Highlights•Body size variation is common in solitary and social bees.•In solitary species,
larval growth is controlled by diet and the abiotic environment.•In social bees, larval …

Body size is arguably one of the most important traits influencing the physiology and ecology
of animals. Shifts in animal body size have been observed in response to climate change …

The cross-pollination of most alpine plants depends on insects, whose altitudinal distribution
is limited by temperature. However, although global warming is causing shifts in temporal …

Bumble bees are an outstanding model system in which to study the organization and
evolution of complex social behaviour. Bumble bees pass through several distinct phases …

Social isolation, particularly in early life, leads to deleterious physiological and behavioral
outcomes. Here, we leverage new high-throughput tools to comprehensively investigate the …

Many insects sequester nutrients during developmentally programmed periods, which they
metabolize during subsequent life history stages. During these periods, failure to store …

Social organization is commonly dynamic, with extreme examples in annual social insects,
but little is known about the underlying signals and mechanisms. Bumble bee larvae with …

Colonies of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris are characterized by wide phenotypic
variability among genetically similar full-sister workers, suggesting a major role for …

Bumble bees are an important group of insects that provide essential pollination services as
a consequence of their foraging behaviors. These pollination services are driven, in part, by …

Bee populations have declined in many parts of the world, raising concerns over their
conservation and the pollination services they provide. As a result of declines in agricultural …