Floral nectar production is central to plant pollination, and hence to human wellbeing. As
floral nectar is essentially a solution in water of various sugars, it is likely a valuable plant …

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is an established model organism in chronobiology,
because genetic manipulation and breeding in the laboratory are easy. The circadian clock …

Most bees display an array of strategies for building their nests, and the availability of
nesting resources plays a significant role in organizing bee communities. Although …

Novel lighting technology offers the possibility of improved arthropod integrated pest
management (IPM) in artificially lighted crops. This review compiles the current knowledge …

The interactions between flowering plants and insect pollinators shape ecological
communities and provide one of the best examples of coevolution. Although these …

Local coexistence of bees has been explained by flower resource partitioning, but coexisting
bumblebee species often have strongly overlapping diets. We investigated if light …

Large carpenter bees (genus Xylocopa) are wood‐nesting generalist pollinators of broad
geographical distribution that exhibit varying levels of sociality. Their foraging is …

Most bees forage for floral resources during the day, but temporal patterns of foraging
activity vary extensively, and foraging in dim‐light environments has evolved repeatedly …

Successful pollination in animal‐pollinated plants depends on the temporal overlap
between flower presentation and pollinator foraging activity. Variation in the temporal …

Bees are mostly active during the daytime, but nocturnality has been reported in some bee
families. We studied temporal flight activity in three species of carpenter bees (genus …