0.339
2000 Franck P, Koeniger N, Lahner G, Crewe RM, Solignac M. Evolution of extreme polyandry: an estimate of mating frequency in two African honeybee subspecies, Apis mellifera monticola and A. m. scutellata. Insectes Sociaux. 47: 364-370. DOI: 10.1007/Pl00001732  0.33
1999 Wossler TC, Crewe RM. Mass spectral identification of the tergal gland secretions of female castes of two African honey bee races (Apis mellifera) Journal of Apicultural Research. 38: 137-148. DOI: 10.1080/00218839.1999.11101004  0.314
1999 Sledge MF, Peeters C, Crewe RM. Fecundity and the Behavioural Profile of Reproductive Workers in the Queenless Ant, Pachycondyla (= Ophthalmopone) berthoudi Ethology. 105: 303-316. DOI: 10.1046/J.1439-0310.1999.00398.X  0.386
1999 Wossler TC, Crewe RM. The Releaser Effects of the Tergal Gland Secretion of Queen Honeybees (Apis mellifera) Journal of Insect Behavior. 12: 343-351. DOI: 10.1023/A:1020839505622  0.32
1994 Duncan FD, Crewe RM. Group hunting in a ponerine ant, Leptogenys nitida Smith. Oecologia. 97: 118-123. PMID 28313596 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00317915  0.358
1994 Davies SJ, Villet MH, Blomefield TM, Crewe RM. Reproduction and division of labour in Leptogenys schwabi Forel (Hymenoptera Formicidae), a polygynous, queenless ponerine ant Ethology Ecology and Evolution. 6: 507-517. DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1994.9522975  0.528
1994 Duncan FD, Crewe RM. Field study on the foraging characteristics of a ponerine ant, Hagensia havilandi forel Insectes Sociaux. 41: 85-98. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01240576  0.313
1991 Villet MH, Crewe RM, Duncan FD. Evolutionary trends in the reproductive biology of ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Journal of Natural History. 25: 1603-1610. DOI: 10.1080/00222939100770991  0.598
1990 Villet M, Hart A, Crewe R. Social organization ofPlatythyrea lamellosa(Roger) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): I. Reproduction South African Journal of Zoology. 25: 250-253. DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1990.11448221  0.476
1989 Villet M, Crewe R, Robertson H. Mating behavior and dispersal in Paltothyreus tarsatus Fabr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Journal of Insect Behavior. 2: 413-417. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01068065  0.522
1988 Peeters CP, Crewe RM. Worker laying in the absence of an ergatoid queen in the ponerine ant genus Plectroctena African Zoology. 23: 78-80. DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1988.11448082  0.415
1988 Wildman MH, Crewe RM. Gamergate number and control over reproduction in Pachycondyla krugeri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Insectes Sociaux. 35: 217-225. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02224055  0.413
1987 Peeters C, Crewe R. Foraging and Recruitment in Ponerine Ants: Solitary Hunting in the Queenless Ophthalmopone Berthoudi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Psyche. 94: 201-214. DOI: 10.1155/1987/74592  0.333
1986 Keeping MG, Lipschitz D, Crewe RM. Chemical mate recognition and release of male sexual behavior in polybiine wasp,Belonogaster petiolata (Degeer) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology. 12: 773-9. PMID 24306915 DOI: 10.1007/Bf01012109  0.327
1986 Peeters C, Crewe R. Male Biology in the Queenless Ponerine Ant Ophthalmopone Berthoudi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Psyche. 93: 277-284. DOI: 10.1155/1986/90827  0.314
1985 Peetere CP, Crewe RM. Queenlessness and reproductive differentiation in Ophthalmopone hottentota South African Journal of Zoology. 20: 268-268. DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1985.11447948  0.362
1985 Peeters C, Crewe R. Worker reproduction in the ponerine ant Ophthalmopone berthoudi: an alternative form of eusocial organization Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 18: 29-37. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00299235  0.411
1980 Katsir Z, Crewe RM. Chemical Communication in Galago Crassicaudatus: Investigation of the Chest Gland Secretion South African Journal of Zoology. 15: 249-254. DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1980.11447719  0.307
1980 Crewe RM, Velthuis HHW. False queens: a consequence of mandibular gland signals in worker honeybees. Naturwissenschaften. 67: 467-469. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00405650  0.364
1979 Crewe RM, Burger BV, Roux ML, Katsir Z. Chemical constituents of the chest gland secretion of the thick-tailed galago ( Galago crassicaudatus ) Journal of Chemical Ecology. 5: 861-868. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00986569  0.314
1972 Fales HM, Blum MS, Crewe RM, Brand JM. Alarm pheromones in the genus Manica derived from the mandibular gland Journal of Insect Physiology. 18: 1077-1088. DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(72)90142-4  0.325
1972 Crewe RM, Blum MS. Alarm pheromones of the Attini: Their phylogenetic significance Journal of Insect Physiology. 18: 31-42. DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(72)90062-5  0.338
1971 Blum MS, Crewe RM, Pasteels JM. Defensive Secretion of Lomechusa strumosa, a Myrmecophilous Beetle, Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 64: 975-976. DOI: 10.1093/Aesa/64.4.975  0.329
1970 Blum MS, Crewe RM, Kerr WE, Keith LH, Garrison AW, Walker MM. Citral in stingles bees: Isolation and functions in trail-laying and robbing Journal of Insect Physiology. 16: 1637-1648. PMID 5433728 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(70)90263-5  0.371
1970 Crewe RM, Blum MS. Alarm pheromones in the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology. 70: 363-373. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00298191  0.344
1969 Crewe RM, Brand JM, Fletcher DJC. Identification of an Alarm Pheromone in the Ant Crematogaster peringueyi Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 62: 1212-1212. DOI: 10.1093/Aesa/62.5.1212  0.385
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