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Characterization of the Active Microbiotas Associated with Honey Bees Reveals Healthier and Broader Communities when Colonies are Genetically Diverse Recent losses of honey bee colonies have led to increased interest in the microbial communities that are associated with these important...

Queen promiscuity lowers disease within honeybee colonies Thomas D Seeley1,* and David R Tarpy2 + Author Affiliations <>1.2.*Author for correspondence ([email protected]) Abstract Most species of social insects have singly mated queens, but in some species each queen mates with numerous males...

Honey Bee Nest Thermoregulation: Diversity Promotes Stability Julia C. Jones1,*, Mary R. Myerscough2, Sonia Graham2, Benjamin P. Oldroyd1 + Author Affiliations <>1.2.↵* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract A honey bee colony is characterized...

Genetic diversity within honeybee colonies increases signal production by waggle-dancing foragers Heather R Mattila*, Kelly M Burke and Thomas D Seeley + Author Affiliations <>1.Author for correspondence ([email protected]) Next Section Abstract Recent work has demonstrated considerable...