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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Microbes, including diverse bacteria and fungi, play an important role in the health of both solitary and social bees. Among solitary bee species, in which larvae remain in a closed brood cell throughout development, experiments that modified or ...
Jordan G. Kueneman +5 more
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Gut microbiota variation of a tropical oil-collecting bee species far exceeds that of the honeybee
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionInterest for bee microbiota has recently been rising, alleviating the gap in knowledge in regard to drivers of solitary bee gut microbiota. However, no study has addressed the microbial acquisition routes of tropical solitary bees.
Elif Kardas +5 more
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Elevated rates of dietary generalization in eusocial lineages of the secondarily herbivorous bees
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Background Within the Hymenoptera, bees are notable for their relationship with flowering plants, being almost entirely dependent on plant pollen and nectar.
T. J. Wood +3 more
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Functional resin use in solitary bees [PDF]
Ecological Entomology, 2021 1. Overall, more than 30% of bee species depend on non‐floral resources, such as resin. However, the importance of resin in bee ecology, particularly for solitary bees, has received very little attention thus far. 2. A plethora of loose natural history observations, inferences, and author opinions hint towards a striking range of uses
Shao Xiong Chui +2 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 The evolution of insect sociality has repeatedly involved changes in developmental events and their timing. Here, we propose the hypothesis that loss of a canonical regulator of moulting and metamorphosis, prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH), and its ...
Claudinéia P. Costa +5 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 In Central Europe, agricultural intensification has led to increasing fragmentation and loss of semi-natural habitats. In turn, ecosystem services such as pollination are being lost when insect pollinators depend on semi-natural habitats.
Felix Klaus +3 more
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Oocyte size, egg index, and body lipid content in relation to body size in the solitary bee Megachile rotundata [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Females of solitary, nest-provisioning bees have relatively low fecundity, but produce large eggs as part of their overall strategy of investing substantially in each offspring.
Kevin M. O’Neill +2 more
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Survival rate and changes in foraging performances of solitary bees exposed to a novel insecticide
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 Solitary bees are among the most important pollinators worldwide however population declines especially in croplands has been noticed. The novel pesticide sulfoxaflor is a competitive modulator of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) in insects ...
Samuel Boff +3 more
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EFSA Journal, 2012 The PPR Panel was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the science behind the development of a risk assessment of plant protection products on bees (Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and solitary bees).
EFSA Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues (PPR)
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Selective interspecific information use in the nest choice of solitary bees [PDF]
, 2020 Most of the studies on learning in bees have focused on the foraging context; we know little about the preferences and cognitive processes in nest-site selection, especially in solitary bees.
Loukola, Olli J. +14 more
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