Highlights•Honey bees make great energetic and physiological investments in immunity to
mitigate the risks of disease that accompany social living.•Immunity in honey bees is …

Due to a swift and continuous growth of the insect rearing industry during the last two
decades, there is a need for a better understanding of insect diseases (caused by insect …

The black soldier fly Hermetia illucens is used for the bioconversion of organic waste into
feed for livestock and aquaculture, and is economically among the most important farmed …

Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect
Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide …

The larva of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) has emerged as an efficient system for
the bioconversion of organic waste. Although many research efforts are devoted to the …

We previously characterized and quantified the influence of land use on survival and
productivity of colonies positioned in six apiaries and found that colonies in apiaries …

Bacillus thuringiensis is a widely used bacterial entomopathogen producing insecticidal
toxins, some of which are expressed in insect-resistant transgenic crops. Surprisingly, the …

An understanding of how to nurture and/or modulate the different components of the immune
system is crucial for the prevention and control of diseases in animal husbandry. It is well …

Body condition indices, measures of body 'plumpness' or mass relative to frame size, are
often used as a proxy for lipid reserves or fitness‐related traits of animals and assumed to be …

Among physiological processes, the maintenance of immunity is one of the most
energetically costly in invertebrates. Disease resistance can be quantified by measuring …