Session Details

[11-1]The role of pollen lipids in bee nutrition: from larvae to landscapes.

Mon. Aug 26, 2024 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM JST
Mon. Aug 26, 2024 12:45 AM - 2:45 AM UTC
Room H
Chair: Philip Stevenson (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), Sharoni Shafir (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Geraldine Wright (University of Oxford)

[11-1-01]Lipid landscapes for bees: pollen sterols and fatty acids vary dramatically across plant taxa and characterise the lipidome of wild bees.

*Philip Stevenson1, Ellen Baker2, Samuel Furse1, Daniel Stabler 3, Carlos Martel 1, Jen Scott2, Jennifer Chennells2, WIlliam E Kunin4, Jane Memmott5, Geraldine A Wright2 (1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK), 2. University of Oxford (UK), 3. University of Southampton (UK), 4. University of Leeds (UK), 5. University of Bristol (UK))

[11-1-02]Do pollen sterols constrain the diet of wild bees in urban areas?

*Yan Yang1,2, Pengjuan Zu1, Joan Casanelles Abella3, Marco Moretti3 (1. ETH Zurich (Switzerland), 2. Hainan University (China), 3. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL (Switzerland))

[11-1-03]Exploring the ecological role of sterols in bee-plant interactions

*Maryse Vanderplanck1,2, Denis Michez2, Georges Lognay3 (1. CEFE CNRS (France), 2. University of Mons (Belgium), 3. University of Liège, Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech (Belgium))

[11-1-04]Cascading effects of nutritional imbalance in a honey bee colony.

*Sharoni Shafir1 (1. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel))

[11-1-05]Honeybee colonies provided with essential dietary sterols from engineered yeasts do not collapse

*Geraldine Wright1, Elynor Moore1, Raquel Sousa1, Stella Felsinger1, Jonathan Arnesen2, Jane Dyekjær2, Dudley Farman3, Rui Goncalves1, Philip Stevenson3,4, Irina Borodina2 (1. University of Oxford (UK), 2. Danish Technical University (Denmark), 3. University of Greenwich (UK), 4. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK))

[11-1-06]Don’t overeat: food lipid content shapes protein-lipid regulation in nurse honey bees

*Spencer T Behmer1, Pierre Lau2, Pierre Lesne1, Alexandria Payne3, Juliana Rangel1 (1. Texas A&M University (United States of America), 2. United States Department of Agriculture (United States of America), 3. University of Illinois (United States of America))

[11-1-07]Does fat identity matter? The effect of different fatty acids on bumble bee consumption and fitness

*Fabian A. Ruedenauer1, Johannes Spaethe2, Sara D. Leonhardt1 (1. Technical University of Munich (Germany), 2. University of Wuerzburg (Germany))

[11-1-08]Variation in the pollen diet of European managed bee species in agro-ecosystems

*Clément Tourbez1, Antoine Gekière1, Denis Michez1 (1. Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons (Belgium))