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 …

The ability to transition between different behavioural stages is a widespread phenomenon
across the animal kingdom. Such behavioural adaptations are often linked to changes in the …

A key mechanistic hypothesis for the evolution of division of labour in social insects is that a
shared set of genes co-opted from a common solitary ancestral ground plan (a genetic …

The ecological success of social insects is based on division of labour, not only between
queens and workers, but also among workers. Whether a worker tends the brood or forages …

The significant risk of disease transmission has selected for effective immune-defense
strategies in insect societies. Division of labour, with individuals specialized in immunity …

Flowering plants attract pollinators with volatile chemicals that include aromatic compounds.
Syrphid flies are the largest group of flower visitors in Diptera, but little is known about how …

Highlights•Some honey bee nurses altered offspring care when the hive was
threatened.•Nurses from highly aggressive hives decreased larval care following alarm …

The honey bee, which lives in the crowded environment of a social hive, is vulnerable to
disease infection and spread. Despite efforts to develop various diagnostic methods …

Highlights•Natural sensory stimuli dynamically change in time.•An insect's sensory system
may reweight the inputs depending on physiological state and the strength of the sensory …

Coordination in honeybees is heavily dependent on their chemoreception system, in which
odorant-binding proteins are very important. A previous study based on the antennal …