Reproduction, social behavior, and aging trajectories in honeybee workers

Reversion in honeybee, Apis mellifera, workers with different life expectancies

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Factors affecting ovary activation in honey bee workers: a meta-analysis

(2012) A. G. Backx et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Reversible switching between epigenetic states in honeybee behavioral subcastes

(2012) Brian R Herb et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Support for the reproductive ground plan hypothesis of social evolution and major QTL for ovary traits of Africanized worker honey bees (Apis melliferaL.)

(2011) Allie M Graham et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Age and Behavior of Honey Bee Workers, Apis mellifera, that Interact with Drones

(2011) Tyler L. Stout et al.   ETHOLOGY

Cross-species correlation between queen mating numbers and worker ovary sizes suggests kin conflict may influence ovary size evolution in honeybees

(2011) Olav Rueppell et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Longevity and aging in insects: Is reproduction costly; cheap; beneficial or irrelevant? A critical evaluation of the “trade-off” concept

(2010) Arnold De Loof   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Meta-analysis of age-related gene expression profiles identifies common signatures of aging

(2009) João Pedro de Magalhães et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Age-and caste-dependent decrease in expression of genes maintaining DNA and RNA quality and mitochondrial integrity in the honeybee wing muscle

(2009) Randi M. Aamodt   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers live longer in small than in large colonies

(2009) Olav Rueppell et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

The nurse’s load: Early-life exposure to brood-rearing affects behavior and lifespan in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

(2009) Gro V. Amdam et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Life expectancy and onset of foraging in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)

(2009) M. Woyciechowski et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Brood pheromone suppresses physiology of extreme longevity in honeybees (Apis mellifera)

(2009) B. Smedal et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Evolution and mechanisms of long life and high fertility in queen honey bees

(2008) Silvia C. Remolina et al.   AGE

Genetic, Individual, and Group Facilitation of Disease Resistance in Insect Societies

(2008) Noah Wilson-Rich et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Aging and demographic plasticity in response to experimental age structures in honeybees (Apis mellifera L)

(2008) Olav Rueppell et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Mortality rates of honey bees in the wild

(2008) R. Dukas   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Differences in the sleep architecture of forager and young honeybees (Apis mellifera)

(2008) A. D. Eban-Rothschild et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Nutritional Control of Reproductive Status in Honeybees via DNA Methylation

(2008) R. Kucharski et al.   SCIENCE

Primer Pheromones in Social Hymenoptera

(2007) Yves Le Conte et al.   Annual Review of Entomology