Chance and adaptation in the evolution of island bumblebee behaviour

By Lars Chittka, T. Ings, N. E. Raine. Population Ecology, 2004

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

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Adaptation, Genetic Drift, Pleiotropy, and History in the Evolution of Bee Foraging Behavior (2006, background): “This is as one might expect, given that the violet flowers around Würzburg appear to contain more nectar than blue flowers (Chittka et al., 2004), but the correlation narrowly misses statistical significance (rs ¼ 0.82, N ¼ 5, p ¼ 0.089; Raine and Chittka, 2005b) possibly because of the small…”
Displacement of Japanese native bumblebees by the recently introduced Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (2008, background): “…distributed in Europe and adjacent territories, including England, most of Scotland, the north coast of Africa, southern Scandinavia, major Mediterranean Islands, and some Atlantic Islands (Madeira and the Canary Islands) (Estoup et al. 1996; Chittka et al. 2004; Velthuis and van Doorn 2006).”
A population comparison of the strength and persistence of innate colour preference and learning speed in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (2009, background): “terrestris dalmatinus) tested to date (Chittka et al. 2004; Raine et al. 2006a).”
The dynamics of social learning in an insect model, the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) (2007, background): “…L. Chittka School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK e-mail: e.a.leadbeater@qmul.ac.uk color preferences (Chittka and Wells 2004) and learned information about current reward levels, gained through individual sampling (Menzel 1985; Chittka et al. 2004).”
Cryptic species diversity in a widespread bumble bee complex revealed using mitochondrial DNA RFLPs (2008, background): “…of B. terrestris vary in a number of behavioural traits and frequently non-native subspecies of B. terrestris outcompete native subspecies (Chittka et al. 2004; Ings et al. 2005, 2006), as well as transmit pathogens to both conspecifics and congeners (Goka et al. 2001; Colla et al. 2006).”
Can commercially imported bumble bees out‐compete their native conspecifics? (2006, background): “Although these subspecies differ in important traits such as colour and foraging performance ( Chittka, Ings & Raine 2004; Ings, Schikora & Chittka 2005), some are being imported into countries where they are non-native (e.g.”
An overview of the Bombus terrestris (L. 1758) subspecies (Hymenoptera: Apidae) (2008, background): “Subspecies diff er not only in coat colours but also in physiological features, such as the conditions for diapause (De Jonghe 1986a,b), visual capabilities (Chittka et al. 2004) and susceptibility to nosema (De Jonghe 1986a).”
Mutations perturbing petal cell shape and anthocyanin synthesis influence bumblebee perception of Antirrhinum majus flower colour (2007, background): “Thirdly, if bees can reliably discriminate between different colours, then it is important to know whether they have any colour preferences for the respective colours (Giurfa et al. 1995; Lunau and Maier 1995; Lunau et al. 1996; Chittka et al. 2004).”