Declines in bumble bee species in the past 60 years are well documented in Europe, where
they are driven primarily by habitat loss and declines in floral abundance and diversity …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the following traits: flower constancy, floral color
preference, learning behavior, traplining, and communication about food sources. Aristotle …

Insect pollinators such as bumblebees (Bombus spp.) are in global decline,. A major cause
of this decline is habitat loss due to agricultural intensification. A range of global and …

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 …

Bumble bees (Bombus spp.) are important pollinators of both crops and wildflowers. Their
contribution to this essential ecosystem service has been threatened over recent decades by …

Bumblebees are major pollinators of crops and wildflowers in northern temperate regions.
Knowledge of their ecology is vital for the design of effective management and conservation …

A critical step in self-motion perception and spatial awareness is the integration of motion
cues from multiple sensory organs that individually do not provide an accurate …

We have little idea how landscape‐scale factors influence the success of wild bumblebee
nests over time. Here for the first time we use molecular markers to estimate within‐season …

The emerging threat of pollinator decline has motivated research on bee conservation
biology in order to both understand the causes of declines and to develop appropriate …

Abstract Changes in agricultural practice across Europe and North America have been
associated with range contractions and local extinction of bumblebees (Bombus spp.). A …