Understanding of the neural bases for complex behaviors in Hymenoptera insect species
has been limited by a lack of tools that allow measuring neuronal activity simultaneously in …

Bees are economically and ecologically important pollinating species. Managed and native
bee species face increasing pressures from human-created stressors such as habitat loss …

Collective behaviour can be difficult to discern because it is not limited to animal
aggregations such as flocks of birds and schools of fish wherein individuals spontaneously …

Wild honeybees (Apis mellifera) are considered extinct in most parts of Europe. The likely
causes of their decline include increased parasite burden, lack of high-quality nesting sites …

Honey bees (Apis mellifera) have a peculiar and complex reproductive biology, with queens
being polyandrous and mating with several drones during one or more mating (nuptial) …

Eusocial insects operate as an integrated collective with tasks allocated among individuals.
This applies also to reproduction, through coordinated mating flights between male and …

Featured Application An automatic honey bee classification system based on audio signals
for tracking the frequency of workers and drones entering and leaving a hive. Abstract The …

A 5.8-GHz continuous-wave (CW) radar was developed and integrated on a compact printed
circuit board (PCB) for near-hive monitoring of honeybees. It supported noninvasive …

Honeybee drones' only known task is to mate with a virgin queen. Apart from their mating
behaviour, their ecology has been little studied, especially in comparison to honeybee …

We studied an aggregation of Apis laboriosa colonies in northern Vietnam where the
species is sympatric with Apis dorsata. We video-recorded four colonies on 2 days to …