Bumblebees are a diverse group of globally important pollinators in natural ecosystems and
for agricultural food production. With both eusocial and solitary life-cycle phases, and some …

Background The shift from solitary to social behavior is one of the major evolutionary
transitions. Primitively eusocial bumblebees are uniquely placed to illuminate the evolution …

Bumble bees are a longstanding model system for studies on behaviour, ecology and
evolution, due to their well‐studied social lifestyle, invaluable role as wild and managed …

The yellow-banded bumblebee Bombus terricola was common in North America but has
recently declined and is now on the IUCN Red List of threatened species. The causes of B …

Abstract Background The bumblebee Bombus terrestris is an ecologically and economically
important pollinator and has become an important biological model system. To study …

Background Sociality has many rewards, but can also be dangerous, as high population
density and low genetic diversity, common in social insects, is ideal for parasite …

In recent years, many pollinators have experienced large population declines, which
threaten food security and the stability of natural ecosystems. Bumble bees are particularly …

Background Understanding polyphenism, the ability of a single genome to express multiple
morphologically and behaviourally distinct phenotypes, is an important goal for evolutionary …

Abstract Bumble bees (Bombus Latreille) occupy a wide diversity of habitats, from alpine
meadows to lowland tropical forest, yet they appear to be similar in morphology throughout …

Bumble bees are an outstanding model system in which to study the organization and
evolution of complex social behaviour. Bumble bees pass through several distinct phases …