Publications



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Publications

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Darveau C-A, Rondeau S, Rojas SL. (2026). Diapausing bumble bee queens avoid drowning by using underwater respiration, anaerobic metabolism and profound metabolic depression. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 293 (2066): 20253141. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2025.3141 

 

Rondeau S, Fernandez-Bosanac L, Raine NE, Forrest JRK. (2025). Wild bees and wasps (Hymenoptera) visiting soybean (Fabaceae) flowers in eastern Canada. The Canadian Entomologist 157: e46. doi: 10.4039/tce.2025.10034

 

Rondeau S. (2024). Digging below the surface: hidden risks for ground-nesting bees. Science 386: 739-739. doi: 10.1126/science.adt8998

 

Rondeau S, Raine NE. (2024). Bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) queens prefer pesticide-contaminated soils when selecting underground hibernation sites. Science of the Total Environment 954: 176534. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176534 

 

Willis Chan DS*, Rondeau S*. (2024). Understanding and comparing relative pesticide risk among North American wild bees from their association with agriculture. Science of the Total Environment 951: 175378. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175378

 

Rondeau S, Raine NE. (2024). Size-dependent responses of colony-founding bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) queens to exposure to pesticide residues in soil during hibernation. Science of the Total Environment 948: 174852. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174852

 

Strang CG*, Rondeau S*, Baert N, McArt SH, Raine NE, Muth F. (2024). Field agrochemical exposure impacts locomotor activity in wild bumblebees. Ecology 105: e4310. doi: 10.1002/ecy.4310

 

Rondeau S, Raine NE. (2024). Unveiling the submerged secrets: bumblebee queens’ resilience to flooding. Biology Letters 20: 20230609. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0609

 

Rondeau S, Raine NE. (2024). Single and combined exposure to ‘bee safe’ pesticides alter behaviour and offspring production in a ground-nesting solitary bee (Xenoglossa pruinosa). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291: 20232939. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2023.2939

 

Rondeau S, Gervais A, Leboeuf A, Drapeau Picard AP, Larrivée M, Fournier V. (2023). Combining community science and taxonomist expertise for large-scale monitoring of insect pollinators: Perspective and insights from Abeilles citoyennes. Conservation Science and Practice 5: e13015. doi: 10.1111/csp2.13015

 

Rondeau S, Willis Chan DS, Pindar A. (2022). Identifying wild bees visitors of major crops in North America with notes from potential threats from agricultural practices. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6: 943237. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.943237

 

Rondeau S, Baert N, McArt S, Raine NE. (2022). Quantifying exposure of bumblebee (Bombus spp.) queens to pesticide residues when hibernating in agricultural soils. Environmental Pollution 309: 119722. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119722

 

Rondeau S, Raine NE. (2022). Fungicides and bees: a review of exposure and risk. Environment International 165: 107311. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107311

 

McCune F, Samson-Robert O, Rondeau S, Chagnon M, Fournier V. (2021). Supplying honey bees with waterers: an efficient precautionary measure to reduce exposure to pesticides. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 8: 17573-17586. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-12147-3

 

Rondeau S, Stricker SM, Kozachenko C, Parizeau K. (2020). Understanding motivations for volunteering in food security and food upcycling projects. Social Sciences 9: 27. doi: 10.3390/socsci9030027

 

Bélanger-Lépine F, Lemire-Lamothe M, Tremblay A, Rondeau S, Marchand P, Huot Y, Barnabé S. (2020). Cultivation of an algae-bacteria consortium in a mixture of industrial wastewater to obtain valuable products for local use. Industrial Biotechnology 16: 33-42. doi: 10.1089/ind.2019.0011

 

Rondeau S, Giovenazzo P, Fournier V. (2019). The use of the predatory mite Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) to control Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) in honey bee colonies in early and late fall. Journal of Economic Entomology 112: 534-542. doi: 10.1093/jee/toy418

 

Rondeau S, Giovenazzo P, Fournier V. (2018). Risk assessment and predation potential of the predatory mite Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Acari: Laelapidae) to control Varroa destructor in honey bees. PLoS One 13: e0208812. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208812

Book Chapter

Rondeau S. (2024). Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman, Varroa Mite (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) in Vankosky M. and Martel V. (eds). Biological control programmes in Canada, 2013-2023. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, United Kingdom. doi: 10.1079/9781800623279.0000.