The publications of all b-lab members are listed in a kind of chronological sequence. As far as possible, we provide pdf-files of the publications, the event-abstracts, as well as the posters.
In the section Popular Press you find articles on our work released in newspapers and popular journals.
Forthcoming
Jarau, S., Dambacher, J., Twele, R., Aguilar, I, Francke, W. and Ayasse, M. (2010) The trail pheromone of a stingless bee, Trigona corvina (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini), varies between populations. Chem. Senses: DOI:10.1093/chemse/bjq057. view pdf
Publications 2010
Jarau, S., van Veen, J. W., Aguilar, I. and Ayasse, M. (2010) A scientific note on virgin queen acceptance in stingless bees: evidence for the importance of queen aggression. Apidologie 41, 38-39. view pdf
Jarau, S., van Veen, J. W., Twele, R., Reichle, C., Gonzales, E. H., Aguilar, I., Francke, W. and Ayasse, M. (2010) Workers make the queens in Melipona bees: identification of geraniol as a caste determining compound from labial glands of nurse bees. J. Chem. Ecol. 36, 565-569. view pdf
Nunes-Silva, P., Hrncir, M. and Imperatriz-Fonseca, V. L. (2010) A polinização por vibração. Oecol. Austral. 14, 140-151. view pdf
Reichle, C., Jarau, S., Aguilar, I. and Ayasse, M. (2010) Recruits of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis learn food odors from the nest atmosphere. Naturwissenschaften 97, 519-524. view pdf
Publications 2009
BOOKS and CHAPTERS
Jarau, S., Morawetz, L., Reichle, C., Gruber, M. H., Huber, W. and Weissenhofer, A. (eds.) (2009) Corbiculate Bees of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica. Vienna: Verein zur Förderung der Tropenstation La Gamba.
Jarau, S. and Hrncir, M. (eds.) (2009) Food Exploitation by Social Insects:Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. CRC-Press
Hrncir, M. (2009) Mobilizing the foraging force - Mechanical signals in stingless bee recruitment. In: Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches (ed. Jarau, S. and Hrncir M.), pp. 199-221. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. CRC-Press
Hrncir, M. and Jarau, S. (2009) Introduction. In: Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches (ed. Jarau, S. and Hrncir M.), pp. 1-5. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. CRC-Press
Jarau, S. (2009) Chemical communication during food exploitation in stingless bees. In: Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches (ed. Jarau, S. and Hrncir M.), pp. 223-249. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. CRC-Press
Jarau, S. and Hrncir, M. (2009) Social insects and the exploitation of food sources - concluding thoughts. In: Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches (ed. Jarau, S. and Hrncir M.), pp. 323-330. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. CRC-Press
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Bispo dos Santos, S. A. B., Roselino, A. C., Hrncir, M. and Bego, L. R. (2009) Pollination of tomatoes by the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata and the honey bee Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Genet. Mol. Res. 8, 751-757. view pdf
Jarau, S., van Veen, J. W., Aguilar, I. and Ayasse, M. (2009) Virgin queen execution in the stingless bee Melipona beecheii: The sign stimulus for worker attacks. Apidologie 40, 496–507. view pdf
Lichtenberg, E. M., Hrncir, M. and Nieh, J. C. (2009) A scientific note: foragers deposit attractive scent marks in a stingless bee that does not communicate food location. Apidologie 40, 1-2. view pdf
Menezes C., Hrncir, M. and Kerr W. E. (2009) Case study of a mixed colony that occurred spontaneously between Scaptotrigona depilis Moure, 1942 and Nannotrigona testaceicornis Lepeletier, 1836 (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini). Genet. Mol. Res. 8, 507-514. view pdf
Roselino, A. C., Santos , S. A. B., Hrncir, M. and Bego, L. R. (2009) Differences between the quality of strawberries ( Fragaria x ananassa ) pollinated by the stingless bees Scaptotrigona aff . depilis and Nannotrigona testaceicornis. Genet. Mol. Res. 8, 539-545. view pdf
Schorkopf, D. L. P., Hrncir, M. , Mateus, S., Zucchi, R., Schmidt, V. M. and Barth, F. G. (2009) Mandibular gland secretions of meliponine worker bees: further evidence for their role in inter- and intraspecific defence and aggression and against their role in food source signalling. J. Exp. Biol. 212, 1153-1162. LINK (Inside JEB)
Stangler, E. S., Jarau, S., Hrncir, M. , Zucchi, R. and Ayasse, M. (2009) Identification of trail pheromone compounds from the labial glands of the stingless bee Geotrigona mombuca. Chemoecology 19, 13-19. view pdf
Publications 2008
Barth, F. G., Hrncir, M. and Jarau, S. (2008) Signals and cues in the recruitment behavior of stingless bees (Meliponini). J. Comp. Physiol. A 194, 313-327. view pdf
Hrncir, M. , Gravel, A.I., Schorkopf, D. L. P., Schmidt, V. M., Zucchi, R. and Barth, F. G. (2008) Thoracic vibrations in stingless bees (Melipona seminigra): Resonances of the thorax influence vibrations associated with flight but not those associated with sound production. J. Exp. Biol. 211, 678-685. LINK
Hrncir, M. , Schorkopf, D. L. P., Schmidt, V. M., Zucchi, R. and Barth, F. G. (2008) The sound field generated by tethered stingless bees (Melipona scutellaris): inferences on its potential as a recruitment mechanism inside the hive. J. Exp. Biol. 211, 686-698. LINK
Jarau, S. and Barth, F. G. (2008) Stingless bees of the Golfo Dulce Region, Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini). Stapfia 88, zugleich Kataloge der oberösterreichischen Landesmuseen Neue Serie 80, 267-276. view pdf
Santos S. A. B., Roselino, A. C. and Bego, L. (2008) Pollination of cucumber, Cucumis sativus L. (Cucurbitales: Cucurbitaceae), by the stingless bees Scaptotrigona aff. depilis Moure and Nannotrigona testaceicornis Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) in greenhouses. Neotrop. Entomol. 37, 506-512. view pdf
Schmidt, V. M., Hrncir, M. , Schorkopf, D. L. P., Mateus, S., Zucchi, R. and Barth, F. G. (2008) Food profitability affects the intranidal recruitment behaviour in the stingless bee Nannotrigona testaceicornis. Apidologie 39, 260-272. view pdf