The effect of food supplementation on reproductive success in bumblebee field colonies

By L. Pelletier, J. McNeil. 2003

143 citations recorded by the source corpus.

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

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/89f74634e87293c44a011589d72f05a74abde3f5

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

In Genetics

In Insect Science

Citations in the corpus

‘X’ marks the spot: The possible benefits of nectar guides to bees and plants (2011, background): “If pollinator fitness depends upon maximizing the rate of nectar collection (as in social bees: Pelletier & McNeil 2003; Burns 2005), then all else being equal, they should select flowers that have shorter handling times.”
The role of resources and risks in regulating wild bee populations. (2011, background): “Similarly, snapshot estimates of local floral density and bee population abundance are often positively correlated (19, 88), and food supplementation of captive colonies foraging in natural settings sometimes boosts reproductive success (84).”
Forget-me-not: Complex floral displays, inter-signal interactions, and pollinator cognition (2011, background): “In bumble bees, nectar collection rate contributes directly to colony-level repro- ductive success, i.e. the number of queens and males produced (Burns, 2005; Pelletier and McNeil, 2003).”
A field experiment on the effect of Nosema bombi in colonies of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris (2008, background): “These larvae are generalist scavengers feeding on debris, faeces, and dead bodies in the bottom of nest boxes, and only become a brood pest at high densities ( Pelletier & McNeil, 2003 ).”
Late-season mass-flowering red clover increases bumble bee queen and male densities (2014, unknown): “Flower availabilities during colony foundation in early spring, and colony reproduction in mid to late summer have been suggested as important resource bottle-necks in current landscapes (Fitzpatrick et al., 2007; Pelletier and McNeil, 2003).”
Foraging trip duration of bumblebees in relation to landscape‐wide resource availability (2006, background): “…environments with sparse resources, indicating that the greater foraging success in landscape sectors with highly rewarding resources translated into improved colony growth, and therewith a better chance of successful reproduction ( Bowers, 1985; Goulson et al. , 2002a; Pelletier & McNeil, 2003 ).”
The importance of experience in the interpretation of conspecific chemical signals (2006, background): “More food can directly impact the reproductive output of the colony ( Pelletier and McNiel 2003; Schmid-Hempel and Schmid-Hempel 1998).”
Pollen and nectar quality drive the major and minor floral choices of bumble bees (2014, background): “terrestris (Génissel et al. 2002; Pelletier and McNeil 2003; Tasei and Aupinel 2008).”
Mass flowering oilseed rape improves early colony growth but not sexual reproduction of bumblebees (2009, unknown): “Our results confirm the importance of continuous resource availability at a landscape scale for the successful production of sexuals – particularly queens (see also Pelletier & McNeil 2003).”
Consequences of a nectar yeast for pollinator preference and performance (2017, background): “As the primary energy source for many pollinators such as bees, nectar not only fuels activity (Nieh et al. 2006), but can also be an important determinant of reproductive success (Pelletier & McNeil 2003).”
Combined pesticide exposure severely affects individual- and colony-level traits in bees (2012, methodology): “Overall, we collected data from 259 recognised foragers from 32 colonies (n colonies: Control=7; I=10; LC=8; M=7) making 8751 foraging bouts (median (inter-quartile range) per worker=23(10-44); for criteria used to classify foragers and foraging bouts see Methods).”
Adaptation, Genetic Drift, Pleiotropy, and History in the Evolution of Bee Foraging Behavior (2006, background): “…measure of biological fitness is foraging performance (Alcock, 1996, p. 159), as the amount of food available to a bumblebee colony is positively correlated with the production of males and new queens (Ings et al., 2005a, 2006; Pelletier and McNeil, 2003; Schmid‐Hempel and Schmid‐Hempel, 1998).”
Declines in forage availability for bumblebees at a national scale (2006, background): “len availability within the foraging range of the nest limits colony growth and, ultimately, the reproduction of sexuals (Goulson et al., 2002; Pelletier and McNeil, 2003).”