Behavioral, ecological, and physiological determinants of the activity patterns of bees

By P. Willmer, G. Stone. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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Morphological traits are linked to the cold performance and distribution of bees along elevational gradients (2016, result): “In agreement with past studies (Corbet et al., 1993; Willmer & Stone, 2004), we found that in bee communities of alpine habitats, bees of large size began being active at lower temperatures than small bees.”
Insights from measuring pollen deposition: quantifying the pre-eminence of bees as flower visitors and effective pollinators (2017, background): “Many plants did present their pollen from early morning onwards with a morning peak and afternoon decline, as often assumed for specialist bee plants given bees’ activity patterns (Willmer and Stone 2005), but equally many did not, showing upright or inverted bell-shaped curves, roughly constant mea”
Flower-strip agri-environment schemes provide diverse and valuable summer flower resources for pollinating insects (2018, methodology): “We conducted observations from 9:00 to 6:00 pm on sunny and warm days (Willmer and Stone 2004; Baldock et al.”
An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows (2011, background): “In addition, insect activity is temperature dependent (de Jong et al. 1996, Willmer and Stone 2004, Saastamoinen and Hanski 2008), so that even if development is complete and diapause has been broken, insects are unlikely to be observed if the weather is cool and overcast.”
Adaptation, Genetic Drift, Pleiotropy, and History in the Evolution of Bee Foraging Behavior (2006, background): “But one important lesson here is this: since worker size might be under selective pressures wholly unrelated to foraging, for example, thermoregulation (Bishop and Armbruster, 1999; Corbet et al., 1993; Willmer and Stone, 2004) or predator pressure (Dukas and Morse, 2003), apparent foraging adaptati”
Impact of climate change on plant phenology in Mediterranean ecosystems (2010, background): “In insectpollinated trees, warm and dry weather during flowering season favour activity and abundance of pollinator insects (Vicens & Bosch, 2000; Willmer & Stone, 2004) along with a decrease of cold-induced damages in flowers’ buds, fertile flowers or even incipient fruits in those earliest…”
Plant–pollinator interactions and phenological change: what can we learn about climate impacts from experiments and observations? (2015, background): “Th reshold responses (for instance, in the case of pollinators that are unable to forage above or below certain critical temperatures; Willmer and Stone 2004) and interactions among environmental cues (e.g. photoperiod and temperature) can also invalidate extrapolations based on single-variable…”
Nesting habitat of ground‐nesting bees: a review (2020, background): “In addition, the metabolic costs of raising body temperature to the level required for activity are greater when ambient temperatures are lower (Willmer & Stone, 2004).”
A population comparison of the strength and persistence of innate colour preference and learning speed in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (2009, background): “Yet, persistence of preference could also be of great ecological importance to pollinators, particularly bees, that frequently have to learn to associate new colours with rewards as the most rewarding species of flower change through time and space (Heinrich 1979; Menzel 1985; Ollerton and Lack 1992”
Reproductive biology of Australian acacias: important mediator of invasiveness? (2011, background): “Honeybees may be especially important for pollination in the context of Acacia invasions as they can learn to exploit new floral resources in a matter of hours (Willmer & Stone, 2004).”