The innate immune system in insects is composed of a large variety of specific and non‐
specific responses that are activated in response to the presence of foreign agents. One …

The immune system is a life history trait that can be expected to trade off against other life
history traits. Whether or not a trait is considered to be a life history trait has consequences …

We review our ecological understanding of wildlife infectious diseases from the individual
host to the ecosystem scale, highlighting where conceptual thinking lacks verification …

Honey bees are attacked by numerous parasites and pathogens toward which they present
a variety of individual and group-level defenses. In this review, we briefly introduce the many …

Many of the most dangerous human diseases are transmitted by insect vectors. After
decades of repeated insecticide use, all of these vector species have demonstrated the …

Drosophila melanogaster is one of the most important genetic models and techniques such
as reverse transcription quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) are being employed …

We previously characterized and quantified the influence of land use on survival and
productivity of colonies positioned in six apiaries and found that colonies in apiaries …

Diet and health are intimately linked and recent studies have found that caloric restriction
can affect immune function. However, when given a choice between diets that differ in their …

Most infections induce anorexia but its function, if any, remains unclear. Because this
response is common among animals, we hypothesized that infection-induced diet restriction …

Parasites can dramatically reduce the fitness of their hosts, and natural selection should
favor defense mechanisms that can protect hosts against disease. Much work has focused …