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Impact of Environmental Microparticles on Insect Olfaction

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Terrestrial insects underpin key ecosystem services, including pollination, herbivory regulation, decomposition, nutrient cycling, and disease control. These functions depend on chemical communication that guides insects to food, mates, hosts, shelters, and oviposition sites while helping them avoid threats.
Steve B. S. Baleba, Danube K. N. Wandji, Yves H. Tchiechoua, Komi Mensah Agboka, Iman B. Hassaballa, Victor O. Omondi, Beatrice T. Nganso, Saliou Niassy, Souleymane Diallo, Merid N. Getahun   +9 more
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How do insects pollinate flowers? Behaviour during visitation determines high pollination efficiency by a generalist insect

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Ecosystem services provide essential benefits to human survival and well‐being. Animal behaviour is central to the delivery of many ecosystem services, yet we know little about how behaviour drives services' provision.
Martha Fox, Lorraine Scott, Isabella Capellini   +2 more
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Eliciting beekeepers’ preferences for the small hive beetle control policy in Italy: a contingent valuation survey approach

Agricultural and Food Economics, 2023
Aethina tumida, commonly known as the small hive beetle (SHB), is a parasite of social bee colonies. In 2014, when the beetle was first detected in the Italian Region of Calabria, the Italian Ministry of Health started an SHB control strategy. Over time,
Cristina Salvioni, Simone Cerroni
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A Novel Acute Toxicity Bioassay and Field Trial to Evaluate Compounds for Small Hive Beetle Control

Applied Sciences, 2022
Beekeepers need new registered products to control the small hive beetle (SHB), Aethina tumida, a significant pest of western honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies.
Kaylin Kleckner, Alessandra De Carolis, Cameron Jack, Charles Stuhl, Giovanni Formato, James D. Ellis   +5 more
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Iflaviruses in arthropods: when small is mighty

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Many arthropod species harbor iflaviruses, which often cause covert (asymptomatic) infections, but may still affect host fitness. We review the impact of iflaviruses on arthropod fitness, immunity, behaviour as well as the iflavirus’ host range, transmission, tissue tropism and the interactions with other microorganisms within arthropods.
Annamaria Mattia, Hannah‐Isadora Huditz, Monique M. van Oers, Vera I.D. Ros   +3 more
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Behavioural responses of the small hive beetle to volatile components of fermenting honeybee hive products

, 2019
The small hive beetle, Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), is a significant pest of managed honeybees in the USA and eastern Australia. The beetle damages hives by feeding on hive products and leaving behind fermented wastes.
Brogan A. Amos, Steven J. Rice, Hayes, R. Andrew, Rice, Steven J., Leemon, Diana M., Dalton K. Baker, R. Andrew Hayes, Diana M. Leemon, Amos, Brogan A., Baker, Dalton K.   +9 more
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Honeybees directly outcompete other flower visitors through interference competition on shared resource

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
The outcomes of encounters between honeybees and other flower visitors were observed on two plant species. Pollinators either win, lose or share a resource. Competitive interactions led to greater than expected ‘wins’ for honeybees. The honeybee displaced or gave chase when interacting with another pollinator in at least 20% of winning outcomes ...
Victoria A. Buckle, Peter M. J. Brown, Toby Carter, Thomas C. Ings   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genome sequencing of Aethina tumida (small hive beetle) adult male

, 2022
Genome sequencing and assembly of Aethina tumida (small hive beetle) was conducted by the USDA-ARS Ag100Pest ...
USDA Ag100Pest (17857322), Hudson Alpha Genome Sequencing Center (17857310), USDA ARS Tropical Crop and Commodity Protection Research, Hilo, HI (17857304), USDA-ARS Genetics and Animal Breeding Research Unit Clay Center, NE (17857283), United States Department of Agriculture (17854922)   +4 more
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Sex Ratio of Small Hive Beetles: The Role of Pupation and Adult Longevity

Insects, 2019
The sex ratio of sexually reproducing animal species tends to be 1:1, which is known as Fisher’s principle. However, differential mortality and intraspecific competition during pupation can result in a biased adult sex ratio in insects.
Anna Papach, Jérémy Gonthier, Geoffrey R. Williams, Peter Neumann   +3 more
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Seasonal shifts in network structure and species roles in a tropical island plant–flower visitor community Cambios estacionales en la estructura de la red de interacciones entre plantas y visitantes florales y en los roles de las especies en una comunidad insular tropical

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Constant visitation rates across the flowering season masked major shifts in plant and flower visitor interaction structure, specialization, species roles and trait‐driven patterns shaping interaction intensity. Plants and flower visitors changed ecological roles over time, with native flower visitors playing key roles in maintaining network cohesion ...
Alba Costa, Julia Jaca, Christopher N. Kaiser‐Bunbury, Anna Traveset   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source