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View article: Secondary Compounds in Milkweed Nectar Negatively Impact Thermal Tolerance in Bumble Bees
Secondary Compounds in Milkweed Nectar Negatively Impact Thermal Tolerance in Bumble Bees Open
Bumble bees play a critical role in ecosystem health and pollination, but recently, populations have been in decline worldwide. One way to improve outcomes is to increase floral resource availability, which improves nutrition while allevia…
View article: Similar Genetic Routes Are Independently Targeted for Mimetic Color Convergence in Bumble Bees
Similar Genetic Routes Are Independently Targeted for Mimetic Color Convergence in Bumble Bees Open
Bumble bees (Bombus) exhibit exceptional diversity in setal body color patterns, largely as a result of convergence onto multiple Mullerian mimicry patterns globally. When multiple species cross the same sets of mimicry complexes, they can…
View article: Leveraging Transcriptional Signatures of Diverse Stressors for Bumble Bee Conservation
Leveraging Transcriptional Signatures of Diverse Stressors for Bumble Bee Conservation Open
Organisms in nature are subjected to a variety of stressors, often simultaneously. Foremost among stressors of key pollinators are pathogens, poor nutrition and climate change. Landscape transcriptomics can be used to decipher the relative…
View article: The role of landscape factors in shaping bumble bee pathogen loads across regions of the eastern <scp>Nearctic</scp>
The role of landscape factors in shaping bumble bee pathogen loads across regions of the eastern <span>Nearctic</span> Open
Pathogens and parasites are drivers of declines in bumble bees. Their levels can be influenced by numerous abiotic and biotic factors, thus managing disease in these bees requires understanding the relative impact of these factors on patho…
View article: Does coevolution in refugia drive mimicry in bumble bees? Insights from a South Asian mimicry group
Does coevolution in refugia drive mimicry in bumble bees? Insights from a South Asian mimicry group Open
Müllerian mimicry was proposed to be an example of a coevolved mutualism promoted by population isolation in glacial refugia. This, however, has not been well supported in butterfly models. Here, we use genomic data to test this theory whi…
View article: Comparison of seasonal viral prevalence supports honey bees as potential spring pathogen reservoirs for bumble bees
Comparison of seasonal viral prevalence supports honey bees as potential spring pathogen reservoirs for bumble bees Open
Bee declines pose a serious risk to agricultural sustainability, wild plant diversity, and the commercial bee industry, generating local and global concerns about bee health. Parasites, including micro‐parasites and macro‐parasites, negati…
View article: Deep learning for identifying bee species from images of wings and pinned specimens
Deep learning for identifying bee species from images of wings and pinned specimens Open
One of the most challenging aspects of bee ecology and conservation is species-level identification, which is costly, time consuming, and requires taxonomic expertise. Recent advances in the application of deep learning and computer vision…
View article: Cryptic or underworked? Taxonomic revision of the Antistrophus rufus species complex (Cynipoidea, Aulacideini)
Cryptic or underworked? Taxonomic revision of the Antistrophus rufus species complex (Cynipoidea, Aulacideini) Open
Cryptic species present challenges across many subdisciplines of biology. Not all “cryptic” species, however, are truly cryptic; many are simply underexplored morphologically. We examined this idea for the Antistrophus rufus species comple…
View article: Genetic Modification of a <i>Hox</i> Locus Drives Mimetic Color Pattern Variation in a Highly Polymorphic Bumble Bee
Genetic Modification of a <i>Hox</i> Locus Drives Mimetic Color Pattern Variation in a Highly Polymorphic Bumble Bee Open
Müllerian mimicry provides natural replicates ideal for exploring mechanisms underlying adaptive phenotypic divergence and convergence, yet the genetic mechanisms underlying mimetic variation remain largely unknown. The current study inves…
View article: Variance in heat tolerance in bumble bees correlates with species geographic range and is associated with several environmental and biological factors
Variance in heat tolerance in bumble bees correlates with species geographic range and is associated with several environmental and biological factors Open
Globally, insects have been impacted by climate change, with bumble bees in particular showing range shifts and declining species diversity with global warming. This suggests heat tolerance is a likely factor limiting the distribution and …
View article: Comparative anatomy of venom glands suggests a role of maternal secretions in gall induction by cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
Comparative anatomy of venom glands suggests a role of maternal secretions in gall induction by cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) Open
Many herbivorous insect species are capable of hijacking plant development to induce novel plant organs called galls. In most groups of galling insects, the insect organs and molecular signals involved in gall induction are poorly understo…
View article: Beat the heat: thermal respites and access to food associated with increased bumble bee heat tolerance
Beat the heat: thermal respites and access to food associated with increased bumble bee heat tolerance Open
Climate change poses a threat to organisms across the world, with cold-adapted species such as bumble bees (Bombus spp.) at particularly high risk. Understanding how organisms respond to extreme heat events associated with climate change a…
View article: Symptomatic Infection with Vairimorpha spp. Decreases Diapause Survival in a Wild Bumble Bee Species (Bombus griseocollis)
Symptomatic Infection with Vairimorpha spp. Decreases Diapause Survival in a Wild Bumble Bee Species (Bombus griseocollis) Open
Vairimorpha, a microsporidian parasite (previously classified as Nosema), has been implicated in the decline of wild bumble bee species in North America. Previous studies examining its influence on colony performance have displayed variabl…
View article: Landscape transcriptomics as a tool for addressing global change effects across diverse species
Landscape transcriptomics as a tool for addressing global change effects across diverse species Open
Landscape transcriptomics is an emerging field studying how genome‐wide expression patterns reflect dynamic landscape‐scale environmental drivers, including habitat, weather, climate, and contaminants, and the subsequent effects on organis…
View article: Extreme acidity in a cynipid gall: a potential new defensive strategy against natural enemies
Extreme acidity in a cynipid gall: a potential new defensive strategy against natural enemies Open
The morphology of insect-induced galls contributes to defences of the gall-inducing insect species against its natural enemies. In terms of gall chemistry, the only defensive compounds thus far identified in galls are tannins that accumula…
View article: The diversity, evolution, and development of setal morphologies in bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: <i>Bombus</i> spp.)
The diversity, evolution, and development of setal morphologies in bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: <i>Bombus</i> spp.) Open
Bumble bees are characterized by their thick setal pile that imparts aposematic color patterns often used for species-level identification. Like all bees, the single-celled setae of bumble bees are branched, an innovation thought important…
View article: Symptomatic Infection with Vairimorpha Bombi Decreases Diapause Survival in a Wild Bumble Bee Species (Bombus Griseocollis)
Symptomatic Infection with Vairimorpha Bombi Decreases Diapause Survival in a Wild Bumble Bee Species (Bombus Griseocollis) Open
View article: Mito‐nuclear discordance at a mimicry color transition zone in bumble bee<i>Bombus melanopygus</i>
Mito‐nuclear discordance at a mimicry color transition zone in bumble bee<i>Bombus melanopygus</i> Open
As hybrid zones exhibit selective patterns of gene flow between otherwise distinct lineages, they can be especially valuable for informing processes of microevolution and speciation. The bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus , displays two distin…
View article: Data from: Mito-nuclear discordance at a mimicry color transition zone in bumble bee Bombus melanopygus
Data from: Mito-nuclear discordance at a mimicry color transition zone in bumble bee Bombus melanopygus Open
Data supporting the conclusions from “Mito-nuclear discordance at a mimicry color transition zone in bumble bee Bombus melanopygus." This study amassed specimen phenotype data to infer patterns of color distribution over the last one hundr…
View article: Expanding insect pollinators in the <scp>A</scp>nthropocene
Expanding insect pollinators in the <span>A</span>nthropocene Open
Global changes are severely affecting pollinator insect communities worldwide, resulting in repeated patterns of species extirpations and extinctions. Whilst negative population trends within this functional group have understandably recei…
View article: The Presence of Ancient Core Genes Reveals Endogenization from Diverse Viral Ancestors in Parasitoid Wasps
The Presence of Ancient Core Genes Reveals Endogenization from Diverse Viral Ancestors in Parasitoid Wasps Open
The Ichneumonoidea (Ichneumonidae and Braconidae) is an incredibly diverse superfamily of parasitoid wasps that includes species that produce virus-like entities in their reproductive tracts to promote successful parasitism of host insects…
View article: iBLAST: Incremental BLAST of new sequences via automated e-value correction
iBLAST: Incremental BLAST of new sequences via automated e-value correction Open
Search results from local alignment search tools use statistical scores that are sensitive to the size of the database to report the quality of the result. For example, NCBI BLAST reports the best matches using similarity scores and expect…
View article: Developmental Transcriptomics Reveals a Gene Network Driving Mimetic Color Variation in a Bumble Bee
Developmental Transcriptomics Reveals a Gene Network Driving Mimetic Color Variation in a Bumble Bee Open
A major goal of evolutionary genetics and evo-devo is to understand how changes in genotype manifest as changes in phenotype. Bumble bees display remarkable color pattern diversity while converging onto numerous regional Müllerian mimicry …
View article: A combined RAD-Seq and WGS approach reveals the genomic basis of yellow color variation in bumble bee Bombus terrestris
A combined RAD-Seq and WGS approach reveals the genomic basis of yellow color variation in bumble bee Bombus terrestris Open
Bumble bees exhibit exceptional diversity in their segmental body coloration largely as a result of mimicry. In this study we sought to discover genes involved in this variation through studying a lab-generated mutant in bumble bee Bombus …
View article: Diversification Pattern of the Widespread Holarctic Cuckoo Bumble Bee,<i>Bombus flavidus</i>(Hymenoptera: Apidae): The East Side Story
Diversification Pattern of the Widespread Holarctic Cuckoo Bumble Bee,<i>Bombus flavidus</i>(Hymenoptera: Apidae): The East Side Story Open
Recent bumble bee declines have made it increasingly important to resolve the status of contentious species for conservation purposes. Some of the taxa found to be threatened are the often rare socially parasitic bumble bees. Among these, …
View article: Bumble bees in landscapes with abundant floral resources have lower pathogen loads
Bumble bees in landscapes with abundant floral resources have lower pathogen loads Open
View article: Phylogenomics of Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera) and implications for evolution of mode of parasitism and viral endogenization
Phylogenomics of Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera) and implications for evolution of mode of parasitism and viral endogenization Open
Ichneumonoidea is one of the most diverse lineages of animals on the planet with >48,000 described species and many more undescribed. Parasitoid wasps of this superfamily are mostly beneficial insects that attack and kill other arthropods …
View article: A combined RAD-Seq and WGS approach reveals the genomic basis of yellow color variation in bumble bee<i>Bombus terrestris</i>
A combined RAD-Seq and WGS approach reveals the genomic basis of yellow color variation in bumble bee<i>Bombus terrestris</i> Open
Background In the model bumble bee species B. terrestris , both males and females exhibit black coloration on the third thoracic and first metasomal segments. We discovered a fortuitous lab-generated mutant in which this typical black colo…
View article: Endogenization from diverse viral ancestors is common and widespread in parasitoid wasps
Endogenization from diverse viral ancestors is common and widespread in parasitoid wasps Open
The Ichneumonoidea (Ichneumonidae and Braconidae) is an incredibly diverse superfamily of parasitoid wasps that includes species that produce virus-like entities in their reproductive tracts to promote successful parasitism of host insects…
View article: Phylogenomics of Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera) and implications for evolution of mode of parasitism and viral endogenization
Phylogenomics of Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera) and implications for evolution of mode of parasitism and viral endogenization Open
Ichneumonoidea is one of the most diverse lineages of animals on the planet with more than 48,000 described species and many more undescribed. Parasitoid wasps of this superfamily are beneficial insects that attack and kill other arthropod…