Arrigo Moro

I am a veterinarian and honey bee research scientist. I have also been engaged in professional beekeeping for over 15 years. During my doctoral research, conducted at the Institute of Bee Health in Bern, Switzerland, I've studied managed honey bee populations surviving Varroa destructor through natural selection. Currently, I work as a Post-Doc researcher at the Galway Honey Bee Research Center within the University of Galway, Ireland. My work involves the study of free-living honey bee colonies across the country. I am also a co-founder and director of Honey Bee Watch, an international coalition dedicated to the study of wild and untreated surviving honey bees.

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Publications

2024 Moro et al., 2024. A Protocol for Monitoring Populations of Free-Living Western Honey Bees in Temperate Regions. Bee World, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1080/0005772X.2024.2402109

Lefebre et al., 2024. Allele Frequencies of Genetic Variants Associated with Varroa Drone Brood Resistance (DBR) in Apis mellifera Subspecies across the European Continent. Insects, 15(6), 419. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15060419

Van Dooremalen et al., 2024. Bridging the Gap between Field Experiments and Machine Learning: The EC H2020 B-GOOD Project as a Case Study towards Automated Predictive Health Monitoring of Honey Bee Colonies. Insects, 15(1), 76. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15010076
2023 Smith, Moro & McCormack, 2023. Exploring a Potential Avenue for Beekeeping in Ireland: Safeguarding Locally Adapted Honeybees for Breeding Varroa-Resistant Lines. Insects, 14(10), 827. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14100827
2021 Dall’Olio et al., 2021. COLOSS Survivors Task Force: Global Efforts to Improve Honey Bee Colony Survival. Bee World, 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/0005772X.2021.1988445

Moro et al., 2021. Using Citizen Science to scout honey bee colonies that naturally survive Varroa destructor infestations. Insects, 12(6), 536. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12060536

Moro et al., 2021. Host-parasite co-evolution in real-time: Changes in honey bee resistance mechanisms and mite reproductive strategies. Insects, 12(2), 120. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12020120

Moro et al., 2021. Adaptive population structure shifts in invasive parasitic mites, Varroa destructor. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7272
2019 Beaurepaire et al., 2019. Population genetics of ectoparasitic mites suggest arms race with honeybee hosts. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 11355. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47801-5

Blacquière et al., 2019. Darwinian black box selection for resistance to settled invasive Varroa destructor parasites in honey bees. Biological Invasions, 21(8), 2519–2528. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02001-0

Moro & Mutinelli, 2019. Field evaluation of Maqs® and Api-Bioxal® for late summer control of Varroa mite infestation in Northesastern Italy. Journal of Apicultural Research, 58(1), 53–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2018.1494921