With less than a million neurons, the western honeybee Apis mellifera is capable of complex
olfactory behaviors and provides an ideal model for investigating the neurophysiology of the …

Olfactory circuits change structurally and physiologically during development and adult life.
This allows insects to respond to olfactory cues in an appropriate and adaptive way …

The use of agricultural neonicotinoid insecticides has sub-lethal chronic effects on bees that
are more prevalent than acute toxicity. Among these insecticides, thiacloprid, a commonly …

Developmental studies of brain volumes can reveal which portions of neural circuits are
sensitive to environmental inputs. In social insects, differences in relative investment across …

Highlights•In the wild, perception of informative olfactory cues can be obscured by
concurrent odors.•Experience-dependent changes can tune detection and encoding of …

Simple Summary In contrast to solitary insects such as the fruit fly or mosquito, eusocial ants
form colonial societies comprised of reproductives (female queens and short-lived males) …

The focus of bee neuroscience has for a long time been on only a handful of social
honeybee and bumblebee species, out of thousands of bees species that have been …

Early-life experiences have strong and long-lasting consequences for behavior in a
surprising diversity of animals. Determining which environmental inputs cause behavioral …

Plasticity is studied across the social and biological sciences, but communication between
disciplines is hindered by differences in the concepts used to do so. For instance, the …

Regulation of pollen and nectar foraging in honeybees is linked to differences in the
sensitivity to the reward. Octopamine (OA) participates in the processing of reward‐related …