Monitoring the environment for pollution, pesticides, and pathogens is crucial for protecting
human, agriculture, and overall ecosystem health. Diverse strategies ranging from physical …

Abstract The Western honey bee Apis mellifera is a managed species that provides diverse
hive products and contributing to wild plant pollination, as well as being a critical component …

With climate change creating a more volatile atmosphere, heatwaves that create thermal
stress for living systems will become stronger and more frequent. Using the flour beetle …

With their long lives and extreme reproductive output, social insect queens have escaped
the classic trade-off between fecundity and lifespan, but evidence for a trade-off between …

The worldwide distribution of honeybees and their fast propagation to new areas rests on
their ability to keep up optimal 'tropical conditions' in their brood nest both in the cold and in …

Bees are vitally important in natural and agricultural ecosystems, providing key pollination
services to wild plants and crops. Increasing reports of regional declines of bee populations …

Hive bees provide essential pollination services to human agriculture. Managed honey bees
in particular pollinate many crops, but also create honey and other bee products that are …

Climate change is related to an increase in frequency and intensity of extreme events such
as heatwaves. It is well established that such events may worsen the current world‐wide …

Resistance to and avoidance of stress slow aging and confer increased longevity in
numerous organisms. Honey bees and other superorganismal social insects have two main …

Bumble bee (genus Bombus) populations are increasingly under threat from habitat
fragmentation, pesticides, pathogens, and climate change. Climate change is likely a prime …