2003 Training educators to protect honey bee pollinators with sustainable pest management. $31,515. Subcontract with University of Tennessee. Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
2002 Sustainable agriculture with honey bee pollination in Kentucky. $292,750. Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund.
2000 Assessment of contamination at the DOE Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant using honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) as a biological monitor. $6930. Kentucky Division of Waste Management.
1998 A breeding program designed to reduce the effects of parasitic mites on honey bees in Kentucky. $100,000 from Kentucky General Assembly, $5000 from Kentucky State Beekeeping Association, $5000 and beekeeping equipment from Walter T. Kelley Co., $100 from Green Valley Beekeeping Association.
1995 Acquisition of High Performance Liquid Chromatography equipment. $11,000. Multi-user biological equipment and instrumentation resources, National Science Foundation.
1993 Development of an alternative technique to detect tracheal mites in honey bee hives. $4300. California State Beekeepers Association.
1992 Bioequivalence study of fumagillin DCH. $3049. Mann Lake Supply.
Scientific Journal Publications
Li, W., J. Evans, Q. Huang, C. Rodríguez-García, J. Liu, M. Hamilton, C. Grozinger, T. Webster, S. Su, and Y. P. Chen. 2016. Silencing honey bee (Apis mellifera) naked cuticle (nkd) improves host immune function and reduces Nosema ceranae infections. Appl. and Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/AEM.02105-16
Cameron J. J., H. M. Lucas, T. C. Webster, R. R. Sagin. 2016. Colony level prevalence and intensity of Nosema ceranae in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) PLOS ONE http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0163522
Fries, I., T. Webster (and 12 other authors). 2013. Standard methods for Nosema research. J. Apic. Research. 51:1-28.
Aronstein, K., T. Webster, E. Saldivar. 2012. A serological method for detection of Nosema ceranae. J. Appl. Microbiology. doi:10.1111/jam.12066
A. Aronstein, K. A., E. Saldivar, and T. C. Webster. 2011. Evaluation of Nosema ceranae spore-specific polyclonal antibodies. J. Apic. Res. 50(2): 145-151.
Webster, T.C., F. E. Dowell, E. B. Maghirang, E. M. Thacker. 2009. Visible and near-infrared spectroscopy detects queen honey bee insemination. Apidologie. 40:565-569.
Webster, T. C., E. T. Thacker, K. Pomper, J. Lowe, G. Hunt. 2008. Nosema apis infection in honey bee (Apis mellifera) queens. Journal of Apicultural Research 47(1):53-57.
Webster, T. C., K. W. Pomper, G. Hunt, E. M. Thacker and S. C. Jones. 2004. Nosema apis infection in worker and queen Apis mellifera. Apidologie 35:49-54.
Webster, T. C., E. M. Thacker and F. E. Vorisiek. 2000. Live Varroa jacobsoni (Mesostigmata: Varroidae) fallen from honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies. J. Econ. Entomol. 93: 1596-1601.
Sugden, E.A., K. R. Williams, and T. C. Webster. 1995. Attractiveness of CO2 and synthetic honey bee (Apis mellifera) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) cuticular