Effects of parasitic mites and protozoa on the flower constancy and foraging rate of bumble bees
By Michael C. Otterstatter, Robert J. Gegear, S. Colla, James D. Thomson. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2005
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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science
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- Worldwide migration of parasitic mites as a result of bumblebee commercialization (2006, unknown): “Otterstatter et al. (2005) claimed that by altering the foraging behavior of bees the mite might even influence the interactions between plants and pollinators.”
- Evidence for decline in eastern North American bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with special focus on Bombus affinis Cresson (2008, background): “impatiens (Macfarlane et al. 1995; Otterstatter et al. 2005; Gegear et al. 2006).”
- Trapline foraging by bumble bees: IV. Optimization of route geometry in the absence of competition (2007, background): “Crithidia infections sometimes occur in commercial stocks and can affect behavior (Otterstatter et al. 2005).”
- The role of resources and risks in regulating wild bee populations. (2011, background): “bombi infection on foraging performance of bumble bee workers suggest the potential for additional negative consequences in field conditions (80).”
- Plight of the bumble bee: Pathogen spillover from commercial to wild populations (2006, background): “Both C. bombi and N. bombi are common in commercial bumble bees ( Otterstatter et al., 2005; Whittington and Winston, 2003) and capable of spreading to wild bees at flowers (Durrer and Schmid-Hempel, 1994; Schmid-Hempel, 1998).”
- Adaptation, Genetic Drift, Pleiotropy, and History in the Evolution of Bee Foraging Behavior (2006, background): “This is further complicated by the fact that the parasite load may itself also affect foraging behavior (König and Schmid‐Hempel, 1995; Otterstatter et al., 2005; Schmid‐Hempel and Stauffer, 1998) and learning performance (Mallon et al., 2003).”
- Decline of bumble bees (Bombus) in the North American Midwest (2009, background): “…(Marletto et al., 2003); and (3) the spread of pathogens, such as Nosema bombi Fantham and Porter and Crithidia bombi Lipa and Triggiani from managed greenhouses to foraging bees nearby (Otterstatter et al., 2005; Colla et al., 2006; Otterstatter and Thomson, 2008) (i.e. 'pathogen spillover').”