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Phat Queens Emerge Fashionably Late: Body Size and Condition Predict Timing of Spring Emergence for Queen Bumble Bees by Keaveny, Ellen C, Dillon, Michael E

“…For insects, the timing of many life history events (phenology) depends on temperature cues. Body size is a critical mediator of insect responses to…”
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A rapid return to normal: temporal gene expression patterns following cold exposure in the bumble bee Bombus impatiens by Verble, Kelton M, Keaveny, Ellen C, Rahman, Sarthok Rasique, Jenny, Matthew J, Dillon, Michael E, Lozier, Jeffrey D

“…Bumble bees are common in cooler climates and many species likely experience periodic exposure to very cold temperatures, but little is known about the…”
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Metabolomes of bumble bees reared in common garden conditions suggest constitutive differences in energy and toxin metabolism across populations by Keaveny, Ellen C, Helling, Mitchell R, Basile, Franco, Strange, James P, Lozier, Jeffrey D, Dillon, Michael E

“…Cold tolerance of ectotherms can vary strikingly among species and populations. Variation in cold tolerance can reflect differences in genomes and…”
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Supercooling points of freeze-avoiding bumble bees vary with caste and queen life stage by Keaveny, Ellen C., Waybright, Sarah A., Rusch, Travis W., Dillon, Michael E.

“…Bumble bees thrive in cold climates including high latitude and high altitude regions around the world, yet cold tolerance strategies are largely unknown for…”
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It is buzziness time: rearing, mating, and overwintering Bombus vosnesenskii (Hymenoptera: Apidae) by Christman, Morgan E, Barkan, N Pinar, Campion, Claire, Heraghty, Sam D, Keaveny, Ellen C, Verble, Kelton M, Waybright, Sarah A, Dillon, Michael E, Lozier, Jeffrey D, Strange, James P

“…Abstract Bombus vosnesenskii Radowszkowski, 1862 is one of three bumble bee species commercially available for pollination services in North America; however,…”
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