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Apis mellifera

Common names: European honey bee, honey bee, honey bees, honeybees, honeybee, western honey bee, European Honey Bee, European Honeybee

Authority: Linnaeus

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae

Roles: pollinator, competitor, comparison species, nectar robber, mentioned species, study subject, host, mentioned, honey source, referenced species, comparison reference, habitat component

Apis mellifera

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Publications (158)

The Popular Patch: Co-foraging behavior of Bombus spp. in a subalpine meadow

The Relationship between Color, Nectar Concentration, and Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Visitation of Typical and Atypical Hummingbird Flowers

Within-day Variation in Pollinator Activity on Frasera speciosa in a Mast Year

A nectar-inhabiting bacterium may not influence female fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

Different aspects of dominance are not equivalent when testing for trade-offs in ant communities

Dimensions of difference: Multi-scale consequences of trait variation in bumble bees

Fitness costs and benefits of a non-native floral resource for subalpine solitary bees

Flying by night: Comparing nocturnal pollinator networks over time in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa skyrocket), Penstemon debilis (Parachute beardtongue), and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque phacelia)

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa Skyrocket) and Threatened Status for Penstemon debilis (Parachute Beardtongue) and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque Phacelia)

Co-occurring Species

Bombus

Hymenoptera

Delphinium

solitary bees

Ipomopsis aggregata

Bombus terrestris

Asteraceae

Beetles

Bombus bifarius

Megachilidae

Improving plant DNA metabarcoding accuracy with ecological filters and Angiosperms353: Field and pollen microscopy validation

Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

Quantifying ethanol in bumble bee honey and Colorado rocky mountain wildflowers

Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

Temperature and relative humidity effects on nectar quantity, nectar quality, and plant-pollinator interactions

Temperature influences pollinators' choice of floral partners independently of community composition

Up high, hot and dry: Individual reproductive output in subalpine bees declines with increasing drought severity

Wild foundress queen bumble bees make numerous, short foraging trips and exhibit frequent nest failure: Insights from trap-nesting and RFID tracking

Does Floral Nectar Depth Correlate With Pollinator Proboscis Length?

Phenological drivers and consequences for solitary bees

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

The hole truth: why do bumble bees rob flowers more than once?

Endosymbionts that threaten commercially raised and wild bumble bees (Bombus spp.)

In your stomach or in your nectar? Disentangling the effects of two pollination-related yeasts on bumblebee behavior and foraging

Parasites, parasitoids, and hive products that are potentially deleterious to wild and commercially raised bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in North America

Plant Bioassay Testing Soil Quality Following Carrion Insect Activity

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

The dispersal of microbes among and within flowers by butterflies

Bumble bee queen plasticity and social regulation of traits

Carry-over effects of larval food stress on adult energetics and life history in a nectar-feeding butterfly

Comparison of Bee Bowls and Netting for Monitoring Native Bees

Ecological Drivers and Consequences of Bumble Bee Body Size Variation

Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation

Microvirus Genomes Identified in Fecal Samples from Yellow - Bellied Marmots

Perturbations in plant-pollinator networks: Integrating theoretical and empirical approaches to understand responses to global change

Removing flowers of a generalist plant changes pollinator visitation, composition, and interaction network structure

Simultaneous niche expansion and contraction in plant–pollinator networks under drought

Sweet and salty: Pollinators and sodium-enriched nectar

The shifting importance of abiotic and biotic factors across the life cycles of wild pollinators

Tritrophic mutualisms in a changing climate

Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee <i> Halictus rubicundus </i> (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Diverse cressdnaviruses and an anellovirus identified in the fecal samples of yellow-bellied marmots

From the ground up: Building predictions for how climate change will affect belowground mutualisms, floral traits, and bee behavior

Global trends in the number and diversity of managed pollinator species

Impacts of beekeeping on wild bee diversity and pollination networks in the Aegean Archipelago

Nectar Variation in Simple and Compound Flowers; and its Effects on Plant Pollinator Interactions

Plant–pollinator interaction niche broadens in response to severe drought perturbations

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

The sensory and cognitive ecology of nectar robbing

Trade-off mitigation: a conceptual framework for understanding floral adaptation in multispecies interactions

Understanding Organismal Capacity to Respond to Anthropogenic Change: Barriers and Solutions

Understanding pollen specialization in mason bees: a case study of six species

Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

Bumble bees are constant to nectar-robbing behaviour despite low switching costs

Butterfly foraging and the dispersal of microbes among & within flowers

Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee foraging tactic constancy

Flying by night: Comparing crepuscular pollinator networks across two sites in Western North America

Quantifying Nectar Trait Responses to Natural Variation in Water Availability in Subalpine Plant Communities

Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees

Untangling the seasonal dynamics of plant-pollinator communities

Effect of Abscisic Acid (ABA) Combined with Two Different Beekeeping Nutritional Strategies to Confront Overwintering: Studies on Honey Bees’ Population Dynamics and Nosemosis

Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

Invasive plants and water availablity mediate outcomes of plant-pollinator interactions