Not all floral visitors attracted to flowers are pollinators. Instead, some visitors circumvent the
floral opening, usually removing nectar without contacting the anthers and/or stigma. Here …

▪ Abstract Insects of the order Hymenoptera are biologically and economically important
members of natural and agro ecosystems and exhibit diverse biologies, mating systems, and …

Obtaining sequence data from historical museum specimens has been a growing research
interest, invigorated by next-generation sequencing methods that allow inputs of highly …

This study examined the daily activity patterns of the pollinators of Lavandula latifolia
(Labiatae), a summer-flowering, insect-pollinated evergreen shrub of Mediterranean …

The need for basic information on tropical crop pollinators remains a key priority. Here, we
used a dataset on Brazilian bee-crop interactions to determine important bee species for …

The gut microbiota of bees affects nutrition, immunity and host fitness, yet the roles of diet,
sociality and geographical variation in determining microbiome structure, including variant …

Пчелы (надсемейство Apoidea)–одна из наиболее процветающих групп насе комых,
насчитывающая около 21 тыс. видов, которые принадлежат к 520 родам 11 семейств …

Male Colletes cunicularius bees pollinate the orchid, Ophrys exaltata, after being sexually
deceived by the orchid's odor-mimicry of the female bee's sex pheromone. We detected …

Eusocial corbiculate bees, including bumble bees and honey bees, maintain a socially
transmitted core gut microbiome that contributes to digestion and pathogen defense. In …

Large carpenter bees (genus Xylocopa) are wood‐nesting generalist pollinators of broad
geographical distribution that exhibit varying levels of sociality. Their foraging is …