Research Interests

• Honey bee reproduction in Apis.
• Special emphasis on Asian honey bees, Apis cerana, Apis koshevnikovi (rediscovery 1988), Apis nuluensis (description 1996), Apis dorsata, Apis florea, Apis andreniformis.
• Research on biology of parasitic honeybee mites (Varroa destructor, Varroa jacobsoni, Tropilaelaps clareae, Tropilaelaps koenigerum)
• Together with Prof. Dr. N. Koeniger development of a device to control horizontal transfer of Varroa destructor in cooperation with Bayer Animal Health, Leverkusen

Curriculum vitae

Personal Information

• Current position retired, research associate in MLU, Halle
• Born 08.05.1943 in Glückstadt
• 1966: Marriage
• 1968: Birth of daughter
• 1970: Birth of son

Academic Career

• 1989-2006: Member of the editorial board of Apidologie - the internationally leading journal devoted to bee science
• 1973-1993: Several scholarships of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (reproductive physiology and biochemistry of honey bees)
  Institut für Bienenkunde, (Polytechnische Gesellschaft)
  Fachbereich Biowissenschaften der Goethe-Universität and
  Institute for Biochemistry, Goethe Universität Frankfurt,
  Institute for Biochemistry, TH Darmstadt
• 1968: Dr. Phil nat (Biology) at Goethe Univerity Frankfurt

Publications

• More than 80 scientific publications
• More than 30 scientific talks
• More than 30 publications and talks for beekeepers
• Chapters in 5 books

Books

• Nikolaus Koeniger, Gudrun Koeniger and Salim Tingek (2010): Honey Bees of Borneo- Exploring the Centre of Apis Diversity. Natural History Publications Borneo, pp. 262.
• Gudrun Koeniger, Nikolaus Koeniger und Friedrich-Karl Tiesler (2014): Paarungsbiologie und Paarungskontrolle der Honigbiene. Buschhausen Druck-&Verlaghaus2013 pp. 383 (in German)
• Gudrun Koeniger, Nikolaus Koeniger, Jamie Ellis and Lawrence Connor (2014): Mating Biology of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera). Wicwas Press pp.155.