funded by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(grant no.BLX202273);National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant nos.32301292 and 32271888).
Previous studies have demonstrated that associative learning and experience play important roles in the string-pulling of bumblebees(Bombus terrestris).However,the features of the target(artificial flower with sugar r...
This work was supported by the National Key R&D Pro-gram of China(Grant No.2019YFA0906500);National Natural Science Foundation of China Project 32170495.
Eusocial bumble and honey bees are important pollinators for global ecology and the agricultural economy.Although both the bumble and honey bees possess similar and host-restricted gut microbiota,they differ in aspect...
Animals have evolved foraging strategies to acquire blends of nutrients that maximize fitness traits. In social insects, nu trie nt regulation is complicated by the fact that few in dividuals, the foragers, must addre...
Pollinators use multiple cues whilst foraging in eluding direct cues from flowers and in direct cues from other pollinators. The use of indirect social cues is common in social in sects, such as honeybees and bumblebe...
Current evidence suggests that pollen is both chemically and structurally protected. Despite increasing interest in studying bee-flower networks, the constraints for bee development related to pollen nutritional conte...
Social parasitic Hymenopterans have evolved morphological, chemical, and behavioral adaptations to overcome the sophisticated recognition and defense systems of their social host to invade host nests and exploit their...
The current bumblebee decline leads to inbreeding in populations that fosters a loss of allelic diversity and diploid male production. As diploid males are viable and their offspring are sterile, bumblebee populations...
Social bees, like honeybees and bumblebees, have a close contact with nest mates of different developmental stages and generations. This could enhance bacterial transfer between nest mates and offers opportunities for...
National Science Foundation of China (No. 31270281) to SQH supported this work
The evolution of long corolla tubes has been hypothesized to be driven by long-tongued pollinators.Corolla tubes in Pedicularis species can be longer than 10 cm which may function as flower stalks to increase visual a...
National Science Foundation of China(31030016,31270281)to SQ Huang.
Aims When sympatric flowering plant species in a natural community share pollinators,study of plant-plant interactions via interspecific pollen transfer(iPT)is essential for understanding species coexistence.However,l...