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Data from: Secondary metabolites in floral nectar reduce parasite infections in bumblebees
The synthesis of secondary metabolites is a hallmark of plant defence against herbivores. These compounds may be detrimental to consumers, but can also protect herbivores against parasites. Floral nectar commonly contains secondary metabolites, but little is known about the impacts of nectar chemistry on pollinators, including bees. We hypothesized that nectar secondary metabolites could reduce bee parasite infection. We inoculated individual bumblebees with Crithidia bombi, an intestinal parasite, and tested effects of eight naturally occurring nectar chemicals on parasite population growth. Secondary metabolites strongly reduced parasite load, with significant effects of alkaloids, terpenoids and iridoid glycosides ranging from 61 to 81%. Using microcolonies, we also investigated costs and benefits of consuming anabasine, the compound with the strongest effect on parasites, in infected and uninfected bees. Anabasine increased time to egg laying, and Crithidia reduced bee survival. However, anabasine consumption did not mitigate the negative effects of Crithidia, and Crithidia infection did not alter anabasine consumption. Our novel results highlight that although secondary metabolites may not rescue survival in infected bees, they may play a vital role in mediating Crithidia transmission within and between colonies by reducing Crithidia infection intensities.
Wind alters landing dynamics in bumblebees
<p>Kinematic data and example tracking code for the publication:</p> <p>Chang JJ, Crall JD, Combes SA (2016). Wind alters landing dynamics in bumblebees. Journal of Experimental Biology. doi:10.1242/jeb.137976</p>
FIGURE 5 in Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status
FIGURE 5. Map showing historical locations (●) of Bombus confusus.
FIGURE 4 in Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status
FIGURE 4. Map showing historical locations (●) and recent records (*) of Bombus flavidus lutescens.
FIGURE 6 in Updated list of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the Spanish Pyrenees with notes on their decline and conservation status
FIGURE 6. Map showing historical locations (●) of Bombus gerstaeckeri.
Supplementary material 3 from: Hsieh Y-C, Huang JC-C, Yeh W-C, Tsai C-Y, Lin C-J, Lu S-S (2023) Male-biased night foraging by bumblebees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus spp.) in Taiwan. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96: 949-954. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.113486
A bumblebee worker licking unopened flowers of Ligustrum pricei
Supplementary material 1 from: Hsieh Y-C, Huang JC-C, Yeh W-C, Tsai C-Y, Lin C-J, Lu S-S (2023) Male-biased night foraging by bumblebees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus spp.) in Taiwan. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96: 949-954. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.113486
Identification keys to bumblebee species of the Fushan area
Supplementary material 2 from: Hsieh Y-C, Huang JC-C, Yeh W-C, Tsai C-Y, Lin C-J, Lu S-S (2023) Male-biased night foraging by bumblebees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus spp.) in Taiwan. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96: 949-954. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.113486
Behavior of a male bumblebee on the inflorescences of Ligustrum pricei at night
Methods matter: the influence of method on infection estimates of the bumblebee parasite Crithidia bombi
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Area of habitat maps for Italian bumblebees
<div>Area of habitat (AOH) maps show the distribution of the habitat available to the species within their geographic range and altitude limits. Information on the distribution of species' habitats can be implemented to investigate biogeographical patterns, as well as to identify potential Key Biodiversity Areas. We produced high resolution global area of habitat maps for 28 species and subspecies of bumblebees occurring in Italy. The maps can be used as a reference for conservation planning and can help monitoring habitat loss.</div>
Urbanisation shifts immunometabolism in a common bumblebee
<p>These files include data used in the article titled: "Urbanisation shifts immunometabolism in a common bumblebee". Data files are .csv with comma-separated values, and include gene expression ratio (Ct ratio to 2 reference genes), and pathogen loads measured in 7 bumblebees collected par site. Virus loads are estimated by the standardized numbers of genome copies, while Apicystis load is estimated by the standardized expression of an Apicystis housekeeping gene. The .txt file describes the extensive names of the genes.</p>
Data from: A sensory bias overrides learned preferences of bumblebees for honest signals in Mimulus guttatus
<p class="CxSpFirst">Insect pollinators readily learn olfactory cues, and this is expected to select for "honest signals" that provide reliable information about floral rewards. However, plants might alternatively produce signals that exploit pollinators' sensory biases, thereby relaxing selection for signal honesty. We examined the innate and learned preferences of <i>Bombus impatiens</i> for <i>Mimulus guttatus</i> floral scent phenotypes corresponding to different levels of pollen rewards in the presence and absence of the innately attractive floral volatile compound β-trans-bergamotene. Bees learned to prefer honest signals after foraging on live <i>M. guttatus</i> flowers, but only exhibited this preference when presented floral scent phenotypes that did not include β-trans-bergamotene. Our results suggest that a sensory bias for β-trans-bergamotene overrides the ability of <i>B. impatiens</i> to use honest signals when foraging on <i>M. guttatus</i>. This may represent a deceptive pollination strategy that allows plants to minimize investment in costly rewards without incurring reduced rates of pollinator visitation.</p>
Figure 1 from: Guiraud M, Cariou B, Henrion M, Baird E, Gérard M (2021) Higher developmental temperature increases queen production and decreases worker body size in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 88: 39-49. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.88.73532
Figure 1 The effect of temperature on the total number of individuals of each caste produced in each colony Colonies A1-A3 and B1-B4 were from session 1, colonies C1-C4 and D1-D4 were from session 2. No significant effect of the session for any caste (p > 0.05). No significant impact of the temperature on the total number of individuals (p = 0.96), neither on the number of males (p = 0.24) or workers (p = 0.34) The number of queens produced was significantly higher at 33°C (p = 0.001).
Figure 2 from: Guiraud M, Cariou B, Henrion M, Baird E, Gérard M (2021) Higher developmental temperature increases queen production and decreases worker body size in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 88: 39-49. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.88.73532
Figure 2 The impact of developmental temperature on bumblebee body size. Letters at the top of the boxplots indicate significant differences when the letters are different.
Experimental cross species transmission of a major viral pathogen in bees is predominantly from honeybees to bumblebees
<p>Cross-species transmission of a pathogen from a reservoir to a recipient host species, spillover, can have major impacts on biodiversity, domestic species and human health. <i>Deformed wing virus</i> (DWV) is a panzootic RNA virus in honeybees that is causal in their elevated colony losses, and several correlative field studies have suggested spillover of DWV from managed honeybees to wild bee species such as bumblebees. Yet unequivocal demonstration of DWV spillover is lacking whilst spillback, the transmission of DWV from a recipient back to the reservoir host, is rarely considered. Here we show in fully crossed laboratory experiments that transmission of DWV (genotype A) from honeybees to bumblebees occurs readily, yet we neither detected viral transmission from bumblebees to honeybees nor onward transmission from experimentally infected to uninoculated bumblebees. Our results support the potential for viral spillover from honeybees to other bee species in the field when robbing resources from heterospecific nests or when visiting the same flowers. They also underscore the importance of studies on the virulence of DWV in wild bee species so as to evaluate viral impact on individual and population fitness as well as viral adaption to new host species.</p>
Data from: Temporal changes in genetic variability in three bumblebee species from Rio Grande do Sul, South Brazil
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FIGURE 2 in Development of microsatellite loci and population genetics in the bumblebee catfish species Pseudopimelodus atricaudus and Pseudopimelodus magnus (Siluriformes: Pseudopimelodidae)
FIGURE 2 | Population structure suggested by STRUCTURE (A-C) and the Discriminant Analysis of the Principal Components (D, E) for Pseudopimelodus magnus (A, B, D), and Pseudopimelodus atricaudus (A, C, E). S1: sector 1 of the middle Cauca River; S4, S5, and S8: sectors 4, 5 and 8 of the lower Cauca River, respectively.
Figure 3 from: Potapov G, Kondakov A, Kolosova Y, Tomilova A, Filippov B, Gofarov M, Bolotov I (2018) Widespread continental mtDNA lineages prevail in the bumblebee fauna of Iceland. ZooKeys 774: 141-153. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.774.26466
Figure 3 Approximate distribution ranges of the widespread ubiquistic COI lineages recorded in bumblebee populations from Iceland (see Suppl. material 1 for details). Northern range boundaries of Bombus lucorum and B. hortorum lineages are in accordance with published sources (Williams et al. 2012, Kolosova et al. 2016, Potapov and Kolosova 2016). The map was created using ESRI ArcGIS 10 software (www.esri.com/arcgis). The topographic base of the map was created with Natural Earth Free Vector and Raster Map Data (www.naturalearthdata.com).
Figure 2 from: Potapov G, Kondakov A, Kolosova Y, Tomilova A, Filippov B, Gofarov M, Bolotov I (2018) Widespread continental mtDNA lineages prevail in the bumblebee fauna of Iceland. ZooKeys 774: 141-153. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.774.26466
Figure 2 Median-joining haplotype networks of the available COI sequences of bumblebee species inhabiting Iceland. The circle size is proportional to the number of available sequences belonging to a certain haplotype. The small red dots indicate hypothetical ancestral haplotypes. Red numbers near branches indicate the number of nucleotide substitutions between haplotypes. Black codes indicate the COI lineages inhabiting Iceland. A Bombus jonellus (N = 29) B B. lucorum (N = 115) C B. hortorum (N = 33). Photographs by Yulia S. Kolosova.
Figure 1 from: Potapov G, Kondakov A, Kolosova Y, Tomilova A, Filippov B, Gofarov M, Bolotov I (2018) Widespread continental mtDNA lineages prevail in the bumblebee fauna of Iceland. ZooKeys 774: 141-153. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.774.26466
Figure 1 Map of study sites and typical habitat of Bombus jonellus in Iceland. A Map of study sites (see Table 1 for details). Red circles indicate sampling locations. B Shore of Mývatn Lake, a site with sympatric occurrences of the two lineages of Bombus jonellus (BJ-01 and BJ-02) in mountain herb-dwarf shrub tundra assemblages. Photograph by Mikhail Yu. Gofarov.
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