"Bees" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Insect members of the superfamily Apoidea, found almost everywhere, particularly on flowers. About 3500 species occur in North America. They differ from most WASPS in that their young are fed honey and pollen rather than animal food.
| Descriptor ID |
D001516
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.875.387
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bees" by people in Profiles.
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Walls AC, Silvestri DL. Prevention of airborne propolis-induced allergic contact dermatitis with barrier cream. Dermatitis. 2012 May-Jun; 23(3):128-9.
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Perisse E, Waddell S. Associative memory: without a trace. Curr Biol. 2011 Aug 09; 21(15):R579-81.
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Biernaskie JM, Walker SC, Gegear RJ. Bumblebees learn to forage like Bayesians. Am Nat. 2009 Sep; 174(3):413-23.
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Biernaskie JM, Gegear RJ. Habitat assessment ability of bumble-bees implies frequency-dependent selection on floral rewards and display size. Proc Biol Sci. 2007 Oct 22; 274(1625):2595-601.
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Gegear RJ, Burns JG. The birds, the bees, and the virtual flowers: can pollinator behavior drive ecological speciation in flowering plants? Am Nat. 2007 Oct; 170(4):551-66.
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Gegear RJ, Manson JS, Thomson JD. Ecological context influences pollinator deterrence by alkaloids in floral nectar. Ecol Lett. 2007 May; 10(5):375-82.
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Wang Y, Jorda M, Jones PL, Maleszka R, Ling X, Robertson HM, Mizzen CA, Peinado MA, Robinson GE. Functional CpG methylation system in a social insect. Science. 2006 Oct 27; 314(5799):645-7.
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Insights into social insects from the genome of the honeybee Apis mellifera. Nature. 2006 Oct 26; 443(7114):931-49.
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Gegear RJ, Otterstatter MC, Thomson JD. Bumble-bee foragers infected by a gut parasite have an impaired ability to utilize floral information. Proc Biol Sci. 2006 May 07; 273(1590):1073-8.
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Gegear RJ. Multicomponent floral signals elicit selective foraging in bumblebees. Naturwissenschaften. 2005 Jun; 92(6):269-71.