Authored Books:

• Page, R. E. 2013. The Spirit of the Hive: the mechanisms of social evolution. Harvard University Press, Cambridge.
• Laidlaw, H. H. and R. E. Page. 1998. Queen Rearing and Bee Breeding. Wicwas Press.           

Publications:

• Y. Wang, J. B. Campbell, O. Kaftanoglu, R. E. Page, G. V. Amdam, J. F. Harrison. 2016. Larval starvation improves metabolic response to adult starvation in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.).Journal of Experimental Biology 219 (7), 960-968.
• Y. Wang, O. Kaftanoglu, C. S. Brent, R. E. Page, G. V. 2016. Amdam. Starvation stress during larval development facilitates an adaptive response in adult worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.).Journal of Experimental Biology 219 (7), 949-959.
• D. A. Galbraith, Y. Wang, G. V. Amdam, R. E. Page, C. M. Grozinger. 2015. Reproductive physiology mediates honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker responses to social cues. Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 69 (9), 1511-1518.
• K.. E. Ihle, O. Rueppell, Z. Y. Huang, Y. Wang, M. K. Fondrk, R. E. Page Jr. 2015. Genetic architecture of a hormonal response to gene knockdown in honey bees. Journal of Heredity 106 (2), 155-165.
• Kirsten S. Traynor, Yves Le Conte, and Robert E. Page Jr. 2015. Age matters: pheromone profiles of larvae differentially influence foraging behaviour in the honeybee, Apis mellifera. Animal Behaviour. 99: 1-8.
• K..S. Traynor, Y. Le Conte, R. E. Page. 2014. Queen and young larval pheromones impact nursing and reproductive physiology of honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers.Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 68 (12), 2059-2073.
• R. E. Page, E. R Nash, E. H. Erickson. 2014. Use of honey yield data to assess damage to the beekeeping industry of the United States. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America 33 (3), 190-194.
• Wang, Y., O. Kaftanoglu, M. K. Fondrk, R. E. Page. 2014. Nurse bee behaviour manipulates worker honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) reproductive development. Animal Behavior 92: 253-261.
• Siegel A. J., M. K. Fondrk, G. V. Amdam and R. E. Page. 2013. In hive patterns of temporal polyethism in strains of honey bees (Apis mellifera) with distinct genetic backgrounds. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 67: 1623-1632.
• Siegel, A. J., C. Freedman, and R. E. Page. 2012. Ovarian control of nectar collection in the honey bee (Apis mellifera). PLoS One 7(4): e33465.
• Wang, Y., S. D. Kocher, T. A. Linksvayer, C. M. Grozinger, R. E. Page, and G. V. Amdam. 2012. Regulation of behaviorally associated gene networks in worker honey bee ovaries. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 124-134.
• Siegel, A. J., O. Kaftanoglu, M. K. Fondrk, N. R. Smith, and R. E. Page. 2012. Ovarian regulation of foraging division of labor in Africanized backcross and pollen-hoarding honeybees. Animal Behavior 83: 653-658.
• Leimar, O., K. Hartfelder, M. D. Laubichler, and R. E. Page. 2012. Development and evolution of caste dimorphism in honey bees -- a modeling approach. Ecology and Evolution 2: 3098-3109.
• Page, R. E., M. K. Fondrk, and O. Rueppell. 2012. Complex pleiotropy characterizes the pollen hoarding syndrome in worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66: 1459-1466.
• Ament, S. A., C. A. Blatti, C. Alaux, M. M. Wheeler, A. L. Toth, Y. Le Conte, G. J. Hunt, E. Guzmán-Novoa, G. DeGrandi-Hoffman, J. L. Uribe-Rubio, G. V. Amdam, R. E. Page, S. L. Rodriguez-Zas, G. E. Robinson, and S. Sinha. 2012. New meta-analysis tools reveal common transcriptional regulatory basis for multiple determinants of behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 109: E1801–E1810.
• Strassmann, J. E., R. E. Page, G. E. Robinson, and T. D. Seeley. Brief Communication Arising: Kin selection and eusociality. 2011. Nature 471, doi:10.1038/nature09833.
• Linksvayer, T. A., O. Kaftanoglu, E. Akyol, S. Blatch, G. V. Amdam, and R. E. Page. 2011. Larval and nurse worker control of developmental plasticity and the evolution of honey bee queen-worker dimorphism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 1939-1948.
• Rueppell, O., J. D. Metheny, T. Linksvayer, M. K. Fondrk, R. E. Page, and G. V. Amdam. 2011. Genetic architecture of ovary size and asymmetry in European honeybee workers. Heredity 106: 894-903. 
• Kaftanoglu, O., T. A. Linksvayer, and R. E. Page. 2011. Rearing honey bees, Apis mellifera, in vitro 1: Effects of sugar concentrations on survival and development. Journal of Insect Science 11: article 96.
• Graham, A. M., M. D. Munday, O. Kaftanoglu, R. E. Page, G. V. Amdam, and O. Rueppell. 2011. Support for the reproductive ground plan hypothesis of social evolution and major QTL for ovary traits of Africanized worker honey bees (Apis mellifera L.).  BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:95.
• Kaftanoglu, O., T. A. Linksvayer, and R. E. Page. 2010. Rearing honey bees (Apis  mellifera L.) in vitro: effects of feeding intervals on survival and development. Journal of Apicultural Research 49: 311-317.
• Sirviö, A., P. Pamilo, R. A. Johnson, R. E. Page, and J. Gadau. 2010. Origin and evolution of the dependent lineages in the genetic caste determination system of  Pogonomyrmex ants. Evolution 65: 869-884.
• Wang, Y., O. Kaftanoglu, A. Siegel, R. E. Page, and G. V. Amdam. 2010. Surgically increased ovarian mass in the honey bee confirms link between reproductive physiology and worker behavior. Journal of Insect Physiology 56: 1816-1824.
• Ihle, K. E., R. E. Page, K. Frederick, M. K. Fondrk, and G. V. Amdam. 2010. Genotypic effect on regulation of behaviour by vitellogenin supports reproductive origin of honeybee foraging bias. Animal Behavior 79:1001-1006.
• Amdam, G. V., R. E. Page, M. K. Fondrk, and C. S. Brent. 2010. Hormone response to bidirectional selection on social behavior. Evolution and Development 12: 428-436. [cover article]
• Wang, Y., G. V. Amdam, M. A. Wallrichs, M. K. Fondrk, O. Kaftanoglu, and R. E. Page. 2009. PDK1 and HR46 gene homologs tie social behavior to ovary signals. PLoS One 4: e4899.
• Amdam, G. V., O. Rueppell, M. K. Fondrk, R. E. Page, C. M. Nelson. 2009. The nurse’s load: early-life exposure to brood-rearing affects behavior and lifespan in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Experimental Gerontology 44: 467-471.
• Rueppell, O., O. Kaftanoglu, and R. E. Page. 2009. Honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers live longer in small than in large colonies. Experimental Gerontology 44: 447-452.
• Linksvayer, T. A., O. Rueppell, A. Siegel, O. Kaftanoglu, R. E. Page, and G. V. Amdam. 2009. The genetic basis of transgressive ovary size in honeybee workers. Genetics 2009 183: 693–707.  [cover article]
• Tsuruda, J. M. and R. E. Page. 2009. The effects of young brood on the foraging behavior of two strains of honey bees (Apis mellifera). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64: 161-167.
• Tsuruda, J. M. and R. E. Page. 2009. The effects of foraging role and genotype on light and sucrose responsiveness in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Behavioural Brain Research 205: 132-137.
• Amdam, G. V and R. E. Page. 2009. Oldroyd and Beekman do not test ground plan hypothesis that explains origins of social behavior. PLoS Biology 6, e56r2248.
• Linksvayer, T. A. and R.E. Page 2009. Honey bee social regulatory networks are shaped by colony-level selection. The American Naturalist 173 (3) E-article
• Al-Khafaji, K., S. Tuljapurkar, J. R. Carey, R. E. Page. 2009. Life in the colonies: Hierarchical demography of a social organism. Ecology 90: 556-566
• Tsuruda, J. M., G. V. Amdam, and R. E. Page. 2008. Sensory response system of social behavior tied to female reproductive traits. PLoS One 3: e3397.
• Page, R. E. 2008. Confessions of an evolutionary biologist. Biological Theory 2: 207-208. [Book review]
• Rueppell, O., C. Bachelier, M. K. Fondrk, and R. E. Page.  2007. Regulation of life history regulates lifespan of worker honey bees. Experimental Gerontology 42: 1020-1032.
• Page, R. E. and G. V. Amdam.  2007.  The making of a social insect: developmental architectures of social design.  Bioessays 29: 334-343. [cover article]
• Nelson, C.M., K.E. Ihle, M.K. Fondrk, R.E. Page,  G.V. Amdam.  2007. The gene vitellogenin has multiple coordinating effects on social organization.  PloS Biology 5: 673-677. [With synopsis]
• Rueppell, O., C. Bachelier, M. K. Fondrk, and R. E. Page.  2007.  Regulation of life history regulates lifespan of worker honey bees.  Experimental Gerontology 42: 1020-1032. 
• G. J. Hunt, G. V. Amdam, D. Schlipalius, C. Emore, N. Sardesai, C.  E. Williams, O. Rueppell, E. Guzmán-Novoa, M. Arechavaleta-Velasco, S. Chandra, M. K. Fondrk, M. Beye, R. E. Page.  2007.  Behavioral genomics of honeybee foraging and nest defense. Naturwissenschaften 94: 247-267. [cover article]
• M. Beye, I. Gattermeier, M. Hasselmann, T. Gempe, M. Schioett, J. Baines, D. Schlipalius, F. Mougel,  C. Emore, O. Rueppell, A. Sirviö,  E. Guzmán-Novoa, G. Hunt, M. Solignac, R. E. Page. 2006. Exceptionally high levels of recombination across the honey bee genome.  Genome Research  16: 1339-1344. [cover article]
• The Honeybee Genome Sequencing Consortium. 2006. Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera.  Nature 443: 931-949. [cover article]
• A Sirviö, J Gadau, O Rueppell, D Lamatsch, J Boomsma, P Pamilo, Robert Page. High recombination frequency creates genotypic diversity in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior. Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2006).
• G. Amdam, K. Norberg, Robert Page, J. Erber, R. Scheiner. Downregulation of vitellogenin gene activitiy increases the gustatory responsiveness of honey bee workers (Apis mellifera L.). Behavioral Brain Research (2006).
• Gro Amdam, A. Csondes, M. Fondrk, Robert Page. Complex social behaviour derived from maternal reproductive traits. Nature (2006).
• M Beye, O Rueppell, A Sirviö, E Guzmán-Novoa, G. Hunt, M. Solignac, Robert Page, I Gattermeier, M. Hasselmann, T. Gempe, M. Schioett, J. Baines, D. Schlipalius, F. Mougel, C. Emore. Exceptionally high levels of recombination across the honey bee genome. Genome Research (2006).
• O. Rueppell, S. Chandra, T. Pankiw, M. Fondrk, M. Beye, G. Hunt, Robert Page. The genetic architecture of sucrose responsiveness in the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). Genetics (2006).
• Robert Page. Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Nature (2006).
• Robert Page, R. Scheiner, J. Erber, G. Amdam. The development and evolution of division of labor and foraging specialization in a social insect. Current Topics in Developmental Biology (2006).
• E. Guzmá¡n-Novoa, G. Hunt, Robert Page, J. Uribe-Rubio, D. Prieto-Merlos, F. Becerra-Guzman. Paternal effects on the defensive behavior of honeybees. Journal of Heredity (2005).
• G. Amdam, Robert Page. Intergenerational transfers may have decoupled physiological and chronological age in a eusocial insect. Aging Research Reviews (2005).
• M. Humphries, M. Fondrk, Robert Page. Locomotion and the pollen hoarding behavioral syndrome of the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.). Journal of Comparative Physiology A (2005).
• O. Rueppell, M. Fondrk, Robert Page. Biodemographic analysis of male honey bee mortality. Aging Cell (2005).
• O. Rueppell, Robert Page, M. Fondrk. Male maturation rate respond to selection on pollen hoarding in honeybees. Animal Behaviour (2005).
• P. Hedrick, J. Gadau, Robert Page. Genetic sex determination and extinction. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2005).
• D. Schulz, T. Pankiw, K. Fondrk, G. Robinson, Robert Page. Comparisons of juvenile hormone hemolymph and octopamine brain titers in honey bees (Apis mellifera) selected for high and low pollen hoarding. Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2004).
• G. Amdam, K. Norberg, M. Fondrk, Robert Page. Reproductive ground plan may mediate colony-level effects on individual foraging behavior in honey bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA (2004).
• O. Rueppell, T. Pankiw, Robert Page. Pleiotropy, epistasis, and new QTL: the genetic architecture of honey bee foraging behavior. Journal of Heredity (2004).
• O. Rueppell, G. Amdam, Robert Page, J. Carey. From genes to societies. Science of Aging Knowledge Environment (2004).
• R. Scheiner, Robert Page, J Erber. Sucrose responsiveness and behavioral plasticity in honey bees. Apidologie (2004).
• T. Pankiw, M. Nelson, Robert Page, M. Fondrk. The communal crop: modulation of sucrose response thresholds of pre-foraging honey bees with incoming nectar quality. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2004).
• M. Beye, M. Hasselmann, M. Fondrk, Robert Page, S. Omholt. The gene csd is the primary signal for sexual development in the honeybee and encodes an SR-type protein. Cell (2003).
• M Humphries, U Müller, M Fondrk, Robert Page. PKA and PKC content in the honey bee central brain differs in genotypic strains with distinct foraging behavior. Journal of Comparative Physiology A (2003).
• T Pankiw, Robert Page. The effect of pheromones, hormones, and handling on sucrose response thresholds of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Journal of Comparative Physiology A (2003).
• D Tarpy, Robert Page. Sex determination and the evolution of polyandry in honey bees (Apis mellifera). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2002).
• E Guzmán-Novoa, G Hunt, Robert Page, M Fondrk. Genetic correlations among honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) behavioral characteristics and body size. Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2002).
• G DeGrandi-Hoffman, Robert Page, J Martin, M Fondrk. Can the frequency of reduced Varroa jacobsoni (oud.) fecundity in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) pupae be increased by selection?. Apidologie (2002).
• J Gadau, Robert Page, J Werren. The genetic basis of interspecific differences in wing size in Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae): major quantitative trait loci and epistasis. Genetics (2002).
• J Tomkins, Y Yu, G Hunt, R Wing, M Luo, G Fang, D Main, J Goicoechea, M Atkins, D Frisch, Robert Page, E Guzmán-Novoa. New genomic resources for the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.): development of a deep-coverage BAC library and a preliminary STC database. Genetics and Molecular Research (2002).
• Robert Page, J Erber. Levels of behavioral organization and the evolution of division of labor. Naturwissenschaften (2002).
• Robert Page, Juergen Gadau, M Beye. The emergence of hymenopteran genetics. Genetics (2002).
• T Pankiw, D Tarpy, Robert Page. Genotype and rearing environment affect honeybee perception and foraging behaviour. Animal Behavior (2002).
• Guzmán-Novoa, E,Page, Robert Eugene. Successful selective breeding of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in an africanized area of Mexico. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Africanized Honey Bees and Bee Mites (2002).
• D Tarpy, Robert Page. The curious promiscuity of queen honey bees (Apis mellifera): evolutionary and behavioral mechanisms. Annales Zoologici Fennici (2001).
• J Erber, Robert Page. The evolutionary dynamics of social organization in insect societies: from behavior to genes and back. Santa Fe Institute Bulletin 16 (2001).
• J Gadau, C Gerloffs, N Krügers, H Chan, P Schmid-Hempel, A Wille, Robert Page. A linkage analysis of sex determination in Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Heredity (2001).
• M Hasselmann, M Fondrk, Robert Page, M Beye. Fine scale mapping in the sex locus region of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). Insect Molecular Biology (2001).
• R Scheiner, Robert Page, J Erber. Responsiveness to sucrose affects tactile and olfactory learning in preforaging honey bees of two genetic strains. Behavioural Brain Research (2001).
• R Scheiner, Robert Page, J Erber. The effects of genotype, foraging role and sucrose responsiveness on the tactile learning performance of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (2001).
• Robert Page, C Peng. Aging and development in social insects with emphasis on the honey bee, Apis mellifera L. Experimental Gerontology (2001).
• Robert Page, C Peng. Reply to letter to the editor. Experimental Gerontology (2001).
• T Pankiw, K Waddington, Robert Page. Modulation of sucrose response thresholds in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.): influence of genotype, feeding, and foraging experience. Journal of Comparative Physiology A (2001).
• T Pankiw, Robert Page. Brood pheromone modulates honey bee sucrose response thresholds (Apis mellifera L.). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2001).
• T Pankiw, Robert Page. Genotype and colony environment affect honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) development and foraging behavior. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2001).
• W Getz, Robert Page, P Starks. A tribute to William Donald Hamilton (1936-2000). Annales Zoologici Fennici (2001).
• D Nielsen, P Ebert, Robert Page, G Hunt, E Guzmán-Novoa. Improved polymerase chain reaction-based mitochondrial genotype assay for identification of the Africanized honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2000).
• D Tarpy, Robert Page. No behavioral control over mating frequency in queen honey bees (Apis mellifera L.): implications for the evolution of extreme polyandry. The American Naturalist (2000).
• E Guzmán-Novoa, Robert Page. Pollen collecting and foraging force by European and European x Africanized hybrid honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in mixed genotype colonies are similar. Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2000).
• J Fewell, Robert Page. Colony-level selection effects on individual and colony foraging task performance in honey bees, Apis mellifera L. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2000).
• Juergen Gadau, Robert Page, J Werren, P Schmid-Hempel. Genome organization and social evolution in Hymenoptera. Naturwissenschaften (2000).
• Robert Page, M Fondrk, G Hunt, E Guzmán-Novoa, M Humphries, K Nguyen, A Green. Genetic dissection of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) foraging behavior. Journal of Heredity (2000).
• T Pankiw, Robert Page. Response thresholds to sucrose predict foraging division of labor in honeybees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2000).