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Food for flower‐visiting insects: Appreciating common native wild flowering plants

People and Nature, 2023
Native wild flowering plants provide important season‐round nectar and pollen resources for flower‐visiting insects, but many are unappreciated or even disliked by members of the public; for example ivy (Hedera spp.), dandelion (Taraxacum officinale agg.)
Veronica R. Wignall, Nicholas J. Balfour, Sam Gandy, Francis L. W. Ratnieks   +3 more
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Identification of a queen primer pheromone in higher termites

Communications Biology, 2022
It is long established that queens of social insects, including termites, maintain their reproductive dominance with queen primer pheromones (QPPs). Yet, the QPP chemistry has only been elucidated in a single species of lower termites.
Klára Dolejšová, Jan Křivánek, Jitka Štáfková, Natan Horáček, Jana Havlíčková, Virginie Roy, Blanka Kalinová, Amit Roy, Pavlína Kyjaková, Robert Hanus   +9 more
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Why Petals? Naïve, but Not Experienced Bees, Preferentially Visit Flowers with Larger Visual Signals

Insects, 2023
Flower evolution includes a range of questions concerning the function of showy morphological features such as petals. Despite extensive research on the role of petals in attracting pollinators, there has been little experimental testing of their ...
Nicholas J. Balfour, Francis L. W. Ratnieks   +1 more
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Most ornamental plants on sale in garden centres are unattractive to flower-visiting insects [PDF]

PeerJ, 2017
Background Gardeners and park managers seeking to support biodiversity in urban areas often plant ornamentals attractive to flower-visiting insects. There is a huge diversity of garden plant varieties, and some recommendations are available as to which ...
Mihail Garbuzov, Karin Alton, Francis L.W. Ratnieks   +2 more
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Garden centre customer attitudes to pollinators and pollinator-friendly planting [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Growing nectar- and pollen-rich flowering plant varieties in domestic gardens and other greenspace is an important pro-environmental behaviour that supports pollinating insects.
Veronica R. Wignall, Karin Alton, Francis L.W. Ratnieks   +2 more
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Black Fungi and Hydrocarbons: An Environmental Survey for Alkylbenzene Assimilation

Microorganisms, 2021
Environmental pollution with alkylbenzene hydrocarbons such as toluene is a recurring phenomenon. Their toxicity and harmful effect on people and the environment drive the search for sustainable removal techniques such as bioremediation, which is based ...
Noemi Carla Baron, Fernando Carlos Pagnocca, Ayumi Aquino Otsuka, Francesc Xavier Prenafeta-Boldú, Vânia Aparecida Vicente, Derlene Attili de Angelis   +5 more
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How Do Leaf-Cutting Ants Recognize Antagonistic Microbes in Their Fungal Crops?

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Leaf-cutting ants employ diverse behavioral strategies for promoting the growth of fungal cultivars in a structure known as fungus garden. As a nutritionally rich resource for the ants, the fungal crop is threatened by microbial antagonists and pathogens.
Aryel C. Goes, Mariana O. Barcoto, Pepijn W. Kooij, Pepijn W. Kooij, Odair C. Bueno, Andre Rodrigues   +5 more
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Intra-dance variation among waggle runs and the design of efficient protocols for honey bee dance decoding

Biology Open, 2012
Summary Noise is universal in information transfer. In animal communication, this presents a challenge not only for intended signal receivers, but also to biologists studying the system.
Margaret J. Couvillon, Fiona C. Riddell Pearce, Elisabeth L. Harris-Jones, Amanda M. Kuepfer, Samantha J. Mackenzie-Smith, Laura A. Rozario, Roger Schürch, Francis L. W. Ratnieks   +7 more
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Density of wild honey bee, Apis mellifera, colonies worldwide

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
The western honey bee, Apis mellifera, lives worldwide in approximately 102 million managed hives but also wild throughout much of its native and introduced range. Despite the global importance of A.
Oliver D. Visick, Francis L. W. Ratnieks
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Predicting the Habitat Suitability and Distribution of Two Species of Mound-Building Termites in Nigeria Using Bioclimatic and Vegetation Variables

Diversity, 2023
Temperature is an important factor determining the abundance, distribution and diversity of termite species. Thus, termites are affected by changing climate and have to adopt different means of surviving in order to avoid extinction.
Aiki P. Istifanus, Azrag. G. A. Abdelmutalab, Christian W. W. Pirk, Abdullahi A. Yusuf   +3 more
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