Consuming sunflower pollen reduced pathogen infection but did not alter measures of immunity in bumblebees

AE Fowler, BM Sadd… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Certain diets can benefit bee health by reducing pathogens, but the mechanism (s) driving
these medicinal effects are largely unexplored. Recent research found that sunflower …

Transmission of a bumblebee parasite is robust despite parasite exposure to extreme temperatures

HS Wolmuth‐Gordon, MJF Brown - Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
All organisms are exposed to fluctuating environmental conditions, such as temperature.
How individuals respond to temperature affects their interactions with one another. Changes …

A simulated natural heatwave perturbs bumblebee immunity and resistance to infection

KB Tobin, R Mandes, A Martinez… - Journal of Animal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As a consequence of ongoing climate change, heatwaves are predicted to increase in
frequency, intensity, and duration in many regions. Such extreme events can shift organisms …

PubNavigator as an undergraduate teaching tool

RA Marroquín-Flores, MA Campbell, S Grimes… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The ability to use data and evidence as the basis for scientific reasoning is a critical skill that
undergraduate students must learn to successfully transition into science careers. There is a …

[PDF][PDF] Investigating epidemiological questions using Crithidia bombi and Bombus terrestris as a model system

HS Wolmuth-Gordon - 2023 - pure.royalholloway.ac.uk
The bumblebee gut parasite, Crithidia bombi, is widespread and prevalent in the field. It is
spread faecal-orally between colonies via the shared use of flowers when foraging. Its …

The world is not flat: accounting for the dynamic nature of the environment as we move beyond static experimental manipulations

TJ Greives, RM Bowden - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Although we have long understood that environmental variation affects both physiology and
behavior, historically, most studies have limited or simplified environmental variation to focus …

[引用][C] Bees, Pollination and Climate Change: a not so sweet overview

D Ward