Microbes make the meal: oligolectic bees require microbes within their host pollen to thrive

Microbial Diversity Associated with the Pollen Stores of Captive-Bred Bumble Bee Colonies

(2020) Prarthana S. Dharampal et al.   Insects

Susceptibility of Red Mason Bee Larvae to Bacterial Threats Due to Microbiome Exchange with Imported Pollen Provisions

(2020) Anna Voulgari-Kokota et al.   Insects

Omnivory in bees: Elevated trophic positions among all major bee families

(2019) Shawn Alan Steffan et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Pollen-borne microbes shape bee fitness

(2019) Prarthana S. Dharampal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Drivers, Diversity, and Functions of the Solitary-Bee Microbiota

(2019) Anna Voulgari-Kokota et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Linking pollen foraging of megachilid bees to their nest bacterial microbiota

(2019) Anna Voulgari‐Kokota et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Bacterial communities associated with honeybee food stores are correlated with land use

(2018) Philip Donkersley et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Gas chromatography – mass spectrometry data processing made easy

(2017) Lea G. Johnsen et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A

Unpacking brown food-webs: Animal trophic identity reflects rampant microbivory

(2017) Shawn A. Steffan et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Dynamic microbiome evolution in social bees

(2017) Waldan K. Kwong et al.   Science Advances

Asteraceae Pollen Provisions Protect Osmia Mason Bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from Brood Parasitism

(2016) Dakota M. Spear et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Maternal manipulation of pollen provisions affects worker production in a small carpenter bee

(2016) Sarah P. Lawson et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Characterization of pollen and bacterial community composition in brood provisions of a small carpenter bee

(2016) Quinn S. McFrederick et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Historical nectar assessment reveals the fall and rise of floral resources in Britain

(2016) Mathilde Baude et al.   NATURE

Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

(2016) Simon G. Potts et al.   NATURE

Gut microbial communities of social bees

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

The Bee Microbiome: Impact on Bee Health and Model for Evolution and Ecology of Host-Microbe Interactions

(2016) Philipp Engel et al.   mBio

Relationship between honeybee nutrition and their microbial communities

(2015) Miriane Acosta Saraiva et al.   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Microbiota associated with pollen, bee bread, larvae and adults of solitary bee Osmia cornuta (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

(2015) J. Lozo et al.   BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Stoichiometric imbalances between detritus and detritivores are related to shifts in ecosystem functioning

(2015) André Frainer et al.   OIKOS

A meta-analysis comparing the sensitivity of bees to pesticides

(2014) Maria Arena et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY

Hive-stored pollen of honey bees: many lines of evidence are consistent with pollen preservation, not nutrient conversion

(2014) Kirk E. Anderson et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

How Does Pollen Chemistry Impact Development and Feeding Behaviour of Polylectic Bees?

(2014) Maryse Vanderplanck et al.   PLoS One

Diverse Microbiota Identified in Whole Intact Nest Chambers of the Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis (Linnaeus 1758)

(2013) Alexander Keller et al.   PLoS One

Bees diversified in the age of eudicots

(2013) S. Cardinal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

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

Establishment of Characteristic Gut Bacteria during Development of the Honeybee Worker

(2012) Vincent G. Martinson et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Closely related pollen generalist bees differ in their ability to develop on the same pollen diet: evidence for physiological adaptations to digest pollen

(2011) Claudio Sedivy et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

An emerging paradigm of colony health: microbial balance of the honey bee and hive (Apis mellifera)

(2011) K. E. Anderson et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Pollen amino acids and flower specialisation in solitary bees

(2010) Christiane Natalie Weiner et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Dispersal capacity and diet breadth modify the response of wild bees to habitat loss

(2010) R. Bommarco et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The lactic acid bacteria involved in the production of bee pollen and bee bread

(2009) Alejandra Vásquez et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

(2008) Nancy A. Moran et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

The nectar alkaloid, gelsemine, does not affect offspring performance of a native solitary bee, Osmia lignaria (Megachilidae)

(2008) SUSAN E. ELLIOTT et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

SPECIALIZED BEES FAIL TO DEVELOP ON NON-HOST POLLEN: DO PLANTS CHEMICALLY PROTECT THEIR POLLEN

(2008) Christophe J. Praz et al.   ECOLOGY