Project-specific bumble bee habitat quality assessment [PDF]
MethodsXThe listing of Bombus affinis Cresson 1863 (Rusty Patched Bumble Bee; RPBB) in 2017 under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) created a regulatory need for assessment methods, in order to limit take of this species by construction and development.
Jason L. Robinson
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Honey Bee and Bumble Bee Antiviral Defense [PDF]
Viruses, 2018 Bees are important plant pollinators in both natural and agricultural ecosystems. Managed and wild bees have experienced high average annual colony losses, population declines, and local extinctions in many geographic regions. Multiple factors, including virus infections, impact bee health and longevity.
Michelle Flenniken +2 more
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Nest observations reveal hygienic nest architecture and behavior in an Arctic bumble bee species
Ecosphere, 2023 Many bumble bee species are declining worldwide. Disease and habitat loss are two contributors to these declines, yet little is known about disease transmission within bumble bee colonies or bumble bee nesting habitat requirements.
Leah Valdes
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Bumble bee gut microbial community structure differs between species and commercial suppliers, but metabolic potential remains largely consistent [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyBumble bees are key pollinators for natural and agricultural plant communities. Their health and performance are supported by a core gut microbiota composed of a few bacterial taxa. However, the taxonomic composition and community structure of bumble bee
Michelle Z. Hotchkiss +2 more
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Expression analyses of chemosensory genes provide insights into evolution of gustatory receptor genes in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBackground The chemoreceptor gene families, which include gustatory, ionotropic, and odorant receptor gene families, are highly conserved across the insects yet also contain many recently duplicated, species-specific genes in particular clades.
Kaleigh Fisher +4 more
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Flight of the bumble bee: Buzzes predict pollination services.
PLoS ONE, 2017 Multiple interacting factors drive recent declines in wild and managed bees, threatening their pollination services. Widespread and intensive monitoring could lead to more effective management of wild and managed bees.
Nicole E Miller-Struttmann +4 more
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Bumble bee microbiota shows temporal succession and increase of lactic acid bacteria when exposed to outdoor environments [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyQuestionThe large earth bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) maintains a social core gut-microbiota, similar as known from the honey bee, which plays an important role for host health and resistance.
Arne Weinhold +2 more
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Abnormal Proventriculus in Bumble Bee Males [PDF]
Diversity, 2022 Females social insects are widely investigated, while males are often neglected. Previous work on the morphology of the bumble bee male alimentary tract has described the presence of swollen proventriculi as a character with taxonomic value.
Mario X. Ruiz-González
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Bumble Bee Watch community science program increases scientific understanding of an important pollinator group across Canada and the USA. [PDF]
PLoS ONEIn a time of increasing threats to bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus), it is important to understand their ecology and distribution. As experts are limited in resources to conduct field surveys, there is potential for community scientists to help.
Victoria J MacPhail +2 more
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Phylogeography and ecology of bumble bees on Kolguev Island, a remote European Arctic landmass [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 The bumble bee fauna of the Russian Arctic is rather poorly known. Kolguev Island, a remote insular territory in the Barents Sea, is one of the deficiently studied areas.
Grigory S. Potapov +11 more
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