Margarita López-Uribe Ph.D.

Bee Systematics and Conservation
Eduardo A.B. Almeida, Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe, Laurence Packer, Diego S. Porto, Gabriela P. Camacho, 2025, In: Sociobiology

Pollination services to squash insufficient despite abundant specialist bees
Nicholas A. Ivers, Hannah L. Gray, Elizabeth Lopez, Brad G. Peter, John L. Neff, Scott Longing, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Shalene Jha, May 1 2025, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Adapting to change
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Eduardo AB Almeida, Denise Araujo Alves, Apr 2025, In: Current Opinion in Insect Science

Phylogenetic Structure of Two Euglossine Communities Divided by the Colombian Andes
Edward Hernan Molina-Henao, Oscar Julián Valdez-Benítez, Nolan D. Amon, Stephania Sandoval-Arango, Maria Margarita López-Uribe, Joel Tupac Otero-Ospina, Dec 2025, In: Neotropical Entomology

Shifts in bee diet breadths are associated with gene gains and losses and positive selection across olfactory receptors
Avehi Singh, Nathaniel S. Pope, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Aug 2025, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Ecology
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Oct 6 2025, In: Current biology : CB

Assessing the status of sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis L.) genetic diversity and population structure throughout its distribution
Isabella R. Petitta, Autumn E. Sabo, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Oct 1 2025, In: AoB PLANTS

Shifts in bee diet breadths are associated with gene gains and losses and positive selection across olfactory receptors
Avehi Singh, Nathaniel S. Pope, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Aug 2025, In: G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Organic colony management practices are profitable for backyard beekeepers
Robyn M. Underwood, Timothy W. Kelsey, Nash E. Turley, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Aug 1 2025, In: Journal of economic entomology

BeeCam-AprilTag
Sarabeth Brandt, Diego Penaloza-Aponte, Robyn M. Underwood, Selina Bruckner, Benedict DeMoras, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Julio Urbina, Dec 2025, In: MethodsX

Domestication Reduces Floral Volatile Richness in Squash (Cucurbitaceae: Cucurbita) But Conserves Key Compounds Critical for Pollinator Attraction
Avehi Singh, Swayamjit Ray, Kristen K. Brochu-DeLuca, Andrew J. Myrick, Nathaniel B. McCartney, Jared G. Ali, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Dec 2025, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology

The bee bread of honey bees is characterized by a core microbiota despite the application of miticide treatments and variation across space and time
Brooke L. Lawrence, Gordon F. Custer, Robyn M. Underwood, Robert R. Dunn, Francisco Dini-Andreote, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Nov 20 2025, In: PeerJ

Plant Virus Impacts on Yield and Plant–Pollinator Interactions Are Phylogenetically Modulated Independently of Domestication in Cucurbita spp.
Chauncy Hinshaw, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Cristina Rosa, Sep 2024, In: PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Systemic pesticides in a solitary bee pollen food store affect larval development and increase pupal mortality
Ngoc T. Phan, Neelendra K. Joshi, Edwin G. Rajotte, Fang Zhu, Kari A. Peter, Margarita M. López-Uribe, David J. Biddinger, Mar 10 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment

Bee monitoring by community scientists
Nash E. Turley, Sarah E. Kania, Isabella R. Petitta, Elizabeth A. Otruba, David J. Biddinger, Thomas M. Butzler, Valerie V. Sesler, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Jul 1 2024, In: Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Mating frequency estimation and its importance for colony abundance analyses in eusocial pollinators
Sydney A. Bird, Nathaniel S. Pope, Carley M. Mcgrady, Shelby J. Fleischer, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Oct 1 2024, In: Journal of economic entomology

Diet specialization mediates drivers of Cucurbita herbivory in a semi-arid agroecosystem
Hannah L. Gray, Nicholas A. Ivers, Elizabeth Lopez, Brad G. Peter, Scott D. Longing, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Shalene Jha, Jan 2024, In: Current Research in Insect Science

Simulation of early season herbivory via mechanical damage affects flower production in pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo ssp. pepo)
Hannah L. Gray, Nicholas A. Ivers, Leeah I. Richardson, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Shalene Jha, Nov 1 2024, In: Annals of botany

Body mass, temperature, and pathogen intensity differentially affect critical thermal maxima and their population-level variation in a solitary bee
Laura J. Jones, Douglas A. Miller, Rudolf J. Schilder, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Feb 2024, In: Ecology and Evolution

Automated entrance monitoring to investigate honey bee foraging trips using open-source wireless platform and fiducial tags
Diego Penaloza-Aponte, Sarabeth Brandt, Erin Dent, Robyn M. Underwood, Benedict DeMoras, Selina Bruckner, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Julio V. Urbina, Dec 2024, In: HardwareX

Host-parasite interactions between Xenoglossa pruinosa (Apidae: Eucerini) and Triepeolus remigatus (Apidae: Epeolini) are characterized by tolerance and avoidance
Stephania Sandoval-Arango, Thomas Charles Baker, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Dec 2024, In: Apidologie

Low-density migratory beekeeping induces intermediate disturbance effects on native bee communities in Tibetan Plateau alpine meadows
Anthony D. Vaudo, Michael C. Orr, Qing Song Zhou, Chao Dong Zhu, Junpeng Mu, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Johanne Brunet, Nov 1 2024, In: Journal of Insect Science

A longitudinal experiment demonstrates that honey bee colonies managed organically are as healthy and productive as those managed conventionally
Robyn M. Underwood, Brooke L. Lawrence, Nash E. Turley, Lizzette D. Cambron-Kopco, Parry M. Kietzman, Brenna E. Traver, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Dec 2023, In: Scientific reports

Osmia taurus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
Grace M. Gutierrez, Kathryn A. Lecroy, T'ai H. Roulston, David J. Biddinger, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Apr 1 2023, In: Environmental entomology

Honey bee stocks exhibit high levels of intra-colony variation in viral loads
Lizzette Cambron-Kopco, Robyn M. Underwood, J. Krispn Given, Brock A. Harpur, Margarita M. López-Uribe, 2023, In: Journal of Apicultural Research

Biology and management of wild lupine (Lupinus perennis L.)
Isabella R. Petitta, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Autumn E. Sabo, 2023, In: Plant Ecology

UCE phylogenomics, biogeography, and classification of long-horned bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Eucerini), with insights on using specimens with extremely degraded DNA
Felipe V. Freitas, Michael G. Branstetter, Vinícius H. Franceschini-Santos, Achik Dorchin, Karen W. Wright, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Terry Griswold, Fernando A. Silveira, Eduardo A.B. Almeida, Jul 1 2023, In: Insect Systematics and Diversity

The expansion of agriculture has shaped the recent evolutionary history of a specialized squash pollinator
Nathaniel S. Pope, Avehi Singh, Anna K. Childers, Karen M. Kapheim, Jay D. Evans, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Apr 11 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Phylogenomics reveals within species diversification but incongruence with color phenotypes in widespread orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini)
Stephania Sandoval-Arango, Michael G. Branstetter, Carolina F. Cardoso, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Mar 1 2023, In: Insect Systematics and Diversity

Correction to
H. Siviter, A. Fisher, B. Baer, M. J.F. Brown, I. F. Camargo, J. Cole, Y. Le Conte, B. Dorin, J. D. Evans, W. Farina, J. Fine, L. R. Fischer, M. P.D. Garratt, T. C. Giannini, T. Giray, H. Li-Byarlay, M. M. López-Uribe, J. C. Nieh, K. Przybyla, N. E. Raine, A. M. Ray, G. Singh, M. Spivak, K. Traynor..., Jun 2023, In: Insectes Sociaux

Protecting pollinators and our food supply
H. Siviter, A. Fisher, B. Baer, M. J.F. Brown, I. F. Camargo, J. Cole, Y. Le Conte, B. Dorin, J. D. Evans, W. Farina, J. Fine, L. R. Fischer, M. P.D. Garratt, T. C. Giannini, T. Giray, H. Li-Byarlay, M. M. López-Uribe, J. C. Nieh, K. Przybyla, N. E. Raine, A. M. Ray, G. Singh, M. Spivak, K. Traynor..., 2023, In: Insectes Sociaux

Six years of wild bee monitoring shows changes in biodiversity within and across years and declines in abundance
Nash E. Turley, David J. Biddinger, Neelendra K. Joshi, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Aug 2022, In: Ecology and Evolution

The diversity, evolution, and development of setal morphologies in bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.)
Heather M. Hines, Shelby Kerrin Kilpatrick, István Mikó, Daniel Snellings, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Li Tian, Dec 2022, In: PeerJ

Scientists' warning on climate change and insects
Jeffrey A. Harvey, Kévin Tougeron, Rieta Gols, Robin Heinen, Mariana Abarca, Paul K. Abram, Yves Basset, Matty Berg, Carol Boggs, Jacques Brodeur, Pedro Cardoso, Jetske G. de Boer, Geert R. De Snoo, Charl Deacon, Jane E. Dell, Nicolas Desneux, Michael E. Dillon, Grant A. Duffy, Lee A. Dyer, Jacinth..., 2022, In: Ecological Monographs

Integrative approach resolves the taxonomy of Eulaema cingulata (Hymenoptera, Apidae), an important pollinator in the Neotropics
Tamires de Oliveira Andrade, Kelli dos Santos Ramos, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Michael G. Branstetter, Carlos Roberto F. Brandão, 2022, In: Journal of Hymenoptera Research

Squash bees host high diversity and prevalence of parasites in the northeastern United States
Laura J. Jones, Avehi Singh, Rudolf J. Schilder, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Nov 2022, In: Journal of invertebrate pathology

Creating a Virtual International Research Experience
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Julio V. Urbina, Alfonso I. Mejía, Luis O. Duque, Diego Riaño-Jimenez, Jose Ricardo Cure, Victor Ramos, Carlos Martel, Jose D. Fuentes, Victor H. González, 2022, In: American Entomologist

The Role of Pathogen Dynamics and Immune Gene Expression in the Survival of Feral Honey Bees
Chauncy Hinshaw, Kathleen C. Evans, Cristina Rosa, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Jan 13 2021, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Erratum
Shelby Kerrin Kilpatrick, Jason Gibbs, Martin M. Mikulas, Sven Erik Spichiger, Nancy Ostiguy, David J. Biddinger, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Feb 25 2021, In: Journal of Hymenoptera Research

Combined effects of oxalic acid sublimation and brood breaks on Varroa mite (Varroa destructor) and deformed wing virus levels in newly established honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies
Kathleen C. Evans, Robyn M. Underwood, Margarita M. López-Uribe, 2021, In: Journal of Apicultural Research

Honey bee viruses are highly prevalent but at low intensities in wild pollinators of cucurbit agroecosystems
Laura J. Jones, Ryan P. Ford, Rudolf J. Schilder, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Oct 2021, In: Journal of invertebrate pathology

Wild Bees
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Jan 1 2021, In: Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner

Wild bumble bee colony abundance, scaled by field size, predicts pollination services
C. M. McGrady, J. P. Strange, M. M. López-Uribe, S. J. Fleischer, Sep 2021, In: Ecosphere

Overlap of Ecological Niche Breadth of Euglossa cordata and Eulaema nigrita (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini) Accessed by Pollen Loads and Species Distribution Modeling
Elder Assis Miranda, Irailde do Nascimento Lima, Cíntia A. Oi, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Marco Antonio Del Lama, Breno Magalhães Freitas, Cláudia Inês Silva, 2021, In: Neotropical Entomology

An updated checklist of the bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophila) of Pennsylvania, United States of America
Shelby Kerrin Kilpatrick, Jason Gibbs, Martin M. Mikulas, Sven Erik Spichiger, Nancy Ostiguy, David J. Biddinger, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Jun 29 2020, In: Journal of Hymenoptera Research

A new ingestion bioassay protocol for assessing pesticide toxicity to the adult Japanese orchard bee (Osmia cornifrons)
Ngoc T. Phan, Neelendra K. Joshi, Edwin G. Rajotte, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Fang Zhu, David J. Biddinger, Dec 1 2020, In: Scientific reports

Correction
Anthony D. Vaudo, David J. Biddinger, Wiebke Sickel, Alexander Keller, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Aug 1 2020, In: Royal Society Open Science

Introduced bees (Osmia cornifrons) collect pollen from both coevolved and novel host-plant species within their family-level phylogenetic preferences
Anthony D. Vaudo, David J. Biddinger, Wiebke Sickel, Alexander Keller, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Jul 1 2020, In: Royal Society Open Science

Defining Pollinator Health
Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe, Vincent A. Ricigliano, Michael Simone-Finstrom, Feb 15 2020, In: Annual Review of Animal Biosciences

Diversity Statements in Entomology
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Sep 21 2020, In: American Entomologist

Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees
S. Hollis Woodard, Sarah Federman, Rosalind R. James, Bryan N. Danforth, Terry L. Griswold, David Inouye, Quinn S. McFrederick, Lora Morandin, Deborah L. Paul, Elizabeth Sellers, James P. Strange, Mace Vaughan, Neal M. Williams, Michael G. Branstetter, Casey T. Burns, James Cane, Alison B. Cariveau,..., Dec 2020, In: Biological Conservation

Beekeeping management practices are associated with operation size and beekeepers’ philosophy towards in-hive chemicals
Robyn M. Underwood, Brenna E. Traver, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Jan 1 2019, In: Insects

Do Bee Wings Adapt for Flight in Urban Environments?
Deanna E. Beasley, Jacquelyn L. Fitzgerald, Alison Fowler, Kirsten Keleher, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Robert R. Dunn, May 2019, In: Southeastern Naturalist

A glance of the blood stage transcriptome of a Southeast Asian Plasmodium ovale isolate
Awtum M. Brashear, Wanlapa Roobsoong, Faiza A. Siddiqui, Wang Nguitragool, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Jun Miao, Liwang Cui, 2019, In: PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Small but critical
Sarah Cusser, Carolina Grando, Maria Imaculada Zucchi, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Nathaniel S. Pope, Kimberly Ballare, Danielle Luna-Lucena, Eduardo A.B. Almeida, John L. Neff, Kenneth Young, Shalene Jha, Jul 1 2019, In: Landscape Ecology

A trait-based approach to predict population genetic structure in bees
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Shalene Jha, Antonella Soro, Apr 2019, In: Molecular ecology

Special issue
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Michael Simone-Finstrom, Jan 1 2019, In: Insects

Ecology in the sixth mass extinction
Elsa Youngsteadt, Margarita Maria Lopez-Uribe, Clyde E. Sorenson, May 1 2019, In: Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Phylogeny, new generic-level classification, and historical biogeography of the Eucera complex (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
A. Dorchin, M. M. López-Uribe, C. J. Praz, T. Griswold, B. N. Danforth, Feb 2018, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Two colors, one species
C. Grando, N. D. Amon, S. J. Clough, N. Guo, W. Wei, P. Azevedo, M. M. López-Uribe, M. I. Zucchi, Oct 2018, In: Sociobiology

External immunity in ant societies
Clint A. Penick, Omar Halawani, Bria Pearson, Stephanie Mathews, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Robert R. Dunn, Adrian A. Smith, Feb 2018, In: Royal Society Open Science

The role of citizen science in addressing grand challenges in food and agriculture research
S. F. Ryan, N. L. Adamson, A. Aktipis, L. K. Andersen, R. Austin, L. Barnes, M. R. Beasley, K. D. Bedell, S. Briggs, B. Chapman, C. B. Cooper, J. O. Corn, N. G. Creamer, J. A. Delborne, P. Domenico, E. Driscoll, J. Goodwin, A. Hjarding, J. M. Hulbert, S. Isard, M. G. Just, K. Kar Gupta, M. M. López..., Nov 21 2018, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Opening the Door to the Past
Anthony D. Vaudo, Megan L. Fritz, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Sep 1 2018, In: Insect Systematics and Diversity

Efficacy of different methods of oxalic acid application
Kathleen C. Evans, Nancy Ostiguy, Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe, May 2017, In: American Bee Journal

Physiological thermal limits predict differential responses of bees to urban heat-island effects
April L. Hamblin, Elsa Youngsteadt, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Steven D. Frank, Jun 1 2017, In: Biology Letters

Developing educational resources for population genetics in R
Zhian N. Kamvar, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Simone Coughlan, Niklaus J. Grünwald, Hilmar Lapp, Stéphanie Manel, Jan 1 2017, In: Molecular Ecology Resources

Conservation genetics of bees
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Antonella Soro, Shalene Jha, Jun 1 2017, In: Conservation Genetics

Higher immunocompetence is associated with higher genetic diversity in feral honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera)
Margarita M. López-Uribe, R. Holden Appler, Elsa Youngsteadt, Robert R. Dunn, Steven D. Frank, David R. Tarpy, Feb 21 2017, In: Conservation Genetics

Inducible versus constitutive social immunity
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Andrea Fitzgerald, Michael Simone-Finstrom, May 31 2017, In: Royal Society Open Science

Distribution, habitat use and plant associations of Moluchia brevipennis (Saussure, 1864) (Blattodea: Ectobiidae)
Constanza Schapheer, Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe, Alejandro Vera, Cristian A. Villagra, Oct 10 2016, In: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia

Crop domestication facilitated rapid geographical expansion of a specialist pollinator, the squash bee Peponapis pruinosa
Margarita M. López-Uribe, James H. Cane, Robert L. Minckley, Bryan N. Danforth, Jun 29 2016, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Reduced cellular immune response in social insect lineages
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Warren B. Sconiers, Steven D. Frank, Robert R. Dunn, David R. Tarpy, Mar 1 2016, In: Biology Letters

T. B. Mitchell
Elsa Youngsteadt, Heather Moylett, Margarita M. López-Uribe, April Hamblin, Sep 2016, In: American Entomologist

Nest suitability, fine-scale population structure and male-mediated dispersal of a solitary ground nesting bee in an urban landscape
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Stephen J. Morreale, Christine K. Santiago, Bryan N. Danforth, May 7 2015, In: PloS one

Seasonal cycles, phylogenetic assembly, and functional diversity of orchid bee communities
Santiago R. Ramírez, Carlos Hernández, Andres Link, Margarita M. López-Uribe, May 1 2015, In: Ecology and Evolution

Urbanization increases pathogen pressure on feral and managed honey bees
Elsa Youngsteadt, R. Holden Appler, Margarita M. López-Uribe, David R. Tarpy, Steven D. Frank, Nov 4 2015, In: PloS one

Climate, physiological tolerance and sex-biased dispersal shape genetic structure of Neotropical orchid bees
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Kelly R. Zamudio, Carolina F. Cardoso, Bryan N. Danforth, Apr 2014, In: Molecular ecology

Discovery and characterization of microsatellites for the solitary bee Colletes inaequalis using Sanger and 454 pyrosequencing
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Christine K. Santiago, Steve M. Bogdanowicz, Bryan N. Danforth, Mar 2013, In: Apidologie

Non-lethal method of DNA sampling in euglossine bees supported by mark-recapture experiments and microsatellite genotyping
Cíntia Akemi Oi, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Marcelo Cervini, Marco Antonio Del Lama, Oct 2013, In: Journal of Insect Conservation

Isolation and cross-species characterization of polymorphic microsatellites for the orchid bee Eulaema meriana (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini)
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Amy N. Green, Santiago R. Ramírez, Steve M. Bogdanowicz, Bryan N. Danforth, Jan 2011, In: Conservation Genetics Resources

Large-range movements of neotropical orchid bees observed via radio telemetry
Martin Wikelski, Jerry Moxley, Alexander Eaton-Mordas, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Richard Holland, David Moskowitz, David W. Roubik, Roland Kays, 2010, In: PloS one

Nectar-foraging behavior of Euglossine bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in urban areas
Margarita María López-Uribe, Cintia Akemi Oi, Marco Antonio Del Lama, Jul 2008, In: Apidologie

Allozyme variation and sociogenetic structure of Polistes satan Bequaert 1940 colonies (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
Jane Cristina Wehren Gaspar, Margarita María López-Uribe, Marco Antônio Del Lama, Mar 2007, In: Genetics and Molecular Biology

Diploid male frequencies in Colombian populations of euglossine bees
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Maria T. Almanza, Marina Ordoñez, Sep 2007, In: Biotropica

Molecular identification of species of the genus Euglossa Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Euglossini)
Margarita M. López-Uribe, Marco A. Del Lama, 2007, In: Neotropical Entomology