BACKGROUND Contagious pathogens can trigger diverse changes in host social
behaviors, rewiring their social networks and profoundly influencing the extent and pace of …

Honey bees are key agricultural pollinators, but beekeepers continually suffer high annual
colony losses owing to a number of environmental stressors, including inadequate nutrition …

Nucleic acid sensing powered by the sequence recognition of CRIPSR technologies has
enabled major advancement toward rapid, accurate and deployable diagnostics. While …

The gut microbiota influences animal neurodevelopment and behaviour but has not
previously been documented to affect group-level properties of social organisms. Here, we …

From cells in tissue, to bird flocks, to human crowds, living systems display a stunning variety
of collective behaviors. Yet quantifying such phenomena first requires tracking a significant …

In complex societies, individuals' roles are reflected by interactions with other conspecifics.
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) generally change tasks as they age, but developmental …

Social distancing in response to infectious diseases is a strategy exhibited by human and
nonhuman animals to counteract the spread of pathogens and/or parasites. Honey bee …

An animal's social behaviour both influences and changes in response to its parasites. Here
we consider these bidirectional links between host social behaviours and parasite infection …

Gut microbiomes are increasingly recognized for mediating diverse biological aspects of
their hosts, including complex behavioral phenotypes. Although many studies have reported …

A honey bee colony functions as an integrated collective, with individuals coordinating their
behaviour to adapt and respond to unexpected disturbances. Nest homeostasis is critical for …