Books

Breed, M.D., Michener, C.D., Evans, H.E., eds.  1982.    The biology of social insects:  Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the IUSSI.  Westview Press:  Boulder.  419 + xii pp.

 Breed, M. D., Page, R. E., eds.  1988.  The Genetics of Social Evolution.  Westview Press:  Boulder.  213pp.

M. Spivak, Fletcher, D.J.C., Breed, M.D., eds.  1991. The "African" Honey Bee.  Westview Press:  Boulder.  411 pp.

Vander Meer, R.  M.  Breed, M.  D., Winston, M.  L., Espelie, K.  E.  eds.  1998.  Pheromone Communication In Social Insects.  Westview Press: Boulder.  368 pp.

Journal Publications and Chapters

 1. Breed, M. D.  2004.  Bee Dances, Chemical Communication, Insects in the Classroom.  Articles in The Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, M. Bekoff, ed.  Greenwood Publishing.  In press.

2. B. J. Freiburger, M. D. Breed and J. L. Metcalf.   2004.  Mating frequency, within-colony relatedness and male production in a yellow jacket wasp, Dolichovespula arenaria.  Molecular Ecology in press.

3. Tillberg, C. V., Breed, M. D. 2004 Placing an omnivore in a complex food web: stable isotope analysis of dietary contributions to adult biomass of an ant. Biotropica 36 (2): 266-272.

4. Breed, M. D., Diaz, P. H., Lucero, K. D. 2004.  Behavioural Tests of Models for Information Processing in Nestmate Recognition by Honey Bees, Apis mellifera.  Anim. Behav. 68:921-928.

5. Breed, M. D., Perry, S., Bjostad, L. B. 2004. Testing the blank slate hypothesis: why honey bee colonies accept young bees.  Insectes Sociaux. 51 (1): 12-16.

6. Breed, M. D., Guzm?-Novoa, E., Hunt, G. J. 2004.  Defensive behavior of honey bees: Organization, genetics, and comparisons with other bees. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 49: 271-298.

7. Breed, M. D. 2003. Nestmate Recognition Assays As a Tool for Population and Ecological Studies in Eusocial Insects: A Review.  J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 76: 539-550.

8. Breed, M. D., D. B. Williams, and A. Queral.  2002. Demand for task performance and workforce replacement: Undertakers in honeybee, Apis mellifera, colonies. Journal of Insect Behavior 15: 319-329.

9. Breed, M. D. 2002.  Allometry in the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata. Insectes Sociaux 49: 125-128.

10. Breed M. D., E. M. Stocker, L. K. Baumgartner, and S. A. Vargas.  2002. Time-place learning and the ecology of recruitment in a stingless bee, Trigona amalthea (Hymenoptera, Apidae).  Apidologie 33: 251-258.

11. Pearce, A. N., Z.-Y. Huang, and M. D. Breed.  2001.  Genetic and endocrine correlations of aggressive  behavior in honey bees.  Journal of Insect Physiology 47: 1243-1247.

12. Wager, B. R. and M. D. Breed.  2000.  Does honey bee sting alarm pheromone give orientation information to defensive bees?  Ann. Ent. Soc. Am.  93:1329-1332.

13. Breed, M. D., T.P. McGlynn, E. M. Stocker and A. N. Klein 1999.  Thief workers and variation in nestmate recognition behavior in a ponerine ant, Ectatomma ruidum.  Insectes Sociaux.  46:327-331.

14. Breed, M.  D., T.  McGlynn, E.  Stocker, M. Sanctuary, R.  Cruz.  1999.  Meliponine bees: distribution and abundance in a tropical wet forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 15:765-777.

15. Breed. M. D. 1999.  How do animals communicate?  Quarterly Review of Biology. 74:205-207. (lead book review)

16. Breed, M.  D.  1998.  Chemical cues in kin recognition: Criteria for identification, experimental approaches, and the honey bee as an example.  In Chemical communication in social insects, R.  K.  Vander Meer, M.  L.  Winston, K.  E. Espelie and M.  D.  Breed, eds. Westview Press: Boulder, pp.  57-78.

17. Breed, M. D., Leger, E. A., Pearce, A. N., Wang, Y. J.  1998.  Comb wax effects on the ontogeny of honey bee nestmate recognition.  Anim. Behav.  55:13-20.

18. Breed, M.  D. 1998.   Recognition pheromones on the honey bee.  Bioscience.  48:463-470.

19. Bowden, R.  M., Williamson, S., Breed, M. D. 1998.  Floral oils: Their effect on nestmate recognition in the Honey Bee,Apis mellifera.  Insectes Sociaux.  45:209-214.

20. Cunard, S. J. and Breed, M. D.  1998.  Post-stinging behavior of worker honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 91:754-757.

21. Jeral, J.  M., Breed, M.  D., Hibbard, B.  E. 1997.  Thief ants have reduced quantities of cuticular hydrocarbons in a ponerine ant, Ectatomma ruidum.  Physiol.  Entomol.22:207-211.

22. Mann, C.  A.  and Breed, M.  D.  1997.  Olfaction in guard honey bee discrimination of non-nestmates.  Ann.  Entomol.  Soc.  Am.  90:844-847.

23. Fewell, J. H., Harrison, J. F., Lighton, J. R. B., Breed, M. D.  1996. Foraging energetics in of the ant, Paraponera clavata.  Oecologia 105:419-427.

24. Breed, M. D., Bowden, R. M., Garry, M. F., Weicker, A.  1996. Search time variation in response to differences in nectar quantity and quality in the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata. J. Insect Behav. 9:659-672.Breed, M. D., Stierstorfer, C., Furness, E., Jeral, J, Fewell, J. 1996.  Individual constancy of localized search in the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata. J. Insect Behav. 9:673-682.

25. Smith, B. H. and Breed, M. D.  1995.  The chemical basis for nestmate recognition and mate discrimination in social insects.  in Chemical Ecology of Insects II, R. T. Carde and W. J. Bell, eds.  Chapman and Hall:  New York.  pp. 287-317.

26. Breed, M. D., Page, R. E. Jr., Bjostad, L., Hibbard, B.  1995.  Genetic components of variation in comb wax hydrocarbons produced by honey bees.  J. Chem. Ecol.  21:1329-1338.

27. Breed, M. D., Garry, M. F., Pearce, A. N., Bjostad, L., Hibbard, B.,  Page, R. E. 1995.  The role of wax comb in honey bee nestmate recognition:  Genetic effects on comb discrimination, acquisition of comb cues by bees, and passage of cues among individuals.  Anim. Behav.  50:489-496.

28. Bowden, R. M., Garry, M. F., Breed, M. D. 1994.   Discrimination of con- and heterospecific bees by Trigona (Tetragonisca) angustula guards.  J. Kansas Entomol. Soc.  67:137-139.

29. Breed, M. D.,  Welch, C. K., Cruz, R.  1994.   Kin discrimination within honey bee colonies:  An analysis of the evidence.  Behav. Proc. 33:25-40.

30. Breed, M. D.  1993.  Odour detection in bees.  Nature.  362:120.

31. Breed, M. D. and Stiller, T. M. 1992.  Honey bee,  Apis mellifera, nestmate discrimination:  hydrocarbons effects and the evolutionary implications of comb choice.  Anim. Behav.  43:875-883.

32. Breed, M. D., Snyder, L. E., Lynn, T. L., Morhart, J. A.  1992.  Acquired chemical camouflage in a tropical ant.  Anim. Behav. 44:519-523.

33. Breed, M. D. and G. Julian.  1992.  Honey bee nestmate recognition:  Simple rules do not apply.   Nature.  357:685-686.

34. Breed, M. D., Smith, T. A., and Torres, A. 1992.  Guard honey bees:  role in nestmate recognition and replacement.  Annals  Entomol. Soc. Am.  85:633-637.

35. Breed, M. D., Stiller, T. M., Blum, M. S., and Page, R. E., Jr.  1992.  Honey bee nestmate recognition: effects of queen fecal pheromones.  J. Chem. Ecol.  18:1633-1640.

36. Fewell, J. H., Harrison, J. F., Stiller, T. M., Breed, M. D.  1992.  A cost benefit analysis of distance effects on foraging and recruitment in the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata.  Oecologia.  92:542-547.

37. Spivak, M., Breed, M. D. 1991.  Introduction.  in The "African" Honey Bee.  M. Spivak, D. J. C. Fletcher and M. D. Breed, eds.  Westview Press:  Boulder.  pp. 1-9.

38. Breed, M.D.  1991.  Defensive behavior.  in The "African" Honey Bee.  M. Spivak, D.J.C. Fletcher and M.D. Breed, eds. Westview Press:  Boulder.  pp. 299-308.

39. Breed, M. D., Rogers, K. D.  1991.  The behavioral genetics of colony defense in honey bees: Genetic variability for guarding behavior.  Behav. Genet. 21:295-303.

40. Breed, M. D., Stiller, T. M., Fewell, J. F., Harrison, J. M.  1991.  Territoriality and nestmate discrimination in the giant tropical ant.  Biotropica 23:301-306.

41. Breed, M. D., Page, R. E.  1991.  Intra- and interspecific nestmate recognition and colony defense in Melipona workers.  J. Insect Behav.  4:463-469.

42. Breed, M. D. 1991.   Social Dominance.  McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.

43. Page, R. E., Breed, M. D., Getz, W. M.  1990.  Reply to Carlin and Frumhoff.  Nature  346:707.

44. Breed, M. D., Abel, P., Bleuze, T. J., Denton, S. E.  1990.  Thievery, home ranges, and nestmate recognition in Ectatomma ruidum.  Oecologia  84:117-121.

45. Breed, M. D., Robinson, G. E., Page, R. E.  1990.  Division of labor during honey bee colony defense.  Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol.  27:395-401.

46. Breed, M. D.  1990.  The behavioral genetics of social insects:  An overview.  in Social insects and the environment.  G. K. Veeresh, B. Mallik, and C. A. Viraktamath, eds.  Oxford & IBH: New Delhi.  pp. 495-496. 

47. Breed, M.D., Rogers, K.B., Hunley, J.A., Moore, A.J. 1989.  A correlation between guard behavior and defensive response in the honey bee.  Anim. Behav.  37:515-516.

48. Breed, M.D., Harrison, J.  1989.  Arboreal nesting in the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata.  J. Kansas Entomol. Soc.  62:133-135.

49. Harrison, J. F., Fewell, J. H., Stiller, T. M., Breed, M. D.  1989.  Effects of experience on use of orientation cues in the giant tropical ant.  Anim. Behav.  37:869-871.

50. Moore, A.M., Ciccone, W., Breed, M.D.  1988.   The influence of social experience on the behavior of male cockroaches, Nauphoeta cinerea.  J. Insect Behav.  1:157-168.

51. Breed, M.D., Stiller, T.M., Moor, M.J.  1988.   The ontogeny of kin discrimination cues in the honey bee, Apis mellifera.  Behavioral Genetics.  18:439-448.

52. Breed, M.D., Harrison, J.  1988.   Individually discriminable trails in a ponerine ant.  Insectes Sociaux.  34:222-226.

53. Breed, M.D., Harrison, J.  1988.   Caste in the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata.  J. Kansas Entomol. Soc.  61:285-290.

54. Breed, M. D., Fewell, J. H., Williams, K. R.  1988.   Wax mediates the acquisition of honey bee nestmate recognition cues.  Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.  85:8766-8769.

55. Breed, M.D.  1988.   The guard bee and honey bee defensive behavior.  in Proceedings of the Africanized Honey Bee and Mite Conference, R.E. Page, G. Needham, M. Delfinado-Baker, eds.  Ellis Horwood Publishing Co.  pp. 105-109.

56. Breed, M.D.  1988.   Genetics and labour in bees.  Nature 333:299.

57. Blaustein, A.R., Porter, R.H., Breed, M.D.  1988.   Kin recognition in animals.  Empirical evidence and conceptual issues.  Behavioral Genetics.  18:405-407.

58. Breed, M.D.  1988.   Introduction:  Theory and empirical results in sociogenetics.  In Genetics of Social Evolution.  M.D. Breed and R.E. Page, eds.  Westview Press:  Boulder.  pp 1-13.

59. Moore, A.M., Breed, M.D., Moor, M.J. 1987.  The guard honey bee; ontogeny and behavioral variability of workers performing a specialized task.  Anim. Behav.  35:1159-1167.

60. Breed, M.D., Bennett, B.  1987.   Kin recognition in highly eusocial insects.  in Kin recognition.  D.J.C. Fletcher and C.D. Michener, eds.  John Wiley:  New York.  pp. 243-285.

61. Breed, M.D., Fewell, J.H., Moore, A.J., Williams, K.  1987.  Modulated recruitment in a ponerine ant.  Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol.  20:407-411.

62. Harrison, J., Breed, M.D.  1987.   Temporal learning in a ponerine ant.  Physiol. Entomol.  12:317-320.

63. Page, R.E., Breed M.D.  1987.   Kin recognition in social bees.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution.  2:272-275.

64. Breed, M.D.  1987.   Multiple inputs in the nestmate discrimination system of the honey bee.  in Chemistry and Biology of Social Insects.  J. Eder, H. Rembold, eds.  Verlag J. Peperny:  Munich.  pp. 461-462.

65. Moore, A.M., Breed, M.D. 1986. Mate assessment in a cockroach, Nauphoeta cinerea.  Anim. Behav. 34:1160-1165.

66. Breed, M.D., Bennett, B.  1986.  Learning and genetic influences in the discrimination of colony members by social Hymenoptera.  The Individual and Society, L. Passera and J.P. Lachaud, eds.  Privat Publishers.  pp. 21-30.

67. Bennett, B. Breed, M.D.  1985.   The nesting biology, mating behavior and foraging ecology of Peridita opuntiae.  J. Kansas Entomol. Soc.  58:185-194.

68. Bennett, B., Breed, M.D.  1985.   On the association between Pentaclethra macroloba (Mimosacae) and Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera:  Formicidae) colonies.  Biotropica.  17:253-255.

69. Breed, M.D., Butler, L., Stiller, T.M.  1985.   Kin recognition by worker honey bees in genetically mixed groups.  Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.  82:3058-3061.

70. Breed, M.D.  1985.   How bees recognize their nestmates:  A re-evaluation from new evidence.  Bee World.  66:113-118.

71. Breed, M.D., Bennett, B.  1985.   Mass recruitment to nectar sources in Paraponera clavata:  A field study.  Insectes Sociaux  33:198-208. 

72. Breed, M.D.  1985.   Learning and genetic influences in the discrimination of colony members by social Hymenoptera.  Proc. 19th Internat. Conference Ethology.  3:49-57.

73. Breed, M.D. 1984.  The ontogeny of orphaned honeybee queen-worker relationships:  A quantitative analysis.  Annals of Entomology.  2:27-37.

74. Evans, L.D., Breed, M.D.  1984.  Sibling associations in a cockroach, Leucophea maderae.  Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer.  77:574-577.

75. Breed, M.D., Velthuis, H.H.W. Robinson, G.E.  1984.  Do worker honey bees discriminate among larval genotypes?  Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am.  77:737-739.

76. Breed, M.D.  1983.   Cockroach mating systems.  In Orthopteran Mating Systems, D.T. Gwynne, and G.K. Morris, eds.  Westview Press:  Boulder.  pp. 268-284.

77. Breed, M.D. 1983.  Nestmate recognition in honeybees.  Anim. Behav.  31:86-91.

78. Breed, M.D., Bell, W.J.  1983.  Hormonal control of aggression in invertebrates.  In Hormones and Aggressive Behavior.  B. Svare, ed., Plenum Press:  New York.  pp. 577-590.

79. Breed, M.D.  1983.  The anatomy of the neuroendocrine system of the honey bee:  Neurosecretory relationships with the retrocerebral complex.  J. Apicult. Res.  22:9-16.

80. Hales, R.A., Breed, M.D.  1983.  Female calling and reproductive behavior in the Brown Banded Cockroach.  Supella longipalpa (F.).  Ann. Entomol.  Soc. Amer.  76:239-241.

81. Breed, M.D.  1983.  Correlations between juvenile hormone and aggressive behavior in worker honeybees.  Insectes Sociaux  30:482-495.

82. Smith, S.K., Breed, M.D.  1982.   Olfactory cues in discrimination among individuals in dominance hierarchies in the cockroach, Nauphoeta cinerea.  Physiol. Entomol.  7:337-341.

83. Breed, M.D.  1982.  Juvenile hormone and aggression in the honey bee.  In The biology of social insects:  Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the IUSSI, M.D. Breed, C.D. Michener, and H.E. Evans, eds. Westview Press:  Boulder.  pp. 233-237.

84. Breed, M.D., Meaney, C., Deuth, D.  1981.  Agnostic interactions of two cockroach species, Gromphadorhina portentosa and Supella longipalpa.  J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 54:197-208.

85. Breed, M.D.. Bekoff, M.  1981.  Individual recognition and social relationships.  J. Theoret. Biol.  88:589-593.

86. Breed, M.D.  1981.  Individual recognition and learning of queen odors by worker honeybees (Apis mellifera).  Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.  78:2635-2637.

87. Breed, M.D., Smith, S., Gall, B.G.  1980.  Systems of mate selection in a cockroach with male dominance hierarchies.  Anim. Behav.  28:130-134.

88. Breed, M.D., Rasmussen, C.D.  1980.       Behavioral strategies during intermale agonistic encounters in a cockroach.  Anim. Behav.  28:1063-1069.

89. Snyder, G.K., Ungerman, G., Breed, M.D.  1980.  Effects of hypoxia, hypercapnia, and pH on ventilation rate in Nauphoeta cinera.  J. Insect Physiol.  26:699-702.

90. Bell, W.J. , Gorton, R.E., Tourtellot, M.K. Breed, M.D.  1979.   Comparison of male agonistic behavior in five species of cockroaches.  Insectes Sociaux 26:252-263.

91. Michener, C.D., Breed, M.D., Bell, W.J.  1979.   Seasonal cycles, nests, and social behavior of some Columbian Halictine bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea).  Revista de Biologia Tropical 27:13-34.

92. Breed, M.D., Byers, J.  1979.   The effect of population density on spacing patterns and behavioral interactions in the cockroach, Byrsotria fumigata.  Behav. Neural. Biology 27:523-531.

93. Bell, W.J., Robinson, S., Tourtellot, M.S., Breed, M.D. 1978.   An ethometric analysis of agonistic behavior and social hierarchies in the cockroach Eublaberus posticus.  Z. Tierpsych.  48:202-218.

94. Breed, M.D., Silverman, J.M., Bell, W.J.  1978.   Agnostic behavior, social interactions and behavioral specialization in a primitively eusocial bee.  Insectes Sociaux 25:351-364.

95. Breed, M.D., Gamboa, G.J. 1977.       Control of worker activities by queen behavior in a primitively eusocial bee.  Science 195:694-696.

96. Kukuk, P., Breed, M.D., Sobti, A., Bell, W.J.  1977.  The contributions of kinship and conditioning to nest recognition and colony member recognition in a primitively eusocial bee, Lasioglossum zephyrum.  Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 2:319-327.

97. Breed, M.D.  1977.     Interactions among individuals and queen replacement in a primitively eusocial bee.  Proc. VIII Int. Cong. Int. Union for the Study of Social Insects, 228-231.

98. Breed, M.D.  1976.  The evolution of social behavior in primitively social bees:  a multivariate analysis.  Evolution  30:234-240.

99. Olomon, C.M., Breed, M.D., Bell, W.J.  1976.  Ontogenetic and temporal factors affecting agonistic behavior in the American cockroach Periplanteta americana.  Behav. Biol.  17:243-248.

100. Breed, M.D. 1975.  Life cycle and behavior of a primitively social bee, Lasioglossum rohweri (Hymenoptera: Halictidae).  J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 48:64-80.

101. Breed, M.D., Hinkle, C.M., Bell, W.J.  1975.  Agonostic behavior in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica.  Z. Tierpsych. 29:24-32.

102. Breed, M.D.  1975.  Sociality and seasonal size variation in halictine bees.  Insectes Sociaux 22:372-380.

103. Bell, W.J., Breed, M.D. Richards, K.W., Michener, C.D. 1974.        Social, stimulatory and motivational factors involved in intraspecific nest defense of a primatively eusocial bee.  J. Comp. Physiol. 93:173-181.

104. Breed, M.D.  1967.  Zone refining of a C-11 fluroalcohol.  Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci.  70:149-50.