Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers

D Goulson, E Nicholls, C Botías, EL Rotheray - Science, 2015 - science.org
BACKGROUND The species richness of wild bees and other pollinators has declined over
the past 50 years, with some species undergoing major declines and a few going extinct …

Genetic, individual, and group facilitation of disease resistance in insect societies

N Wilson-Rich, M Spivak, NH Fefferman… - Annual review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
In this review, we provide a current reference on disease resistance in insect societies. We
start with the genetics of immunity in the context of behavioral and physiological processes …

Glyphosate impairs collective thermoregulation in bumblebees

A Weidenmüller, A Meltzer, S Neupert, A Schwarz… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Insects are facing a multitude of anthropogenic stressors, and the recent decline in their
biodiversity is threatening ecosystems and economies across the globe. We investigated the …

Parasites in bloom: flowers aid dispersal and transmission of pollinator parasites within and between bee species

P Graystock, D Goulson… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The dispersal of parasites is critical for epidemiology, and the interspecific vectoring of
parasites when species share resources may play an underappreciated role in parasite …

[图书][B] Bumblebees: behaviour, ecology, and conservation

D Goulson - 2010 - books.google.com
Bumblebees are familiar and charismatic insects, occurring throughout much of the world.
They are increasingly being used as a model organism for studying a wide range of …

Protein-poor diet reduces host-specific immune gene expression in Bombus terrestris

FS Brunner, P Schmid-Hempel… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Parasites infect hosts non-randomly as genotypes of hosts vary in susceptibility to the same
genotypes of parasites, but this specificity may be modulated by environmental factors such …

Diet effects on bumblebee health

N Roger, D Michez, R Wattiez, C Sheridan… - Journal of Insect …, 2017 - Elsevier
Among physiological processes, the maintenance of immunity is one of the most
energetically costly in invertebrates. Disease resistance can be quantified by measuring …

Sub-lethal but potentially devastating-The novel insecticide flupyradifurone impairs collective brood care in bumblebees

LR Fischer, D Ramesh, A Weidenmüller - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The worldwide decline in pollinating insects is alarming. One of the main anthropogenic
drivers is the massive use of pesticides in agriculture. Risk assessment procedures test …

Effects of diesel exhaust particles on the health and survival of the buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris after acute and chronic oral exposure

F Hüftlein, D Seidenath, A Mittereder… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The diesel-powered transportation sector is a major producer of environmental pollution in
the form of micro-and nanoscale diesel exhaust particles (DEP). Pollinators, such as wild …

Impacts of neonicotinoid insecticides on bumble bee energy metabolism are revealed under nectar starvation

N Fischer, CP Costa, M Hur, JS Kirkwood… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bumble bees are an important group of insects that provide essential pollination services as
a consequence of their foraging behaviors. These pollination services are driven, in part, by …