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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Social Bees"”.
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The role of communication in the foraging process of social bees
In the various groups of social bees, different systems of communication about food sources occur. These communication systems are different solutions to a common problem of social insects: efficiently allocating the necessary number of workers first to the task of foraging and second to the most …
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Toxicity assessment of pesticides and biopesticides on wild and managed bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea), and richness evaluation in mediterranean and tropical agroecosystems
Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) are the main pollinator insects for wild and cultivated plants, being of crucial environmental and economic importance. Their global decline, driven by anthropogenic factors, including the use of synthetic pesticides, is an alarming concern. Biopesticides can be a viable …
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Natural and Anthropogenic Drivers of Variation in Bumble Bee Gut Microbiotas
Bumble bees are key pollinators in natural and agricultural ecosystems. Like all social bees, their health is supported by a core gut microbiota consisting of a few, specialized bacterial phylotypes. The composition and community structure of bumble bee gut microbiotas can vary in response to …
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Aspects of Foraging in Bees: Apple Pollination, Native Bee Populations, and Honey Bee Communication
Bees are well known for their ability to pollinate a diverse range of plants. In the process of gathering food (pollen and nectar), bees transfer pollen from one flower to another, facilitating reproduction. I investigate two important aspects of foraging: pollination of an important crop by native …
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HOW TO GROW A SPACESHIP: A Hybrid Living Material (HLM) Framework for Developing Technological Interfaces to Complex Living Systems
… phenomena exhibited by model organism groups: social bees and microbes. Results of these investigations produced data-rich, high-throughput, and interlinked tool suites that enable living systems to work in tandem with advanced analytical, computational, experimental, and collaborative …
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Unraveling The Genetic Mechanisms Involved In The Evolution And Development Of The Thoracic Appendages In Insects
… pollen basket, a unique structure common to all social bees. Therefore, Ubx may not only responsible for the enlargement, but also for the specific morphological specialization of the T3 leg in insects.</p> <p> In addition to legs, wings are another set of appendages that display a wide range of …
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Mechanisms involved in eusocial evolution in bees
… on the evolutionary processes through which sociality arises. Bees are a valuable group for studying social evolution because the common ancestor of all bees was solitary and the most extreme form of group living, eusociality, has evolved multiple independent times within the bees. Recent …
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From individual behavior to collective structure
The social organization of insect colonies has long fascinated naturalists. One of the main features of colony organization is division of labor, whereby each member of the colony specializes in a subset of all tasks required for successful group functioning. The most striking aspect of division of …
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Genomic regulation of social behavior in eusocial bees
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01