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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, Yulia S. Kolosova, Alexander V. Kondakov, Alena A. Tomilova, Boris Yu. Filippov, Natalia A. Zubrii, Vitaly M. Spitsyn, Elizaveta A. Spitsyna, Alisa A. Zheludkova, Mikhail Yu. Gofarov, Galina V. Bovykina, Ivan N. Bolotov   +11 more
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Olfactory coding in the antennal lobe of the bumble bee Bombus terrestris

Scientific Reports, 2021
Sociality is classified as one of the major transitions in evolution, with the largest number of eusocial species found in the insect order Hymenoptera, including the Apini (honey bees) and the Bombini (bumble bees).
Marcel Mertes, Julie Carcaud, Jean-Christophe Sandoz   +2 more
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An evidence-based rationale for a North American commercial bumble bee clean stock certification program

Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2023
The commercial production and subsequent movement of bumble bees for pollination of agricultural field and greenhouse crops is a growing industry in North America and globally.
James Strange, Sheila Colla, Laurie Davies Adams, Michelle Duennes, Elaine Evans, Laura Figueroa, David Lehmann, Heather Moylett, Leif Richardson, Ben Sadd, James Smith, Tamara Smith, Amber Tripodi, David W. Inouye   +13 more
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Introduced honey bees increase host plant abundance but decrease native bumble bee species richness and abundance

Ecosphere, 2022
Long‐term variation in the population density of introduced honey bees (Apis mellifera) has been shown to be associated with variations in floral traits in alpine lotus (Saussurea nigrescens).
Ruijun Su, Wenfei Dai, Yulian Yang, Xuelin Wang, Rui Gao, Mengying He, Chuan Zhao, Junpeng Mu   +7 more
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Unbiased RNA shotgun metagenomics in social and solitary wild bees detects associations with eukaryote parasites and new viruses [PDF]

, 2016
The diversity of eukaryote organisms and viruses associated with wild bees remains poorly characterized in contrast to the well-documented pathosphere of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera.
Braeckman, Bart, de Graaf, Dirk, De Smet, Lina, Schoonvaere, Karel, Smagghe, Guy, Vierstraete, Andy   +5 more
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Parasites, parasitoids, and hive products that are potentially deleterious to wild and commercially raised bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in North America

Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2023
Bumble bees are important pollinators for a great diversity of wild and cultivated plants, and in many parts of the world certain species have been found to be in decline, gone locally extinct, or even globally extinct.
Elaine Evans, James Strange, Ben Sadd, Amber Tripodi, Laura Figueroa, Laurie Adams, Sheila Colla, Michelle Duennes, David Lehmann, Heather Moylett, Leif Richardson, James W. Smith, Tamara Smith, Edward Spevak, David W. Inouye   +14 more
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The diversity, evolution, and development of setal morphologies in bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.) [PDF]

PeerJ, 2022
Bumble bees are characterized by their thick setal pile that imparts aposematic color patterns often used for species-level identification. Like all bees, the single-celled setae of bumble bees are branched, an innovation thought important for pollen ...
Heather M. Hines, Shelby Kerrin Kilpatrick, István Mikó, Daniel Snellings, Margarita M. López-Uribe, Li Tian   +5 more
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The Potential Influence of Bumble Bee Visitation on Foraging Behaviors and Assemblages of Honey Bees on Squash Flowers in Highland Agricultural Ecosystems. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Bee species interactions can benefit plant pollination through synergistic effects and complementary effects, or can be of detriment to plant pollination through competition effects by reducing visitation by effective pollinators.
Zhenghua Xie, Dongdong Pan, Jonathan Teichroew, Jiandong An   +3 more
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Earlier Morning Arrival to Pollen-Rewarding Flowers May Enable Feral Bumble Bees to Successfully Compete with Local Bee Species and Expand Their Distribution Range in a Mediterranean Habitat

Insects, 2022
During recent decades, bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) have continuously expanded their range in the Mediterranean climate regions of Israel. To assess their potential effects on local bee communities, we monitored their diurnal and seasonal activity ...
Noam Bar-Shai, Uzi Motro, Avishai Shmida, Guy Bloch   +3 more
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Honey bees and bumble bees occupying the same landscape have distinct gut microbiomes and amplicon sequence variant-level responses to infections [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
The gut microbiome of bees is vital for the health of their hosts. Given the ecosystem functions performed by bees, and the declines faced by many species, it is important to improve our understanding of the amount of natural variation in the gut ...
Navolle Amiri, Mia M. Keady, Haw Chuan Lim   +2 more
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