Although viruses are most often studied as pathogens, many are beneficial to their hosts,
providing essential functions in some cases and conditionally beneficial functions in others …

Gall-inducing insects are iconic examples in the manipulation and reprogramming of plant
development, inducing spectacular morphological and physiological changes of host-plant …

The health of the honeybee and, indirectly, global crop production are threatened by several
biotic and abiotic factors, which play a poorly defined role in the induction of widespread …

Integration into the nuclear genome of germ line cells can lead to vertical inheritance of
retroviral genes as host alleles. For other viruses, germ line integration has only rarely been …

Honey bee colony losses are triggered by interacting stress factors consistently associated
with high loads of parasites and/or pathogens. A wealth of biotic and abiotic stressors are …

Although eusociality evolved independently within several orders of insects, research into
the molecular underpinnings of the transition towards social complexity has been confined …

The Logic of Chance offers a reappraisal and a new synthesis of theories, concepts, and
hypotheses on the key aspects of the evolution of life on earth in light of comparative …

Hymenoptera is an extraordinarily diverse lineage, both in terms of species numbers and
morphotypes, that includes sawflies, bees, wasps, and ants. These organisms serve critical …

In this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award,“our
greatest living chronicler of the natural world”(The New York Times), David Quammen …

Parasitoid wasps are valuable biological control agents that suppress their host populations.
Factors introduced by the female wasp at parasitization play significant roles in facilitating …