Sentence examples for bumblebee development from inspiring English sources
Thus while only four hexamerin-encoding genes were identified in A. mellifera [ 53], we have identified potentially ten in B. terrestris that show differential expression between life cycle stages and castes, suggesting that these proteins may play complex roles in bumblebee development.
Authors concluded that bumblebees develop specificity in their immune response, which is also accompanied by the development of an immunological memory.
Others include the early bumblebee, garden bumblebee, red-tailed bumblebee, common carder bumblebee and the white-tailed bumblebee.
In addition to the specificity of the response, it was observed to persist over a period of 3 weeks in bumblebees, which also suggests the development of a kind of immunological memory.
Here we demonstrate that parasitized bumblebees modify their diet preference and foraging behaviour to delay the development of an infection.
In particular, in the buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris, it has been shown that the linear alkane pentacosane inhibits worker ovary development [ 12, 21] but that some queen-characteristic esters did not suppress worker reproduction [ 12], even though they were still suggested to have a role in signalling fertility [ 20].
Bumblebees already have to contend with lethal infections, deadly pesticides and habitat loss due to agriculture and urban development.
A bumblebee on an eggplant.
