Insect Sterol Nutrition and Physiology: A Global Overview

By S. Behmer, W. Nes. 2003

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Pollen nutrients better explain bumblebee colony development than pollen diversity (2017, background): “Because they play an essential role in hormone synthesis, gene expression and cell membrane function (Behmer & Nest, 2003), sterols are probably key nutrients for the growth of the bumblebee larvae.”
Pollen and nectar quality drive the major and minor floral choices of bumble bees (2014, background): “Phytosterols are further requisite nutrients since they are precursors of molting hormones, and bees are not able to synthesize them de novo (Behmer and Nes 2003; Cohen 2004).”
Metal hyperaccumulation in plants: mechanisms of defence against insect herbivores (2005, background): “Locusts are effective models for studying the ways in which invertebrate herbivores can be influenced by various plant constituents (Simpson & Raubenheimer 2000; Behmer, Simpson & Raubenheimer 2002; Behmer & Nes 2003). With respect to metals, Pollard & Baker (1997) demonstrated that the desert locus”
Essential Biomolecules in Food Webs (2019, background): “For example, arthropods lack this ability (Goad, 1981; Martin-Creuzburg and von Elert, 2009), and many insects and crustaceans prefer 15 and 15,7 over 17 and 122 sterols (e.g., Teshima, 1971; Behmer and Nes, 2003).”