Adequate nutrition supports the development of healthy honey bee colonies. We give an
overview of the nutritional demands of honey bee workers at three levels:(1) colony nutrition …

In vertebrates and invertebrates, morphological and functional features of gastrointestinal
(GI) tracts generally reflect food chemistry, such as content of carbohydrates, proteins, fats …

Planted meadows are increasingly used to improve the biodiversity and aesthetic amenity
value of urban areas. Although many 'pollinator-friendly'seed mixes are available, the floral …

Insects and other arthropods are central to terrestrial ecosystems. However, data are lacking
regarding their global population abundance. We synthesized thousands of evaluations …

Here we present results of a three-year study to determine the fate of imidacloprid residues
in hive matrices and to assess chronic sublethal effects on whole honey bee colonies fed …

A variety of methods are used in honey bee research and differ depending on the level at
which the research is conducted. On an individual level, the handling of individual honey …

The least understood aspects of the nutritional needs of bees are the elemental composition
of pollen and the bees' need for a stoichiometrically balanced diet containing the required …

Originally, a method to rear worker honey bee larvae in vitro was introduced into the field of
bee biology to analyse honey bee physiology and caste development. Recently, it has …

The cellular mechanisms employed by some organisms to produce contrasting
morphological and reproductive phenotypes from the same genome remains one of the key …

Pollen is the main protein and lipid source for honey bees (Apis mellifera), and nutritionally
impoverished landscapes pose a threat to colony development. To determine colony …