Research on the relationships between the gut microbiota and the neurophysiology and
behavior of animals has grown exponentially in just a few years. Insect behavior may be …

Sweat bees have repeatedly gained and lost eusociality, a transition from individual to group
reproduction. Here we generate chromosome-length genome assemblies for 17 species …

Highlights•We review recent progress in studies on DoL in reproduction and task
performance in bumble bees.•DoL and social organization are plastic in bumble …

Juvenile hormone (JH) regulates developmental and physiological processes in insects. In
bumble bees, the hormone acts as a gonadotropin that mediates ovary development, but the …

Phenotypic trade-offs are inevitable in nature, but the mechanisms driving them are poorly
understood. Movement and oxygen are essential to all animals, and as such, the common …

Juvenile hormone (JH) is a modulator of many physiological transitions in insects, including
molting, metamorphosis, diapause, and reproduction. These processes often include …

Little is known about the molecular mechanisms that underlie the division of labor in
stingless bees. We investigated the expression of a set of candidate genes associated with …

The insect brain is the central part of the neurosecretory system, which controls morphology,
physiology, and behavior during the insect's lifecycle. Lepidoptera are holometabolous …

Eusocial insect queens are remarkable in their ability to maximize both fecundity and
longevity, thus escaping the typical trade-off between these two traits. Several mechanisms …

Juvenile hormone III (JH III) is a crucial hormone synthesized exclusively as R-stereoisomer
in most insects. Herein, we established a mature Tris-HCl culture system for essential …