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Associate Professor
University of Guelph (1988)
bees@msu.edu
293 Farm Lane, Room 288
Giltner Hall
(517) 353-8136
Specialty
Apiculturist
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Recommended links
MSU Apiculture Lab
Honey Bee Information Page
The Spartan Mitezapper
Honey Bee Photography (Educational)
Honey Bee Photography (Artistic)
Zach's Bug-eating Page
Michigan Beekeepers Association
Almost anything related to honey bees interests Dr. Huang. Current research topics include: effect of Nosema apis on worker behavior and physiology, reproductive biology of Varroa mites, cloning the sodium channel genes of the Varroa mite to determine if mutation of this gene is responsible for mite resistance to Apistan (in collaboration with Ke Dong), effect of transgenic pollen on health of honey bees and as possible agents for pest control, and the role of melatonin in regulating social behavior in honey bee workers. He is the webmaster of a popular web site on bees, cyberbee.msu.edu and teaches two courses (Insect Physiology and Apiculture and Pollination). He recently invented a new device for Varroa mite control and a patent was granted to the Michigan State University.
Recent publications
Huang, Z.Y., J. Zhao, L. Zhou, Y. Qin.. 2005. Electronic monitoring of feeding behavior of Varroa mites on honey bees. Accepted in Journal of Apicultural Research.
Zeng, Z., Z.Y. Huang, Y. Qin and H. Pang.. 2005. Hemolymph juvenile hormone titers in worker honey bees under normal and pre-swarming conditions. Journal of Economical Entomology 98: 274-278
J. Tan, Z. Liu, R. Wang, Z. Y. Huang, A.C. Chen, M. Gurevitz, K. Dong. 2005. Identification of amino acid residues that are critical for pyrethroid binding to an insect sodium channel. Molecular Pharmacology 67: 513-522
Leoncini, I., Y. Le Conte, G. Costagliola, E. Plettner, A.L. Toth, M. Wang, Z. Huang, J-M. Bécard, D. Crauser, K.N. Slessor, G.E. Robinson. 2004. Regulation of behavioral maturation in honey bees by a new primer pheromone. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences USA 101: 17561-17564. [cover story with photo by Zachary Huang, cited in Science, Science News, Medical Daily, State News, Lansing State News, MSU News], etc
Schneider, S.S., L. A. Lewis, Z. Y. Huang. 2004. The vibration signal and juvenile hormone titers in worker honey bees, Apis mellifera. Ethology 110: 977-985
Huang, Z.Y., A.V. Hanley, W. Pett, J.J. Duan. 2004. Field and semi-field evaluation of impacts of transgenic canola pollen on survival and development of worker honey bees, Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 1517-1523
Zhou, T., D.L. Anderson, Z.Y. Huang, S. Huang, J. Yao, T. Ken, Q. Zhang. 2004. Identification of Varroa mites infesting Apis cerana and Apis mellifera in China. Apidologie 35: 645-654
Lin, H., C. Dusset, Z.Y. Huang. 2004. Short-term changes in juvenile hormone titres in honey bee workers due to stress. Apidologie 35: 319-327
Complete publication list
Current curriculum vitae