With less than a million neurons, the western honeybee Apis mellifera is capable of complex
olfactory behaviors and provides an ideal model for investigating the neurophysiology of the …

A key mechanistic hypothesis for the evolution of division of labour in social insects is that a
shared set of genes co-opted from a common solitary ancestral ground plan (a genetic …

The ability to transition between different behavioural stages is a widespread phenomenon
across the animal kingdom. Such behavioural adaptations are often linked to changes in the …

The ecological success of social insects is based on division of labour, not only between
queens and workers, but also among workers. Whether a worker tends the brood or forages …

The significant risk of disease transmission has selected for effective immune-defense
strategies in insect societies. Division of labour, with individuals specialized in immunity …

Flowering plants attract pollinators with volatile chemicals that include aromatic compounds.
Syrphid flies are the largest group of flower visitors in Diptera, but little is known about how …

Position within the social group has consequences on individual lifespans in diverse taxa.
This is especially obvious in eusocial insects, where workers differ in both the tasks they …

The honey bee, which lives in the crowded environment of a social hive, is vulnerable to
disease infection and spread. Despite efforts to develop various diagnostic methods …

Honeybees communicate with members of their intra-species via pheromones. The volatile
pheromones, β-ocimene and allo-ocimene, are the primary signals of larvae to beg for the …

Highlights•Natural sensory stimuli dynamically change in time.•An insect's sensory system
may reweight the inputs depending on physiological state and the strength of the sensory …