The Trade-Off Between the Increased Colony Nurturing Ability and the Decreased Lifespan of Worker Bees (Apis mellifera) - Sun, Chaoxia; Huang, Hongji; Yang, Mei; Ma, Guoshuai; Huang, Xinyao; Huang, Shaokang; Duan, Xinle; Li, Jianghong (Insects (Basel, Switzerland), 2025)
Keywords: adult bees; Age; Animals; Apis mellifera; Bees; Body temperature; Climate change; Colonies; colony temperature; Comparative analysis; Environmental aspects; Enzymes; Eusociality; Evolution; Fatty acids; Gene expression; Genes; Genetic aspects; Global warming; Growth; High temperature; Honey; Honeybee; Hypopharyngeal gland; Insects; Life span; Lipid metabolism; Lipids; longevity; Measurement; Metabolism; Nursing; nurturing capability; Physiological aspects; Room temperature; Royal jelly; Survivability; Survival; Temperature; Temperature requirements; Tradeoffs; Transcriptomes; Up-regulation; Workers (insect caste); Young adults; China; Shanghai China; longevity; nurturing capability; adult bees; colony temperature; lipid metabolism