Vespa velutina, or Asian yellow-legged hornet, was accidentally introduced from China to
other parts of the world: South Korea in 2003, Europe in 2004, and Japan in 2012. V …

In evolutionary terms, life is about reproduction. Yet, in some species, individuals forgo their
own reproduction to support the reproductive efforts of others. Social insect colonies for …

Current approaches to risk assessment in bees do not take into account co-exposures from
multiple stressors. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is deploying resources and …

Cataglyphis ants are known for their outstanding navigational abilities. They return to their
inconspicuous nest after far‐reaching foraging trips using path integration, and whenever …

Independent origins of sociality in bees and ants are associated with independent
expansions of particular odorant receptor (OR) gene subfamilies. In ants, one clade within …

Abstract The Asian hornet, Vespa velutina, is an invasive, globally-distributed predator of
European honey bees and other insects. To better under its reproductive biology and to find …

La invasión de Vespa velutina Lepeletier, 1836 experimenta un avance en la expansión a
nuevas áreas y es, a día de hoy, una especie exótica invasora que genera alarma social y …

Vespicochory, seed dispersal by hornets, is an uncommon seed dispersal pattern in
angiosperms. To date, this phenomenon has been recorded in only four families. Because of …

Honey bees (Apis mellifera) express remarkable social interactions and cognitive
capabilities that have been studied extensively. In many cases, behavioral studies were …

Pheromones are pivotal to sexual communication in insects. These chemical signals are
processed by sexually dimorphic circuitries in the antennal lobe (AL) of the insect brain …