Rogan Tokach

Position

Assistant Professor - Applied Honey Bee Entomology

Extension Leadership Team

Part time

Email

rogan.tokach@ndsu.edu

Offices

School of Natural Resource Sciences

Mailing address:

NDSU Dept 7650, PO Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050

Physical address:

Morrill Hall 206, NDSU
Fargo, ND 58102

701-231-5761

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Education

Professional Interests

The primary goal of my research and extension program is to work with beekeepers in North Dakota to minimize honey bee colony losses. North Dakota is the number one honey producing state with hundreds of thousands of colonies moving in every summer. My research involves collaborating with commercial beekeepers performing applied research investigating solutions to problems they face with the goal of improving colony health within their operations.

Recent Publications

Tokach, R., Aurell, D., Chuttong, B., Williams, G. 2025. First observation of Tropilaelaps mercedesae (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) on Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) exiting colonies. Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toae305.

Tokach, R., Chuttong, B., Aurell, D., Panyaraksa, L., Williams, G. 2024. Managing the parasitic honey bee mite Tropilaelaps mercedesae through combined cultural and chemical control methods. Scientific Reports 14: 25677. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-76185-4.

Tokach, R., Smart, A., Fassbinder-Orth, C., Fong, C., Wald, K., Wu-Smart, J. 2024. Honey bee colony behavior and ontogeny are adversely affected when exposed to a pesticide-contaminated environment. Journal of Insect Science 24(3):13. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieae034.

Rogan Tokach

School of Natural Resource Sciences

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