Trail pheromones do more than simply guide social insect workers from point A to point B.
Recent research has revealed additional ways in which they help to regulate colony …

Many species of yeast are integral to human society. They produce many of our foods,
beverages and industrial chemicals, challenge us as pathogens, and provide models for the …

Bees are important pollinators of wild and agricultural plants 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and there is
increasing evidence that many bee populations decline due to a combination of habitat loss …

Copying others can greatly improve individual fitness and is fundamental for the
organisation of societies. Yet in some situations it is better to ignore social information and …

Communication is a fundamental feature of animal societies and helps their members to
solve the challenges they encounter, from exploiting food sources to fighting enemies or …

Neotropical orchid bees (Euglossini) are often cited as classic examples of trapline-foragers
with potentially extensive foraging ranges. If long-distance movements are habitual, rare …

Foragers of many ant species use pheromone trails to guide nestmates to food sources.
During foraging, individual workers can also learn the route to a food source. Foragers of the …

The need for basic information on tropical crop pollinators remains a key priority. Here, we
used a dataset on Brazilian bee-crop interactions to determine important bee species for …

Bumble bees are of major importance, ecologically and economically as pollinators in cool
and temperate biomes and as model organisms for scientific research. Chemical signals …

Many bee species show flower constancy, that is, a tendency to visit flowers of one type
during a foraging trip. Flower constancy is important for plant reproduction, but the benefits …