ArticleInsects2021
Optimizing Laboratory Rearing of a Key Pollinator,
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- Mating frequency estimation and its importance for colony abundance analyses in eusocial pollinators: a case study of Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae).Journal of economic entomology · 2024Article
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- Solitary foundation or colony fission in ants: an intraspecific study shows that worker presence and number increase colony foundation success.Oecologia · 2024Article
- Variance in heat tolerance in bumble bees correlates with species geographic range and is associated with several environmental and biological factors.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- It is buzziness time: rearing, mating, and overwintering Bombus vosnesenskii (Hymenoptera: Apidae).Journal of insect science (Online) · 2023Article
- The Effect of Pollen Diet Composition and Quantity on Diapause Survival and Performance in an Annual Pollinator (Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- Captive Rearing Success and Critical Thermal Maxima of Bombus griseocollis (Hymenoptera: Apidae): A Candidate for Commercialization?Journal of insect science (Online) · 2022Article
- A Gland of Many Uses: a Diversity of Compounds in the Labial Glands of the Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens Suggests Multiple Signaling Functions.Journal of chemical ecology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Bumble bees are key pollinators for wild and managed plants and serve as a model system in various research fields, largely due to their commercial availability. Despite their extensive use, laboratory rearing of bumble bees is often challenging, particularly during the solitary phase queens undergo before founding a colony. Using a literature survey, we demonstrate that most studies rely on commercially available species that are provided during the colony's social phase, limiting study on early phases of the life cycle and the ability to control for colony age and relatedness. Laboratory rearing is challenging since the queen solitary phase is less understood compared to the social phase. To overcome this barrier, we examined several aspects related to the queen solitary phase: the effect of age on likelihood of mating, how the timing of CO
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