Information flow and regulation of foraging activity in bumble bees (Bombus spp.) [PDF]
, 2004 Publisher version: http://www.apidologie ...
Chittka, L, Dornhaus, A
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Review of the methods to determine the hazard and toxicity of pesticides to bumblebees [PDF]
, 2001 Methods to determine the impact of pesticides on bumblebees are described. They are classified into laboratory tests to determine the acute toxicity and the hazard to bumblebees, (semi) field tests, and brood tests.
Steen, J.J.M., van der
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Genomic Features Of A Bumble Bee Symbiont Reflect Its Host Environment [PDF]
, 2014 Here, we report the genome of one gammaproteobacterial member of the gut microbiota, for which we propose the name >Candidatus Schmidhempelia bombi,> that was inadvertently sequenced alongside the genome of its host, the bumble bee, Bombus impatiens ...
Koch, Hauke +4 more
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The Bumble Bees of Florida, Bombus spp.
EDIS, 2011 Bumble bees are easily recognized by the corbicula (pollen basket) on the hind tibiae in the females. They are beneficial insects that pollinate many native and ornamental plants.
Lionel A. Stange
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Flower Color as Predictor for Nectar Reward Quantity in an Alpine Flower Community
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Entomophilous plants have evolved colorful floral displays to attract flower visitors to achieve pollination. Although many insects possess innate preferences for certain colors, the underlying proximate and ultimate causes for this behavior are still ...
Martin Streinzer +2 more
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The bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) of Arkansas, fifty years later [PDF]
, 2015 Many species of bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus Latreille) are declining throughout their ranges in North America, yet detecting population trends can be difficult when historical survey data are lacking. In the present study, contemporary data
Szalanski, Allen L., Tripodi, Amber D.
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Effects of habitat composition and landscape structure on worker foraging distances of five bumblebee species [PDF]
, 2016 Bumblebees (Bombus spp.) are important pollinators of both crops and wild flowers. Their contribution to this essential ecosystem service has been threatened over recent decades by changes in land use, which have led to declines in their populations.
Andrew F. G. Bourke +67 more
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Bumble bees display cross-modal object recognition between visual and tactile senses
Science, 2020 These bees have “seen” that before Humans excel at mental imagery, and we can transfer those images across senses. For example, an object out of view, but for which we have a mental image, can still be recognized by touch. Such cross-modal recognition is
Cwyn Solvi +2 more
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Discriminations of Color and Pattern on Artificial Flowers by Male and Female Bumble Bees, \u3ci\u3eBombus Impatiens\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]
, 2018 This study examined the performance of male bumble bees (Bombus impatiens) in color and pattern discriminations and compared it to that of female bees. Bees were trained to forage from rewarding (S+) and unrewarding (S-) artificial flowers which differed
Church, Dana +2 more
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Does pathogen spillover from commercially reared bumble bees threaten wild pollinators? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 The conservation of insect pollinators is drawing attention because of reported declines in bee species and the 'ecosystem services' they provide. This issue has been brought to a head by recent devastating losses of honey bees throughout North America ...
Michael C Otterstatter, James D Thomson
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