How do sunflower pollen mixtures affect survival of queenless microcolonies of bumblebees (Bombus impatiens)?

Pollen nutrients better explain bumblebee colony development than pollen diversity

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

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

(2017) Romain Moerman et al.   PLoS One

Different but the same: bumblebee species collect pollen of different plant sources but similar amino acid profiles

(2016) Linda Kriesell et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Bumble bees regulate their intake of essential protein and lipid pollen macronutrients

(2016) A. D. Vaudo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Macronutrient ratios in pollen shape bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) foraging strategies and floral preferences

(2016) Anthony D. Vaudo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Native wildflower plantings support wild bee abundance and diversity in agricultural landscapes across the United States

(2015) Neal M. Williams et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Growth Rate of Bumblebee Larvae is Related to Pollen Amino Acids

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

Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers

(2015) D. Goulson et al.   SCIENCE

Bee nutrition and floral resource restoration

(2015) Anthony D Vaudo et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Pollen and nectar quality drive the major and minor floral choices of bumble bees

(2014) Laurent Somme et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Better safe than sorry? A Fabaceae species exhibits unfavourable pollen properties for developing bee larvae despite its hidden anthers

(2014) Mare Haider et al.   Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Herbivore Defence Compounds Occur in Pollen and Reduce Bumblebee Colony Fitness

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

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

(2014) Maryse Vanderplanck et al.   PLoS One

Hedgerow restoration promotes pollinator populations and exports native bees to adjacent fields

(2013) Lora A. Morandin et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Intra- and interpopulational variation in the ability of a solitary bee species to develop on non-host pollen: implications for host range expansion

(2013) Mare Haider et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Pollen mixing in pollen generalist solitary bees: a possible strategy to complement or mitigate unfavourable pollen properties?

(2013) Michael Eckhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

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

Chemical composition of the ‘low quality’ pollen of sunflower (Helianthus annuus, Asteraceae)

(2012) Susan Wendy Nicolson et al.   APIDOLOGIE

The same, but different: pollen foraging in honeybee and bumblebee colonies

(2011) Sara Diana Leonhardt et al.   APIDOLOGIE

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

Pollen amino acids and flower specialisation in solitary bees

(2010) Christiane Natalie Weiner et al.   APIDOLOGIE

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

Manuscript in preparation for Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Bumble bee pollen foraging regulation: role of pollen quality, storage levels, and odor

(2008) T. K. Kitaoka et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Pollen hosts of western palaearctic bees of the genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Colletidae): the Asteraceae paradox

(2008) ANDREAS MÜLLER et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

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

(2008) Christophe J. Praz et al.   ECOLOGY

Breeding system, pollinator choice and variation in pollen quality in British herbaceous plants

(2008) M. E. Hanley et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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