Seminal fluid proteins (SFPs) produced in reproductive tract tissues of male insects and
transferred to females during mating induce numerous physiological and behavioral …

Understanding the molecular basis of how behavioural states are established, maintained
and altered by environmental cues is an area of considerable and growing interest …

Understanding the reproductive potential (“quality”) of queens bees can provide valuable
insights into factors that influence colony phenotype. We assayed queens from various …

While chemical communication regulates individual behavior in a wide variety of species,
these communication systems are most elaborated in insect societies. In these complex …

Honey bees are major pollinators of agricultural and non-agricultural landscapes. In recent
years, honey bee colonies have exhibited high annual losses and commercial beekeepers …

Life-history theory predicts a trade-off between reproductive investment and self-
maintenance. The negative association between fertility and longevity found throughout …

Hymenopteran queens are collectively highly fecund, often long‐lived individuals that
undergo dramatic physiological changes after they mate and establish a nest. However, the …

In internally fertilizing organisms, mating involves a series of highly coordinated molecular
interactions between the sexes that occur within the female reproductive tract. In species …

Honey bee queen serves as a colony's centre hub, producing eggs and releasing
pheromones to keep a colony together. Artificial insemination in Apis mellifera, trending …

The honest signal hypothesis posits that social insect queens emit pheromonal signals that
convey information about fecundity, which workers use to make decisions around investing …