Recent advances in reproductive biology of stingless bees

Epigenetic modifications and their relation to caste and sex determination and adult division of labor in the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris

(2017) Carlos A.M. Cardoso-Júnior et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Diploid Male Production Results in Queen Death in the Stingless Bee Scaptotrigona depilis

(2017) Ayrton Vollet-Neto et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Chemical Ecology of Stingless Bees

(2017) Sara Diana Leonhardt   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Insights into the role of age and social interactions on the sexual attractiveness of queens in an eusocial bee, Melipona flavolineata (Apidae, Meliponini)

(2017) Jamille Costa Veiga et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Insights into the role of age and social interactions on the sexual attractiveness of queens in an eusocial bee, Melipona flavolineata (Apidae, Meliponini)

(2017) Jamille Costa Veiga et al.   Science of Nature

Five egg-laying queens in a single colony of brazilian stingless bees (Melipona scutellaris Latreille

(2017) Carlos Alfredo Lopes de Carvalho et al.   ACTA AMAZONICA

Consumption of the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam during the larval stage affects the survival and development of the stingless bee, Scaptotrigona aff. depilis

(2016) Annelise de Souza Rosa et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Competitive males have higher quality sperm in a monogamous social bee

(2016) Sheina Koffler et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Quantitative conservation genetics of wild and managed bees

(2016) Sheina Koffler et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Eusocial bee male aggregations: spatially and temporally separated but genetically homogenous

(2016) Charles Fernando dos Santos et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Relatedness and dispersal distance of eusocial bee males on mating swarms

(2016) Charles Fernando dos Santos et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Queens become workers: pesticides alter caste differentiation in bees

(2016) Charles F. dos Santos et al.   Scientific Reports

Molecular mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity in social insects

(2016) Miguel Corona et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Techniques for the In Vitro Production of Queens in Stingless Bees (Apidae, Meliponini)

(2016) Ana Rita Baptistella et al.   SOCIOBIOLOGY

In vitro rearing of stingless bee queens and their acceptance rate into colonies

(2015) Charles Fernando dos Santos et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Landscape genetics of a tropical rescue pollinator

(2015) Rodolfo Jaffé et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

A Brazilian Social Bee Must Cultivate Fungus to Survive

(2015) Cristiano Menezes et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Molecular characterization of the gene feminizer in the stingless bee Melipona interrupta (Hymenoptera: Apidae) reveals association to sex and caste development

(2015) Diana V. Brito et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Mating frequency and maternity of males in Melipona mondury (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

(2015) M. V. C. Viana et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Diploid males of Scaptotrigona depilis are able to join reproductive aggregations (Apidae, Meliponini)

(2015) Ayrton Vollet-Neto et al.   JOURNAL OF HYMENOPTERA RESEARCH

Genomic signatures of evolutionary transitions from solitary to group living

(2015) K. M. Kapheim et al.   SCIENCE

Bees for Development: Brazilian Survey Reveals How to Optimize Stingless Beekeeping

(2015) Rodolfo Jaffé et al.   PLoS One

Production of Early Diploid Males by European Colonies of the Invasive Hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax

(2015) Eric Darrouzet et al.   PLoS One

Assessing Sperm Quality in Stingless Bees

(2015) Hiara Marques Meneses et al.   SOCIOBIOLOGY

A scientific note on the founding and the early growth of new nests of the stingless bee Plebeia remota

(2014) Patrícia Nunes-Silva et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Monogamy in large bee societies: a stingless paradox

(2014) Rodolfo Jaffé et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

AN UPDATED GUIDE TO STUDY POLYANDRY IN SOCIAL INSECTS

(2014) Rodolfo Jaffé   SOCIOBIOLOGY

Sneaky queens in Melipona bees selectively detect and infiltrate queenless colonies

(2013) Annette Van Oystaeyen et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

A scientific note on diploid males in a reproductive event of a eusocial bee

(2013) Charles Fernando dos Santos et al.   APIDOLOGIE

An advance in the in vitro rearing of stingless bee queens

(2013) Cristiano Menezes et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Towards greater realism in inclusive fitness models: the case of worker reproduction in insect societies

(2013) T. Wenseleers et al.   Biology Letters

Trap-nests for stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini)

(2012) Ricardo Caliari Oliveira et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Genome-wide and Caste-Specific DNA Methylomes of the Ants Camponotus floridanus and Harpegnathos saltator

(2012) Roberto Bonasio et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Potential increase in mating frequency of queens in feral colonies of Bombus terrestris introduced into Japan

(2012) Maki N. Inoue et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

DNA methylation dynamics, metabolic fluxes, gene splicing, and alternative phenotypes in honey bees

(2012) S. Foret et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Prediction of social structure and genetic relatedness in colonies of the facultative polygynous stingless bee Melipona bicolor (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

(2011) Evelyze Pinheiro dos Reis et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

First discovery of a rare polygyne colony in the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata (Apidae, Meliponini)

(2010) Denise Araujo Alves et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Intraspecific queen parasitism in a highly eusocial bee

(2010) T. Wenseleers et al.   Biology Letters

Successful maintenance of a stingless bee population despite a severe genetic bottleneck

(2010) Denise Araujo Alves et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Detection of diploid males in a natural colony of the cleptobiotic bee Lestrimelitta sp (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

(2010) Mara Garcia Tavares et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The queen is dead-long live the workers: intraspecific parasitism by workers in the stingless beeMelipona scutellaris

(2009) D. A. ALVES et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Evidence for the evolutionary nascence of a novel sex determination pathway in honeybees

(2008) Martin Hasselmann et al.   NATURE

Sex Determination in the Hymenoptera

(2007) George E. Heimpel et al.   Annual Review of Entomology