
Dr Katja Hogendoorn
University Research Fellow (B)
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Research Interests
My fundamental research interests are in behavioural ecology and evolution of native bees, in particular related to mating, social and foraging behaviour. I also contribute to taxonomy and phylogeography of native bees.
My applied interests are in enhancing the environment for crop pollinating bees, development of native bees as greenhouse pollinators, the use of bees as vectors of biological control agents, and the conservation of native bees.
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Promoting bee health and crop pollination
Our research focuses on the maintenance and enhancement of bees as pollinators of crops and native plants. We aim to improve management decisions to improve bee health, biodiversity, and crop pollination services, outside and in greenhouses. To achieve this, we try to better understand bee behaviour, including foraging, nesting and mating behaviour, so their natural requirements can be better met. In addition,we aim to translate this information to beekeepers, growers of pollination dependent crops and restoration and land care managers, to improve landscape support for crop pollinators.
Currently, the group is heavily involved in a large collaboration between South Australian researchers, primary industries, governmental organisations and NGOs to design habitat for crop pollinators around, lucerne, apple/pear, canola, and almond. The project is supported through funding from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources as part of its Rural R&D for Profit Programme. We are also part of the newly started CRC for honey bee products, where we will investigate the potential for plantings in and among almond orchards for honey production.
Taxonomy
About 30% of Australian bees is as yet undescribed. We try to remedy this by describing new species. Another issue is that the known species are often difficult to identify because there is a great lack of experts, and only half are covered by identification keys. We try to offer a way out by raising funds to create a barcode library of all reliably identified species. In the future, this should enable anyone with molecular capability to identify Australian native bees.
Bees as Flying Doctors
We promote entomovectoring, i.e. the use of honey bees as flying doctors to the deliver biological control agents to flowers. This video explains some of the benefits of this method:
People
Our Research Group
Our group includes two postdocs: Scott Groom and Beth Fung, two PhD students and two honours students (see under supervision for names and projects).
Collaborations
In the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, I collaborate mainly with Eileen Scott, Mike Keller, Kate Delaporte, Carlos Rodriguez Lopez, Tim Cavagnaro, Cas Collins,
Other collaborators within the University of Adleiade, the SA Herbarium and Museum include: Andy Lowe, Phil Weinstein, Martin Breed, Nick Gellie, Ben Sparrow, Patrick O'Connor, Michelle Waycott (Herbarium), Remko Leijs and Mark Stevens (SA Museum)...further links to be added
Within Australia: Ben Oldroyd, Tanya Latty, Romina Rader, Saul Cunningham, Michael Batley, Tim Heard, Liz Barbour.
Internationally: Marten Scheffer (Wageningen), Hayo Velthuis (Wellseind), Heikki Hokkanen (Finland), Solange Augusto (Ueberlandia), Callin Switzer and Stacey Coombe (Harvard), Robert Paxton (Halle).
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Language Competencies
Language Competency Dutch; Flemish Can read, speak, understand spoken and peer review English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review French Can read, speak and understand spoken German Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Spanish; Castilian Can read, speak and understand spoken -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2023 Iwasaki, J. M., & Hogendoorn, K. (2023). The conservation of urban flower visitors Down Under. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 5.
2023 Hogendoorn, K. (2023). Promoting Pollination and Pollinators in Farming. AUSTRAL ENTOMOLOGY, 62(2), 2 pages.
2023 Chapman, N. C., Colin, T., Cook, J., da Silva, C. R. B., Gloag, R., Hogendoorn, K., . . . Mikheyev, A. S. (2023). The final frontier: ecological and evolutionary dynamics of a global parasite invasion.. Biology Letters, 19(5), 20220589.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC12022 Brown, J., Groom, S. V. C., Rader, R., Hogendoorn, K., & Cunningham, S. A. (2022). Land cover associations of wild bees visiting flowers in apple orchards across three geographic regions of southeast Australia. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 324, 107717.
Scopus4 WoS42022 Santos, A. A., Leijs, R., Picanco, M. C., Glatz, R., & Hogendoorn, K. (2022). Modelling the climate suitability of green carpenter bee (Xylocopa aerata) and its nesting hosts under current and future scenarios to guide conservation efforts (vol 45, pg 271, 2020). AUSTRAL ECOLOGY, 47(3), 729.
WoS12022 Lankin‐Vega, G., San‐Blas, E., Hogendoorn, K., & Keller, M. (2022). The combined foraging of a parasitoid and a predatory bug enhances mortality of Plutella xylostella larvae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 170(9), 812-820.
2022 Iwasaki, J. M., & Hogendoorn, K. (2022). Mounting evidence that managed and introduced bees have negative impacts on wild bees: an updated review. Current Research in Insect Science, 2, 100043.
Scopus13 Europe PMC22022 Williamson, E., Groom, S., Utaipanon, P., Oldroyd, B. P., Chapman, N., & Hogendoorn, K. (2022). The reliability of honey bee density estimates from trapped drones. Apidologie, 53(6), 12 pages.
2021 Santos, A. A., Hancox, T. J. J., Picanço, M. C., Delaporte, K., & Hogendoorn, K. (2021). Potential distribution of Leptospermum species (Myrtaceae) in Australia for bioactive honey production purposes. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 51(1), 13 pages.
Scopus3 WoS42021 Kendall, L. K., Evans, L. J., Gee, M., Smith, T. J., Gagic, V., Lobaton, J. D., . . . Rader, R. (2021). The effect of protective covers on pollinator health and pollination service delivery. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 319, 15 pages.
Scopus17 WoS162021 Dorey, J. B., Rebola, C. M., Davies, O. K., Prendergast, K. S., Parslow, B. A., Hogendoorn, K., . . . Caddy-Retalic, S. (2021). Continental risk assessment for understudied taxa post-catastrophic wildfire indicates severe impacts on the Australian bee fauna. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 27(24), 17 pages.
Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC12021 Prendergast, K. S., & Hogendoorn, K. (2021). FORUM: Methodological shortcomings and lack of taxonomic effort beleaguer Australian bee studies. Austral Ecology, 46(5), 880-884.
Scopus11 WoS22021 Summers, D., Regan, C., Settre, C., Connor, J., O'Connor, P., Abbott, H., . . . Cavagnaro, T. R. (2021). Current carbon prices don't stack up to much land use change, despite bundled ecosystem service co-benefits. Glob Chang Biol, 27(12), 2744-2762.
Scopus5 WoS32021 Iwasaki, J. M., & Hogendoorn, K. (2021). Non-insecticide pesticide impacts on bees: A review of methods and reported outcomes. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 314, 107423.
Scopus20 WoS122021 Iwasaki, J. M., & Hogendoorn, K. (2021). How protection of honey bees can help and hinder bee conservation.. Current opinion in insect science, 46, 112-118.
Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC32021 Leijs, R., & Hogendoorn, K. (2021). New bee species from northern Queensland, Australia (Hymenoptera: Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae). Austral Entomology, 60(4), 659-671.
Scopus1 WoS12021 Santos, A. A., Hogendoorn, K., Ramos, R. S., & Picanco, M. C. (2021). Distribution models for Asciamonuste and the host Brassica oleracea var (vol 143, pg 1043, 2019). JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY, 146(3), 1 page.
2020 Santos, A. A., Leijs, R., Pianco, M. C., Glatz, R., & Hogendoorn, K. (2020). Modelling the climate suitability of green carpenter bee (Xylocopa aerata) and its nesting hosts under current and future scenarios to guide conservation efforts. AUSTRAL ECOLOGY, 45(3), 271-282.
Scopus5 WoS62020 Leijs, R., Dorey, J., & Hogendoorn, K. (2020). The genus amegilla (Hymenoptera, apidae, anthophorini) in Australia: A revision of the subgenus asaropoda. ZooKeys, 2020(908), 45-122.
Scopus2 WoS22020 Akankunda, T., To, H., Rodriguez Lopez, C., Leijs, R., & Hogendoorn, K. (2020). A method to generate multi-locus barcodes of pinned insect specimens using MiSeq. Molecular Ecology Resources, 20(3), 692-705.
Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC12020 Parish, J. B., Scott, E. S., & Hogendoorn, K. (2020). Collection of conidia of Podosphaera xanthii by honey bee workers. AUSTRALASIAN PLANT PATHOLOGY, 49(3), 245-247.
Scopus4 WoS42020 Parish, J. B., Scott, E. S., & Hogendoorn, K. (2020). Nutritional benefit of fungal spores for honey bee workers. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-8.
Scopus13 WoS11 Europe PMC42020 Hogendoorn, K., Glatz, R. V., & Leijs, R. (2020). Conservation management of the green carpenter bee Xylocopa aerata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) through provision of artificial nesting substrate. Austral Entomology, 60(1), 82-88.
Scopus4 WoS32019 Santos, A. A., Hogendoorn, K., Ramos, R. S., & Picanço, M. C. (2019). Distribution models for Ascia monuste and the host Brassica oleracea var. capitata. Journal of Applied Entomology, 143(9), 1043-1051.
Scopus7 WoS72019 Benevenute Parish, J., Scott, E. S., Correll, R., & Hogendoorn, K. (2019). Survival and probability of transmission of plant pathogenic fungi through the digestive tract of honey bee workers. APIDOLOGIE, 50(6), 871-880.
Scopus4 WoS32019 Wang, T., Keller, M. A., & Hogendoorn, K. (2019). The effects of temperature on the development, fecundity and mortality of Eretmocerus warrae: is Eretmocerus warrae better adapted to high temperatures than Encarsia formosa?. Pest Management Science, 75(3), 702-707.
Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC42019 Williamson, E., Groom, S., & Hogendoorn, K. (2019). A new method to sample DNA from feral honey bee hives in trees. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 143(1), 92-96.
Scopus1 WoS12018 Leijs, R., Dorey, J., & Hogendoorn, K. (2018). Twenty six new species of Leioproctus (Colletellus): Australian neopasiphaeinae, all but one with two submarginal cells (hymenoptera, colletidae, leioproctus). ZooKeys, 2018(811), 109-168.
Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC22018 Fung, E., Hill, K., Hogendoorn, K., Glatz, R., Napier, K., Bellgard, M., & Barrero, R. (2018). De novo assembly of honey bee RNA viral genomes by tapping into the innate insect antiviral response pathway. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 152, 38-47.
Scopus13 WoS13 Europe PMC92018 Fung, E., Hill, K., Hogendoorn, K., Hingston, A., & Glatz, R. (2018). Co-occurrence of RNA viruses in Tasmanian-introduced bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) and honey bees (Apis mellifera). Apidologie, 49(2), 243-251.
Scopus2 WoS22018 Taylor, G., Braby, M., Moir, M., Harvey, M., Sands, D., New, T., . . . Weinstein, P. (2018). Strategic national approach for improving the conservation management of insects and allied invertebrates in Australia. Austral Entomology, 57(2), 124-149.
Scopus56 WoS512017 Leijs, R., Batley, M., & Hogendoorn, K. (2017). The genus Amegilla (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini) in Australia: A revision of the subgenera Notomegilla and Zonamegilla. ZooKeys, 2017(653), 79-140.
Scopus11 WoS7 Europe PMC32016 Hogendoorn, K., Anantanawat, K., & Collins, C. (2016). Cap removal by honey bees leads to higher pollen rewards from grapevine flowers. Apidologie, 47(5), 671-678.
Scopus3 WoS22016 Leijs, R., & Hogendoorn, K. (2016). New species of goniocolletes and trichocolletes (Hymenoptera, colletidae) from Southern Australia. ZooKeys, 2016(598), 99-111.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC12016 Switzer, C., Hogendoorn, K., Ravi, S., & Combes, S. (2016). Shakers and head bangers: differences in sonication behavior between Australian Amegilla murrayensis (blue-banded bees) and North American Bombus impatiens (bumblebees). Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 10(1), 1-8.
Scopus21 WoS202015 Hogendoorn, K., Stevens, M., & Leijs, R. (2015). DNA barcoding of euryglossine bees and the description of new species of Euhesma Michener (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Euryglossinae). ZooKeys, 2015(520), 41-59.
Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC22013 Junqueira, C., Yamamoto, M., Oliveira, P., Hogendoorn, K., & Augusto, S. (2013). Nest management increases pollinator density in passion fruit orchards. Apidologie, 44(6), 729-737.
Scopus22 WoS192012 Junqueira, C., Hogendoorn, K., & Augusto, S. (2012). The use of trap-nests to manage carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini), pollinators of passion fruit (Passifloraceae: Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 105(6), 884-889.
Scopus32 WoS282012 Leijs, R., van Nes, E., Watts, C., Cooper, S., Humphreys, W., & Hogendoorn, K. (2012). Evolution of blind beetles in isolated aquifers: a test of alternative modes of speciation. PLoS One, 7(3), 1-8.
Scopus42 WoS33 Europe PMC132012 Juen, A., Hogendoorn, K., Ma, G., Schmidt, O., & Keller, M. (2012). Analysing the diets of invertebrate predators using terminal restriction fragments. Journal of Pest Science, 85(1), 89-100.
Scopus28 WoS282010 Hogendoorn, K., Bartholomaeus, F., & Keller, M. (2010). Chemical and sensory comparison of tomatoes pollinated by bees and by a pollination wand. Journal of Economic Entomology, 103(4), 1286-1292.
Scopus21 WoS19 Europe PMC72009 Batley, M., & Hogendoorn, K. (2009). Diversity and conservation status of native Australian bees. Apidologie, 40(3), 347-354.
Scopus72 WoS632008 Leijs, R., & Hogendoorn, K. (2008). Correlated evolution of mating behaviour and morphology in large carpenter bees (Xylocopa). Apidologie, 39(1), 119-132.
Scopus16 WoS152008 Zammit, J., Hogendoorn, K., & Schwarz, M. (2008). Strong constraints to independent nesting in a facultatively social bee: quantifying the effects of enemies-at-the-nest. Insectes Sociaux, 55(1), 74-78.
Scopus26 WoS252007 Stevens, M., Hogendoorn, K., & Schwarz, M. (2007). Evolution of sociality by natural selection on variances in reproductive fitness: evidence from a social bee. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7(153), 1-9.
Scopus16 WoS17 Europe PMC102007 Hogendoorn, K., Coventry, S., & Keller, M. (2007). Foraging behaviour of a blue banded bee, Amegilla chlorocyanea in greenhouses: implications for use as tomato pollinators. Apidologie, 38(1), 86-92.
Scopus29 WoS212006 Hogendoorn, K., Gross, C., Sedgley, M., & Keller, M. (2006). Increased tomato yield through pollination by native Australian Amegilla chlorocyanea (Hymenoptera : Anthophoridae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 99(3), 828-833.
Scopus62 WoS55 Europe PMC132006 Langer, P., Hogendoorn, K., Schwarz, M., & Keller, L. (2006). Reproductive skew in the Australian allodapine bee Exoneura robusta. Animal Behaviour, 71(1), 192-201.
Scopus19 WoS162005 Wallman, J., Leijs, R., & Hogendoorn, K. (2005). Molecular systematics of Australian carrion-breeding blowflies (Diptera : Calliphoridae) based on mitochondrial DNA. Invertebrate Systematics, 19(1), 1-15.
Scopus86 WoS732004 Langer, P., Hogendoorn, K., & Keller, L. (2004). Tug-of-war over reproduction in a social bee. Nature, 428(6985), 844-847.
Scopus85 WoS86 Europe PMC332001 Hogendoorn, K., & Zammit, J. (2001). Benefits of cooperative breeding through increased colony survival in an allodapine bee. Insectes Sociaux, 48(4), 392-397.
Scopus20 WoS202001 Hogendoorn, K., Watiniasih, N., & Schwarz, Q. (2001). Extended alloparental care in the almost solitary bee Exoneurella eremophila (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 50(3), 275-282.
Scopus28 WoS272000 Hogendoorn, K., Steen, Z., & Schwarz, M. P. (2000). Native Australian carpenter bees as a potential alternative to introducing bumble bees for tomato pollination in greenhouses. Journal of Apicultural Research, 39(1-2), 67-74.
Scopus52 WoS461999 Hogendoorn, K., & Velthuis, H. H. W. (1999). Task allocation and reproductive skew in social mass provisioning carpenter bees in relation to age and size. Insectes Sociaux, 46(3), 198-207.
Scopus53 WoS521998 Hogendoorn, K., & Schwarz, M. P. (1998). Guarding specialisation in pre-reproductive colonies of the allodapine bee exoneura bicolor. Ethology Ecology and Evolution, 10(1), 67-77.
Scopus18 WoS181998 Schwarz, M. P., Bull, N. J., & Hogendoorn, K. (1998). Evolution of sociality in the allodapine bees: A review of sex allocation, ecology and evolution. Insectes Sociaux, 45(4), 349-368.
Scopus82 WoS761997 Hogendoorn, K., & Leys, R. (1997). Life-Cycle of Halictus rubicundus Christ (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in the Netherlands: Comparison of Two Populations. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 70(4), 347-352.
Scopus16 WoS151996 Hogendoorn, K. (1996). Socio-economies of brood destruction during supersedure in the carpenter bee Xylocopa pubescens. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 9(6), 931-952.
Scopus23 WoS231995 Hogendoorn, K., & Velthuis, H. H. W. (1995). The role of young guards in Xylocopa pubescens. Insectes Sociaux, 42(4), 427-448.
Scopus24 WoS231993 Hogendoorn, K., & Leys, R. (1993). The superseded female's dilemma: ultimate and proximate factors that influence guarding behaviour of the carpenter bee Xylocopa pubescens. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 33(6), 371-381.
Scopus43 WoS411993 Hogendoorn, K., & Velthuis, H. H. W. (1993). The sociality of Xylocopa pubescens: does a helper really help?. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 32(4), 247-257.
Scopus50 WoS491988 Hogendoorn, K., & Velthuis, H. H. W. (1988). Influence of multiple mating on kin recognition by worker honeybees. Naturwissenschaften, 75(8), 412-413.
Scopus17- Kireta, D., Dijk, K. -J., Crotty, S., Malik, A., Bell, K., Hogendoorn, K., & Lowe, A. (n.d.). A novel approach for pollen identification and quantification using hybrid capture-based DNA metabarcoding.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2016 Switzer, C. M., Hogendoorn, K., Ravi, S., & Combes, S. A. (2016). Shakers and head bangers: Differences in sonication behavior between Australian blue banded bees and North American bumblebees. In INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY Vol. 56 (pp. E217). Portland, OR: OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. 1999 Schwarz, M. P., & Hogendoorn, K. (1999). Biodiversity and conservation of Australian native bees. In W. Ponder, & D. Lunney (Eds.), OTHER 99%: THE CONSERVATION AND BIODIVERSITY OF INVERTEBRATES (pp. 388-393). AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOC NEW SOUTH WALES.
WoS21991 HOGENDOORN, K. (1991). INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION IN THE CARPENTER BEE XYLOCOPA-PUBESCENS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIALITY. In M. J. SOMMEIJER, & J. VANDERBLOM (Eds.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTION : EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY OF THE NETHERLANDS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY ( N E V ), VOL 2, 1991 (pp. 123-128). UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS: NEDERLANDSE ENTOMOLOGISCHE VERNIGING ( N E V ).
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Report for External Bodies
Research bees, their behaviour and food. I supervise postgraduate students, but do not teach undergraduates.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2021 Principal Supervisor The role and inheritance of bacteria in the Australian native resin bee, Megachile tosticauda Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Elisabeth Mary Williamson -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2018 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Restoring Bee Diversity and Pollination Services through Revegetation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Dona Kireta 2016 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Aspects of the Interactions between Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) and Propagules of Plant Pathogens Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Jorgiane Benevenute Parish 2015 - 2020 Principal Supervisor The Evolution of Diet Width in Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) (Halictidae, Apoidea), in Association with Speciation and Sensory Morphology Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Trace Akankunda 2013 - 2017 Co-Supervisor RNA Viruses in Australian Bees Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Elisabeth Fung 2010 - 2014 Co-Supervisor Buzzing bees and the evolution of sexual floral dimorphism in Australian spiny Solanum Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Arthur Selwyn Mark -
Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2016 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Safeguarding native bee pollinators: evaluating management strategies for remnant vegetation adjacent to apple orchards in the Adelaide Hills The University of Adelaide BSc (Hons) Honours Full Time Amber Spronk
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Board Memberships
Date Role Board name Institution name Country 2015 - ongoing Director Australian Entomological Society - Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2014 - ongoing - Australasian Society for the Study of Social Insects - 2004 - ongoing - Australian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour - 2001 - ongoing - Australian Entomological Society - -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2013 - 2017 Editor Arthropod-Plant Interactions - -
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