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Brock Harpur

@beeharpur.bsky.social

Associate Professor at Purdue and Director of the Honey Bee Lab. I am a Biologist and I like working with honey bees. I'm interested in genomics, evolution, behaviour, and community science. A beekeeper for >15 years. www.beemolevo.com

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Brock Harpur @beeharpur.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

oh neato, we got the cover! Thanks MBE. And please consider reading the study.

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Brock Harpur @beeharpur.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The Deadline is short , but if anyone out there is looking for a post-doc on behaviour or genetics and would be interested in honey bees as their model, I'd be happy to chat.

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Brock Harpur @beeharpur.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

thanks, Miles :)

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Brock Harpur @beeharpur.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

it's 😱

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Brock Harpur @beeharpur.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

thanks!

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Brock Harpur @beeharpur.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

thanks!

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Brock Harpur @beeharpur.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We (@rileyshultz.bsky.social) tracked a recessive mutation from birth to death in honey bees. It causes ivory eyes. We collaborated across the continent to identify the mutation and it's downstream effects. Ultimately it is purified through selection on drones. We think Hamilton would be pleased!

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Brock Harpur @beeharpur.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Problem was statistical: couldn't perform an Exact Test with '0's in the "thinks white-eyed drones aren't cute" cell.

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Brock Harpur @beeharpur.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

thanks! It's great fun working with beekeepers. We actually had 4 mutant producing queens to work with. Expect a few more papers coming. On this particular one, we hope to have a student working to characterize the ncRNA soon.

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Brock Harpur @beeharpur.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

thanks, Joe!

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Brock Harpur @beeharpur.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

We worked with a beekeeper in Kentucky (and third author) to identify what was causing half of his drones to have white eyes. We were able to identify a recessively-acting mutation in an uncharacterized ncRNA. Great work here by much of the lab and especially the lead, PhD Candidate Riley Shultz

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