Vespa velutina: a new invasive predator of honeybees in Europe

K Monceau, O Bonnard, D Thiéry - Journal of pest science, 2014‏ - Springer
The yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina) is the first invasive Vespidae predator of
honeybees to be accidentally introduced into Europe from Asia. In the current pollinator …

Social semantics: altruism, cooperation, mutualism, strong reciprocity and group selection

SA West, AS Griffin, A Gardner - Journal of evolutionary biology, 2007‏ - academic.oup.com
From an evolutionary perspective, social behaviours are those which have fitness
consequences for both the individual that performs the behaviour, and another individual …

[کتاب][B] Principles of social evolution

AFG Bourke - 2011‏ - academic.oup.com
Living things are organized in a hierarchy of levels. Genes group together in cells, cells
group together in organisms, and organisms group together in societies. Even different …

Why do females mate multiply? A review of the genetic benefits

MD Jennions, M Petrie - Biological Reviews, 2000‏ - cambridge.org
The aim of this review is to consider the potential benefits that females may gain from mating
more than once in a single reproductive cycle. The relationship between non-genetic and …

[کتاب][B] Bumblebees: their behaviour and ecology

D Goulson - 2003‏ - books.google.com
Bumblebees have always been favoured subjects for scientific study, and research has
accelerated in recent years. Many new discoveries have been made with regard to their …

Lifetime monogamy and the evolution of eusociality

JJ Boomsma - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2009‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
All evidence currently available indicates that obligatory sterile eusocial castes only arose
via the association of lifetime monogamous parents and offspring. This is consistent with …

[HTML][HTML] Queen quality and the impact of honey bee diseases on queen health: potential for interactions between two major threats to colony health

E Amiri, MK Strand, O Rueppell, DR Tarpy - Insects, 2017‏ - mdpi.com
Western honey bees, Apis mellifera, live in highly eusocial colonies that are each typically
headed by a single queen. The queen is the sole reproductive female in a healthy colony …

[کتاب][B] Asian honey bees: biology, conservation, and human interactions

BP Oldroyd, S Wongsiri - 2009‏ - books.google.com
The familiar European hive bee, Apis mellifera, has long dominated honey bee research.
But in the last 15 years, teams in China, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand began to shift focus …

Conflict resolution in insect societies

FLW Ratnieks, KR Foster… - Annual review of …, 2006‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Although best known for cooperation, insect societies also manifest many potential
conflicts among individuals. These conflicts involve both direct reproduction by individuals …

Does genetic diversity limit disease spread in natural host populations?

KC King, CM Lively - Heredity, 2012‏ - nature.com
It is a commonly held view that genetically homogenous host populations are more
vulnerable to infection than genetically diverse populations. The underlying idea, known as …