Related Experiment Video
Updated: Feb 24, 2026

Empirical, Metagenomic, and Computational Techniques Illuminate the Mechanisms by which Fungicides Compromise Bee Health
Published on: October 9, 2017
Bumble bee ecophysiology: integrating the changing environment and the organism
1Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Abstract:
Bumble bees are among the most ecologically and economically important pollinators worldwide, yet many of their populations are being threatened by a suite of interrelated, human-mediated environmental changes. Here, I discuss recent progress in our understanding of bumble bee ecophysiology, including advances related to thermal biology in light of global warming; nutritional biology in the context of declining food resources; and the capacity for bumble bees to exhibit physiological plasticity or adaptations to novel or extreme environments, with reference to their evolutionary history and current biogeography.
Related Concept Videos
Characteristics of Life
Pollination and Flower Structure
Migration
Ecological Niches
Osmoregulation in Insects
Energy Budgets

