Associative learning of flowers by generalist bumble bees can be mediated by microbes on the petals

Contrasting effects of yeasts and bacteria on floral nectar traits

(2018) Rachel L Vannette et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Bacteria colonising Penstemon digitalis show volatile and tissue-specific responses to a natural concentration range of the floral volatile linalool

(2018) Rosalie C. F. Burdon et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

Lactobacillus micheneri sp. nov., Lactobacillus timberlakei sp. nov. and Lactobacillus quenuiae sp. nov., lactic acid bacteria isolated from wild bees and flowers

(2018) Quinn S. McFrederick et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Bumblebees distinguish floral scent patterns, and can transfer these to corresponding visual patterns

(2018) David A. Lawson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Visual Detection and Avoidance of Pathogenic Bacteria by Aphids

(2018) Tory A. Hendry et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The effects of host species and sexual dimorphism differ among root, leaf and flower microbiomes of wild strawberries in situ

(2018) Na Wei et al.   Scientific Reports

Epiphytic Bacteria Alter Floral Scent Emissions

(2017) Carola Helletsgruber et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Nectar-inhabiting microorganisms influence nectar volatile composition and attractiveness to a generalist pollinator

(2017) Caitlin C. Rering et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Bees remember flowers for more than one reason: pollen mediates associative learning

(2016) Felicity Muth et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Foraging Bumble Bees Weigh the Reliability of Personal and Social Information

(2016) Aimee S. Dunlap et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Nectar microbes can reduce secondary metabolites in nectar and alter effects on nectar consumption by pollinators

(2016) Rachel L. Vannette et al.   ECOLOGY

Consequences of a nectar yeast for pollinator preference and performance

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

Forget-me-not: Complex floral displays, inter-signal interactions, and pollinator cognition

(2016) Anne S. Leonard et al.   Current Zoology

Bees learn preferences for plant species that offer only pollen as a reward

(2015) Avery L. Russell et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Nectar yeasts in Delphinium nuttallianum (Ranunculaceae) and their effects on nectar quality

(2015) Robert N. Schaeffer et al.   Fungal Ecology

Maize Plants Recognize Herbivore-Associated Cues from Caterpillar Frass

(2015) Swayamjit Ray et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Parasites in bloom: flowers aid dispersal and transmission of pollinator parasites within and between bee species

(2015) Peter Graystock et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Microbial communities on flower surfaces act as signatures of pollinator visitation

(2015) Masayuki Ushio et al.   Scientific Reports

Density-dependent negative responses by bumblebees to bacteria isolated from flowers

(2014) Robert R. Junker et al.   APIDOLOGIE

The microbial ecology of flowers: an emerging frontier in phyllosphere research

(2014) Kristin Aleklett et al.   Botany

Arranging the bouquet of disease: floral traits and the transmission of plant and animal pathogens

(2014) Scott H. McArt et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Multisensory integration of colors and scents: insights from bees and flowers

(2014) Anne S. Leonard et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Honey Bees Avoid Nectar Colonized by Three Bacterial Species, But Not by a Yeast Species, Isolated from the Bee Gut

(2014) Ashley P. Good et al.   PLoS One

Removal of floral microbiota reduces floral terpene emissions

(2014) Josep Peñuelas et al.   Scientific Reports

Microbial Volatile Emissions as Insect Semiochemicals

(2013) Thomas Seth Davis et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Do Honeybees Shape the Bacterial Community Composition in Floral Nectar?

(2013) Yana Aizenberg-Gershtein et al.   PLoS One

Single pollinator species losses reduce floral fidelity and plant reproductive function

(2013) B. J. Brosi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Detection and Learning of Floral Electric Fields by Bumblebees

(2013) D. Clarke et al.   SCIENCE

Pollinator-mediated evolution of floral signals

(2013) Florian P. Schiestl et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Nectar yeasts of two southern Spanish plants: the roles of immigration and physiological traits in community assembly

(2012) María I. Pozo et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Environment or kin: whence do bees obtain acidophilic bacteria?

(2012) QUINN S. McFREDERICK et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The honeybee as a model for understanding the basis of cognition

(2012) Randolf Menzel   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Relationships among nectar-dwelling yeasts, flowers and ants: patterns and incidence on nectar traits

(2012) Clara de Vega et al.   OIKOS

Nectar bacteria, but not yeast, weaken a plant-pollinator mutualism

(2012) R. L. Vannette et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Animal behaviour meets microbial ecology

(2011) Elizabeth A. Archie et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Heterospecific pollen deposition: does diversity alter the consequences?

(2011) Gerardo Arceo-Gómez et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Floral signposts: testing the significance of visual 'nectar guides' for pollinator behaviour and plant fitness

(2011) D. M. Hansen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Microorganisms from aphid honeydew attract and enhance the efficacy of natural enemies

(2011) Pascal D. Leroy et al.   Nature Communications

Role of Geosmin, a Typical Inland Water Odour, in Guiding Glass Eel Anguilla anguilla (L.) Migration

(2010) Laura Tosi et al.   ETHOLOGY

Hydrocarbon Footprints as a Record of Bumblebee Flower Visitation

(2009) Sebastian Witjes et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Inadvertent social information in foraging bumblebees: effects of flower distribution and implications for pollination

(2008) Mathilde Baude et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Wake Up and Smell the Roses: The Ecology and Evolution of Floral Scent

(2008) Robert A. Raguso   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

INVISIBLE FLORAL LARCENIES: MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES DEGRADE FLORAL NECTAR OF BUMBLE BEE-POLLINATED PLANTS

(2008) Carlos M. Herrera et al.   ECOLOGY

Chronic intake of fermented floral nectar by wild treeshrews

(2008) F. Wiens et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The correlation of learning speed and natural foraging success in bumble-bees

(2008) N. E Raine et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES