Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation

By James L. Nation. 2010

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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The evolutionary improbability of 'generalism' in nature, with special reference to insects (2011, background): “These dependencies are often very intimate, such as beak length in hummingbirds and tongue length in bumblebees and moths in relation to flower trumpet length (for bumblebees, see Goulson, 2009).”
The Physiological and Genomic Bases of Bumble Bee Social Behaviour (2015, background): “Since the queen and worker castes only differ in body size, with queens being three times larger than the largest workers (Goulson, 2010; Michener, 1974), selection for body size, and thus the ability to survive diapause, was probably the first step in the divergence of castes in bumble bees and oth”
Weed-insect pollinator networks as bio-indicators of ecological sustainability in agriculture. A review (2016, background): “Yet, these areas are essential habitats for insect pollinators providing both appropriate foraging and nesting resources (Steffan-Dewenter and Tscharntke 2001; Potts et al. 2003; Vulliamy et al. 2006; Öckinger and Smith 2007; Goulson 2010; Rollin et al. 2013; Requier et al. 2014).”
Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non-target invertebrates (2014, neutral): “A small number of bumblebee species are commercially reared for pollination, but many of the non-managed bumblebees also contribute substantially to crop pollination (Chagnon et al. 1993; Bosch and Kemp 2006; Greenleaf and Kremen 2006; Goulson 2010).”
A biodiversity-friendly rotational grazing system enhancing flower-visiting insect assemblages while maintaining animal and grassland productivity (2017, background): “Bumblebee abundance amounted to 253 individuals, belonging to eight ground-nesting species (Benton, 2006; Goulson, 2010), namely Bombus hortorum (Linnaeus 1761), Bombus lapidarius (Linnaeus 1758), Bombus lucorum (Linnaeus 1761), Bombus pascuorum (Scopoli 1763), Bombus ruderarius (Muller 1776),…”
Morphological traits are linked to the cold performance and distribution of bees along elevational gradients (2016, background): “Small organisms, particularly those which can thermoregulate thorax temperature like bees (Stone & Willmer, 1989; Roberts & Harrison, 1998; Goulson, 2010; Stabentheiner & Kovac, 2014), may therefore reach energetic limits much faster than large organisms.”
Chronic impairment of bumblebee natural foraging behaviour induced by sublethal pesticide exposure (2014, background): “…these same queens must individually establish a new colony, requiring them to locate a suitable nest site, to produce and incubate at least their first batch of workers, and to forage extensively for nectar and pollen to feed themselves and their hungry offspring (Sladen 1912; Goulson 2010).”