Honey bees feed on floral nectar and pollen that they store in their colonies as honey and
bee bread. Social division of labor enables the collection of stores of food that are consumed …

Bees—including solitary, social, wild, and managed species—are key pollinators of
flowering plant species, including nearly three-quarters of global food crops. Their …

As bees' main source of protein and lipids, pollen is critical for their development,
reproduction, and health. Plant species vary considerably in the macronutrient content of …

Pollinator nutritional ecology provides insights into plant–pollinator interactions, coevolution,
and the restoration of declining pollinator populations. Bees obtain their protein and lipid …

Though they are relatively understudied, non-native bees are ubiquitous and have
enormous potential economic and environmental impacts. These impacts may be positive or …

Microbes can establish mutualistic interactions with plants and insects. Here we track the
movement of an endophytic strain of Streptomyces bacteria throughout a managed …

Preventing malnutrition through consuming nutritionally appropriate resources represents a
challenge for foraging animals. This is due to often high variation in the nutritional quality of …

Annual plants allocate soil nutrients to floral display and pollinator rewards to ensure
pollination success in a single season. Nitrogen and phosphorus are critical soil nutrients …

Foraging behavior is a critical adaptation by insects to obtain appropriate nutrients from the
environment for development and fitness. Bumble bees (Bombus spp.) form annual colonies …

Highlights•Pollination ecosystem services are shaped by floral food resource
availability.•Nutrition provides a mechanistic link between floral resource availability and …