A selection of news & media pieces featuring our findings:
Arquitetas da natureza: Cada espécie de abelha constrói favo em formato único. Revista Super Interessante. 26 April 2024.
Bees, like humans, can preserve cultural traditions.
The Economist. Laura Spinney. 10 April 2024.
Angelloze bij volgt bestaand bouwplan. Het was zo eenvoudig begonnen. Willy van Strien. 9 April 2024.
Noticies Serra Húnter Programme. 25 March 2024. Also in ESP & EN.
La resiliència de les abelles davant les adversitats climàtiques.
Butlletí RECERCAT. 29 February 2024.
Why do some stingless bee females develop as wannabe queens?
Evolution Letters | Editor’s Blog. 17 January 2024.
Maatschappelijk wersters. Talented Researchers Explore our World profile section from the National Geographic Magazine, The Netherlands and Belgium segment. April 2022.
Selbstbestimmt zur Königin. Bienen Nachrichten. 17 March 2022.
In a beehive’s game of thrones, one queen lives and thousands are slaughtered. SYFY. Cassidy Ward. 10 February 2022.
Blog Post and articles from the Royal Society. 03 February 2022.
Egoïstische bijen worden massaal afgemaakt.
De Standaard. Tomas van Dijk. 1 Frebruary 2022.
Some bee colonies have to kill thousands of ‘selfish’ wannabe queens. Medium US. 28 Jan 2022.
Testing of Melipona beecheii stingless bees shows guards do not choose new queen. Phys.org. Bob Yirka. 28 January 2022.
Some bee colonies have to kill thousands of ‘selfish’ wannabe queens.
NewScientist. Christa Lesté-Lasserre. 26 January 2022.
Tiny radio tags reveal the lives of Neotropical stingless bees. Massive Science. Lila Westreich. 10 September 2021.
Soziale Bienen verfliegen sich horizontal. Bienen Nachrichten. 16 August 2021.
Objavil dva nové druhy ropúch. Na Slovensku žijú štyri druhy jedovatých žiab, vraví zoológ. DennikN.sk. 1 November 2019 (in Slovak).
A game of drones: why some bees kill their queens.
The Independent. James Gilbert. 20 September 2017.
Rise of male individuals in stingless bees colonies leads to queen’s death. Phys.org. 30 August 2017
Nascimento de crias indesejáveis causa a morte de rainhas de abelhas sem ferrão, Revista Pesquisa FAPESP. 31 July 2017
Worker Wasps Sneak Out to Lay Their Eggs in Neighboring Nests.
Smithsonian.com. A. Nowogrodzki. 7 March 2016.
The origin and evolution of fertility-linked signals in bees. Atlas of Science, 14 january 2016.
A química da infertilidade. Revista FAPESP. Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade. 27 January 2014.
De koningin houdt haar volk steriel. NRC Handelsblad. A. Tuenter. 25 january 2014.
Koningin is al 145 miljoen jaar baas. De Standaard, 25 januari 2014.
Scent of a Hymenopteron. Science Blog, 23. S. Agrawal. January 2014
Le parfum persistant des reines.
Le Monde. 21 January 2014.
A queen bee’s secret pinpointed.
The New York Times. 20 January 2014.
(“Queens of different species of social insects use the same chemical signals to prevent workers from reproducing”).
Elementy, 20 January 2014. (in Russian)
Fertility signals in ants, bees and wasps have deep common ancestors. Why evolution is true. M. Cobb. 20 January 2014.
Feromonas de abejas reinas, que provocan infertilidad en obreras, son comunes en múltiples insectos. La Tercera, 19 January 2014
Insect queens control colonies with pheromones. BBC World Service. Science in Action radio programme, 16 January 2014.
Duftstoffe der Macht. Deutschlandfunk radio programme. 17 January 2014.
Zelfde feromoon stopt insectenvoortplanting. New Scientist (Dutch version). 18 January 2014.
Single class of queen pheromones stops worker reproduction in ants, bees and wasps. Phys.Org. 17 January 2014.
Bijen, wespen en mieren hebben gemeenschappelijke voorouder. VRT Belgian national news, De Standaard, De Morgen, HLN, 17 januari 2014.
Das Parfum der Königinnen. Science Ticker, 17 January 2014.
Las abejas reinas esterilizan con feromonas a las obreras. Contexto, 17 January 2014.
Der Stoff, der Macht verleiht. Science.orf.at, 17 January 2014.
Insektenköniginnen schützen Privilegien. Weser Kurier, 17 January 2014.
La reina del sexo – por qué solo una puede reproducirse. ABC, Finanzas.com, EcoDiario, Diario Uno, 17 January 2014.
Single class of queen pheromones stops worker reproduction in ants, bees and wasps.
Science Codex, Eurekalert, 17 January 2014.
Oeroude feromonen houden koningin aan de macht. Eos Wetenschap, 17 januari 2014.
Single class of queen pheromones stops worker reproduction in ants, bees and wasps. Science Daily. 16 January 2014.
Königin macht ihre Arbeiterinnen unfruchtbar. Die Welt & Berliner Morgenpost. 17 January 2014.
Insekten-Königinnen schützen Geburtsvorrecht seit langem. Schweizer Bauer. 17 January 2014.
Insect queens sterilize workers with chemicals. Prensa Latina. 17 January 2014.
How queen bees reign over reproduction.
NBC News. Tanya Lewis. 16 January 2014.
The queen of sex. ScienceShot, 16 January 2014.
Bei der Fortplantzung sind Königinnen Alleinherrscher. FOCUS, 16 January 2014.
Signalstoffe im Insektenbau. Die Königin riecht Jahrmillionen gleich. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 16 January 2014.
Las feromonas de las reinas que esterilizan a las obreras tienen 150 milliones de años. Agencia SINC, 16 January 2014.
Smells like queen spirit – royal pheromones in insect colonies. The Conversation, 16 January 2014.
Insect minions banned from breeding by same signal.
New Scientist. A.H. Rutkin. 16 January 2014.
The Shared Perfumes of Queens. The Scientist Magazine, 16 January 2014.
The sneaky queen gets the colony. Wired Science. September 2013.
M. Chapuisat (2014) Smells like queen since the Cretaceous. Science 343: 254.
Estranha no ninho. Revista Pesquisa FAPESP. 17 October 2013.
Opgescheept met vreemde koningin: Kolonie angelloze bijen ‘s avonds kwetsbaar voor machtsovername. blog.willyvanstrien.nl. Willy van Strien. 8 augustus 2013.