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References from Perception, regulation, and effects on longevity of pollen fatty acids in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
Integrative models of nutrient balancing: application to insects and vertebrates
10.1079/nrr19970009 · 1997 · External reference
Integrating nutrition: a geometrical approach
1999 · External reference
Unresolved reference
2012 · External reference
Nutrient balancing of the adult worker bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) depends on the dietary source of essential amino acids
2015 · External reference
Adding Amino Acids to a Sucrose Diet Is Not Sufficient to Support Longevity of Adult Bumble Bees
2020 · External reference
Nutrition and health in honey bees
10.1051/apido/2010012 · 2010 · External reference
The role of non-volatile chemicals of floral rewards in plant-pollinator interactions
10.1016/j.baae.2024.01.002 · 2024 · External reference
What Governs Protein Content of Pollen: Pollinator Preferences, Pollen–Pistil Interactions, or Phylogeny?
2000 · External reference
Crop Domestication Alters Floral Reward Chemistry With Potential Consequences for Pollinator Health
10.3389/fpls.2018.01357 · 2018 · External reference
Pollinator or pedigree: which factors determine the evolution of pollen nutrients?
10.1007/s00442-019-04494-x · 2019 · External reference
Flower Production, Headspace Volatiles, Pollen Nutrients, and Florivory in Tanacetum vulgare Chemotypes
10.3389/fpls.2020.611877 · 2020 · External reference
Pollen sterols are associated with phylogeny and environment but not with pollinator guilds
10.1111/nph.17227 · 2021 · External reference
Pollen protein and lipid content influence resilience to insecticides in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
2021 · External reference
Pollen nutrition structures bee and plant community interactions
10.1073/pnas.2317228120 · 2024 · External reference
Pollen Protein: Lipid Macronutrient Ratios May Guide Broad Patterns of Bee Species Floral Preferences
2020 · External reference
Influence of pollen nutrition on honey bee health: do pollen quality and diversity matter?
10.1371/journal.pone.0072016 · 2013 · External reference
Using physiology to better support wild bee conservation
2023 · External reference
Nutritional ecology of essential fatty acids: an evolutionary perspective
10.1071/zo11064 · 2011 · External reference
Effect of diet lipids and omega-6:3 ratio on honey bee brood development, adult survival and body composition
10.1016/j.jinsphys.2020.104074 · 2020 · External reference
Best be(e) on low fat: linking nutrient perception, regulation and fitness
10.1111/ele.13454 · 2020 · External reference
Young honeybees show learned preferences after experiencing adulterated pollen
10.1038/s41598-021-02700-6 · 2021 · External reference
Unbalanced fatty acid diets impair discrimination ability of honey bee workers to damaged and healthy brood odors
2022 · External reference
Omega-3 deficiency impairs honey bee learning
10.1073/pnas.1517375112 · 2015 · External reference
High-Fat Diets with Differential Fatty Acids Induce Obesity and Perturb Gut Microbiota in Honey Bee
2021 · External reference
R. LW, H. S. Antimicrobial activity of fatty acids against Bacillus larvae, the causative agent of American foulbrood disease
10.1051/apido:19930202 · 1993 · External reference
Omega-6:3 Ratio More Than Absolute Lipid Level in Diet Affects Associative Learning in Honey Bees
10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01001 · 2018 · External reference
How to know which food is good for you: bumblebees use taste to discriminate between different concentrations of food differing in nutrient content
2015 · External reference
Honey Bees Can Taste Amino and Fatty Acids in Pollen, but Not Sterols
10.3389/fevo.2021.684175 · 2021 · External reference
Unresolved reference
2003 · External reference
The collection of pollen by bees
10.1007/978-3-7091-6306-1_11 · 2000 · External reference
Perception, regulation, and fitness effects of pollen phytosterols in the bumble bee, Bombus terrestris
10.1002/ajb2.16165 · 2023 · External reference
The ecology of nutrient sensation and perception in insects
10.1016/j.tree.2023.05.006 · 2023 · External reference
Different but the same: bumblebee species collect pollen of different plant sources but similar amino acid profiles
10.1007/s13592-016-0454-6 · 2017 · External reference
A common protocol for reliable comparison of pollen fatty acid profiles: highlighting pitfalls and proposing a methodology for ecological research
2023 · External reference
A comparison of pollen consumption and digestion in honeybee (Apis mellifera carnica) drones and workers
10.1016/0022-1910(93)90120-g · 1993 · External reference
Impaired tactile learning is related to social role in honeybees
2009 · External reference
Cognitive aging is linked to social role in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
10.1016/j.exger.2007.09.003 · 2007 · External reference
Aging without functional senescence in honey bee workers
10.1016/j.cub.2007.02.015 · 2007 · External reference
The effects of age on olfactory learning and memory in the honey bee Apis mellifera
10.1097/00001756-199702100-00042 · 1997 · External reference
Unresolved reference
1927 · External reference
Classical conditioning of proboscis extension in honeybees (Apis mellifera)
10.1037/0735-7036.97.2.107 · 1983 · External reference
Dumb and Lazy? A Comparison of Color Learning and Memory Retrieval in Drones and Workers of the Buff-Tailed Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, by Means of PER Conditioning
10.1371/journal.pone.0134248 · 2015 · External reference
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2019 · External reference
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2013 · External reference
10.1007/b97377
10.1007/b97377 · 2003 · External reference
Wells MA. Fat metabolism in insects
10.1146/annurev.nutr.21.1.23 · 2001 · External reference
Extended longevity of queen honey bees compared to workers is associated with peroxidation-resistant membranes
10.1016/j.exger.2007.02.008 · 2007 · External reference
editor Dietary fatty acids and human health
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Dietary fatty acids
2009 · External reference
Dietary omega-6 fatty acid lowering increases bioavailability of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in human plasma lipid pools
10.1016/j.plefa.2014.02.003 · 2014 · External reference
Health implications of high dietary omega-6 polyunsaturated Fatty acids
10.1155/2012/539426 · 2012 · External reference
Unresolved reference
2006 · External reference
Molecular basis of fatty acid taste in Drosophila
2017 · External reference
Ir56d-dependent fatty acid responses in Drosophila uncover taste discrimination between different classes of fatty acids
2021 · External reference
Ionotropic receptors in the turnip moth Agrotis segetum respond to repellent medium-chain fatty acids
10.1186/s12915-022-01235-0 · 2022 · External reference
Insect steroid metabolism
10.1007/bf02533755 · 1978 · External reference
Protein and Amino Acid Requirements of the Honeybee (Apis Mellifica L.)
1953 · External reference
Genus-Wide Characterization of Bumblebee Genomes Provides Insights into Their Evolution and Variation in Ecological and Behavioral Traits
10.1093/molbev/msaa240 · 2021 · External reference
Variations in Nutritional Requirements Across Bee Species
2022 · External reference
Final report on the safety assessment of oleic acid, laurie acid, palmitic acid, myristic acid, and stearic acid
10.3109/10915818709098563 · 1987 · External reference
Fatty acids in pollen: a review of their importance for honey bees
10.1080/0005772x.2001.11099504 · 2015 · External reference
Does fat identity matter? The effect of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids on bumble bee consumption and fitness
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The examination of fatty acid taste with edible strips
10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.04.006 · 2012 · External reference
The fate and intermediary metabolism of stearic acid
10.1007/s11745-005-1484-z · 2005 · External reference
Absorption and intestinal catabolism of fatty acids in the rat: effect of chain length and unsaturation
10.1113/expphysiol.1991.sp003511 · 1991 · External reference
Macronutrient ratios in pollen shape bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) foraging strategies and floral preferences
10.1073/pnas.1606101113 · 2016 · External reference
Bumblebees adjust protein and lipid collection rules to the presence of brood
10.1093/cz/zoz026 · 2019 · External reference