Bombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Microcolonies as a Tool for Biological Understanding and Pesticide Risk Assessment

The bumble bee microbiome increases survival of bees exposed to selenate toxicity

(2019) Jason A. Rothman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Bring out your dead: quantifying corpse removal in Bombus terrestris, an annual eusocial insect

(2018) Zoe Munday et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The role of the gut microbiome in health and disease of adult honey bee workers

(2018) Kasie Raymann et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Interaction effects of different drivers of wild bee decline and their influence on host–pathogen dynamics

(2018) Ivan Meeus et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Microbiome Structure Influences Infection by the Parasite Crithidia bombi in Bumble Bees

(2018) Blair K. Mockler et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of Pesticide Exposure in Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Implications for Risk Assessments

(2018) Angela E Gradish et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Effects of neonicotinoid imidacloprid exposure on bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) queen survival and nest initiation

(2017) Judy Wu-Smart et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Pollen nutrients better explain bumblebee colony development than pollen diversity

(2017) Romain Moerman et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Diet effects on bumblebee health

(2017) Nathalie Roger et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

General and species-specific impacts of a neonicotinoid insecticide on the ovary development and feeding of wild bumblebee queens

(2017) Gemma L. Baron et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Comparative toxicity of pesticides and environmental contaminants in bees: Are honey bees a useful proxy for wild bee species?

(2017) Matthew S. Heard et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Risk assessment of pesticides and other stressors in bees: Principles, data gaps and perspectives from the European Food Safety Authority

(2017) Agnès Rortais et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Interspecific Variation in Bumblebee Performance on Pollen Diet: New Insights for Mitigation Strategies

(2017) Romain Moerman et al.   PLoS One

Effect of oral administration of lactic acid bacteria on colony performance and gut microbiota in indoor-reared bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

(2016) Annelies Billiet et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Hungry for quality—individual bumblebees forage flexibly to collect high-quality pollen

(2016) Fabian A. Ruedenauer et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Food Limitation Affects Parasite Load and Survival ofBombus impatiens(Hymenoptera: Apidae) Infected WithCrithidia(Trypanosomatida: Trypanosomatidae)

(2016) Taylor J. Conroy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Consequences of a nectar yeast for pollinator preference and performance

(2016) Robert N. Schaeffer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Impact of pollen resources drift on common bumblebees in NW Europe

(2016) Nathalie Roger et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Is non-host pollen suitable for generalist bumblebees?

(2016) Maryse Vanderplanck et al.   Insect Science

Israeli acute paralysis virus associated paralysis symptoms, viral tissue distribution and Dicer-2 induction in bumblebee workers (Bombus terrestris)

(2016) Haidong Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Hygienic food to reduce pathogen risk to bumblebees

(2016) P. Graystock et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Gut microbial communities of social bees

(2016) Waldan K. Kwong et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

No effect of low-level chronic neonicotinoid exposure on bumblebee learning and fecundity

(2016) Saija Piiroinen et al.   PeerJ

Extrapolation of acute toxicity across bee species

(2016) Helen Thompson   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Impact of sugar syrup and pollen diet on the bacterial diversity in the gut of indoor-reared bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

(2015) Annelies Billiet et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Growth Rate of Bumblebee Larvae is Related to Pollen Amino Acids

(2015) Romain Moerman et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Effects of dietary lambda-cyhalothrin exposure on bumblebee survival, reproduction, and foraging behavior in laboratory and greenhouse

(2015) Bob Ceuppens et al.   JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

Modeling the status, trends, and impacts of wild bee abundance in the United States

(2015) Insu Koh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A conserved class of queen pheromones? Re-evaluating the evidence in bumblebees (Bombus impatiens)

(2015) Etya Amsalem et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Secondary metabolites in floral nectar reduce parasite infections in bumblebees

(2015) L. L. Richardson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Delivery of crop pollination services is an insufficient argument for wild pollinator conservation

(2015) David Kleijn et al.   Nature Communications

Lethal and sublethal effects of azadirachtin on the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

(2014) Wagner Faria Barbosa et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

A meta-analysis comparing the sensitivity of bees to pesticides

(2014) Maria Arena et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Herbivore Defence Compounds Occur in Pollen and Reduce Bumblebee Colony Fitness

(2014) Sarah E. J. Arnold et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Effect of oral infection with Kashmir bee virus and Israeli acute paralysis virus on bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) reproductive success

(2014) Ivan Meeus et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Genomics and host specialization of honey bee and bumble bee gut symbionts

(2014) W. K. Kwong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Measuring the sugar consumption of larvae in bumblebee micro-colonies: a promising new method for tracking food economics in bees

(2013) Ivan Řehoř et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Sub-lethal effects of thiamethoxam, a neonicotinoid pesticide, and propiconazole, a DMI fungicide, on colony initiation in bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) micro-colonies

(2013) Charlotte Elston et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Assessment of mutualism between Bombus terrestris and its microbiota by use of microcolonies

(2013) Ivan Meeus et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Social interactions and their connection to aggression and ovarian development in orphaned worker bumblebees (Bombus impatiens)

(2013) E.D. Sibbald et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Effects of the neonicotinoid pesticide thiamethoxam at field-realistic levels on microcolonies of Bombus terrestris worker bumble bees

(2013) Ian Laycock et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Too Much Work, Not Enough Tarsi: Group Size Influences Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Worker Reproduction With Implications for Sublethal Pesticide Toxicity Assessments

(2013) A. E. Gradish et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Determining pesticide contamination in honey by LC-ESI-MS/MS – Comparison of pesticide recoveries of two liquid–liquid extraction based approaches

(2013) Maciej W. Kujawski et al.   LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Dietary chlorantraniliprole suppresses reproduction in worker bumblebees

(2013) Guy Smagghe et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Influence of Pollen Nutrition on Honey Bee Health: Do Pollen Quality and Diversity Matter?

(2013) Garance Di Pasquale et al.   PLoS One

Bee pollination improves crop quality, shelf life and commercial value

(2013) B. K. Klatt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plant-Pollinator Interactions over 120 Years: Loss of Species, Co-Occurrence, and Function

(2013) L. A. Burkle et al.   SCIENCE

Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance

(2013) L. A. Garibaldi et al.   SCIENCE

Effects of imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid pesticide, on reproduction in worker bumble bees (Bombus terrestris)

(2012) Ian Laycock et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Different toxic and hormetic responses ofBombus impatienstoBeauveria bassiana, Bacillus subtilisand spirotetramat

(2012) Krilen Ramanaidu et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Neonicotinoid Pesticide Reduces Bumble Bee Colony Growth and Queen Production

(2012) P. R. Whitehorn et al.   SCIENCE

A Common Pesticide Decreases Foraging Success and Survival in Honey Bees

(2012) M. Henry et al.   SCIENCE

Differential sensitivity of honey bees and bumble bees to a dietary insecticide (imidacloprid)

(2012) James E. Cresswell et al.   ZOOLOGY

Pollination services in the UK: How important are honeybees?

(2011) T.D. Breeze et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

The potential impacts of insecticides on the life-history traits of bees and the consequences for pollination

(2011) Claire Brittain et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Lethal and sublethal side-effect assessment supports a more benign profile of spinetoram compared with spinosad in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

(2011) Linde Besard et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

The Effect of Group Size on the Interplay between Dominance and Reproduction in Bombus terrestris

(2011) Etya Amsalem et al.   PLoS One

Patterns of widespread decline in North American bumble bees

(2011) S. A. Cameron et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Socially transmitted gut microbiota protect bumble bees against an intestinal parasite

(2011) H. Koch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Pesticides and honey bee toxicity – USA

(2010) Reed M. Johnson et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Varroamites and honey bee health: canVarroaexplain part of the colony losses?

(2010) Yves Le Conte et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Small worker bumble bees (Bombus impatiens) are hardier against starvation than their larger sisters

(2010) M. J. Couvillon et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers

(2010) Simon G. Potts et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Post-ingestive effects of nectar alkaloids depend on dominance status of bumblebees

(2009) JESSAMYN S. MANSON et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Risk assessment for side-effects of neonicotinoids against bumblebees with and without impairing foraging behavior

(2009) Veerle Mommaerts et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Impact of insecticidal proteins expressed in transgenic plants on bumblebee microcolonies

(2009) Dirk Babendreier et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Impact ofBacillus thuringiensisstrains on survival, reproduction and foraging behaviour in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)

(2009) Veerle Mommaerts et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Nutritive value of 15 single pollens and pollen mixes tested on larvae produced by bumblebee workers (Bombus terrestris, Hymenoptera: Apidae)

(2008) Jean-Noël Tasei et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Life-cycle and foraging patterns of native Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in the Mediterranean region

(2008) F. Gurel et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Validation of a Method Using Queenless Bombus terrestris Micro-Colonies for Testing the Nutritive Value of Commercial Pollen Mixes by Comparison with Queenright Colonies

(2008) Jean-Noël Tasei et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY