Research on honey bees, one of the most famous social insects, has been largely limited to
studies on Central European populations of the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera. Most …

The honeybee Apis mellifera L. is a crucial pollinator as well as a prominent scientific model
organism, in particular for the neurobiological study of olfactory perception, learning, and …

Insects heavily rely on the olfactory system for food, mating, and predator evasion. However,
the caste-related olfactory differences in Apis cerana, a eusocial insect, remain unclear. To …

A putative male-produced pheromone has recently been described for the global pest of
pines, Sirex noctilio, but field-activity has not been demonstrated. This study aimed to …

Social bees have evolved sophisticated communication systems to recruit nestmates to
newly found food sources. As foraging ranges can vary from a few hundred meters to …

How an organism's sensory system functions is central to how it navigates its environment.
The insect olfactory system is a prominent model for investigating how ecological factors …

Olfaction is a crucial sensory modality underlying foraging, social and mating behaviors in
many insects. Since the olfactory system is at the interface between the animal and its …

Social bees have evolved sophisticated communication systems to recruit nestmates to
newly found food sources. As foraging ranges can vary from a few hundred meters to …

How an organism's sensory system functions is central to how it navigates its environment
and meets the behavioural challenges associated with survival and reproduction …

Apis dorsata is an open-nesting, undomesticated, giant honey bee found in southern Asia.
We characterized a number of aspects of olfactory system of Apis dorsata and compared it …