Volume 205, Issue 3

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June 2019

Special Issue: Insects and Flowers: New Views of an old Partnership

Issue Editor:

Friedrich G. Barth

14 articles in this issue

One of the most fascinating stories in biology
Friedrich G. Barth
Editorial 23 May 2019 Pages: 281 - 284
Speciation, pattern recognition and the maximization of pollination: general questions and answers given by the reproductive biology of the orchid genus Ophrys
Hannes F. Paulus
Review Open access 28 May 2019 Pages: 285 - 300
Flower scent of Ceropegia stenantha: electrophysiological activity and synthesis of novel components
Annemarie Heiduk
Jean-Paul Haenni
Stefan Dötterl
Original Paper Open access 13 March 2019 Pages: 301 - 310
Stored perfume dynamics and consequences for signal development in male orchid bees
T. Eltz
S. Josten
T. Mende
Original paper 06 February 2019 Pages: 311 - 320
Bumblebees are able to perceive amino acids via chemotactile antennal stimulation
Fabian A. Ruedenauer
Sara D. Leonhardt
Johannes Spaethe
Original paper 13 March 2019 Pages: 321 - 331
A matter of taste: the adverse effect of pollen compounds on the pre-ingestive gustatory experience of sugar solutions for honeybees
E. Nicholls
S. Krishna
N. Hempel de Ibarra
Original Paper Open access 05 June 2019 Pages: 333 - 346
Colour preferences of Tetragonula carbonaria Sm. stingless bees for colour morphs of the Australian native orchid Caladenia carnea
Adrian G. Dyer
Skye Boyd-Gerny
Bob B. M. Wong
Original Paper 29 May 2019 Pages: 347 - 361
Vividly coloured poppy flowers due to dense pigmentation and strong scattering in thin petals
Casper J. van der Kooi
Doekele G. Stavenga
Original Paper Open access 28 January 2019 Pages: 363 - 372
Image statistics of the environment surrounding freely behaving hoverflies
Olga Dyakova
Martin M. Müller
Karin Nordström
Original Paper Open access 01 April 2019 Pages: 373 - 385
Foraging strategies and physiological adaptations in large carpenter bees
Hema Somanathan
Preeti Saryan
G. S. Balamurali
Original Paper 06 March 2019 Pages: 387 - 398
Fuelling on the wing: sensory ecology of hawkmoth foraging
Anna Lisa Stöckl
Almut Kelber
Original Paper Open access 18 March 2019 Pages: 399 - 413
Stingless bees and their adaptations to extreme environments
Michael Hrncir
Camila Maia-Silva
Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca
Original Paper 22 March 2019 Pages: 415 - 426
Cross-modal transfer in visual and nonvisual cues in bumblebees
Michael J. M. Harrap
David A. Lawson
Sean A. Rands
Original Paper Open access 11 March 2019 Pages: 427 - 437
Honeybees foraging for numbers
Martin Giurfa
Review 27 May 2019 Pages: 439 - 450

Volume 205, Issue 3

One of the most fascinating stories in biology

Speciation, pattern recognition and the maximization of pollination: general questions and answers given by the reproductive biology of the orchid genus Ophrys

Flower scent of Ceropegia stenantha: electrophysiological activity and synthesis of novel components

Stored perfume dynamics and consequences for signal development in male orchid bees

Bumblebees are able to perceive amino acids via chemotactile antennal stimulation

A matter of taste: the adverse effect of pollen compounds on the pre-ingestive gustatory experience of sugar solutions for honeybees

Colour preferences of Tetragonula carbonaria Sm. stingless bees for colour morphs of the Australian native orchid Caladenia carnea

Vividly coloured poppy flowers due to dense pigmentation and strong scattering in thin petals

Image statistics of the environment surrounding freely behaving hoverflies

Foraging strategies and physiological adaptations in large carpenter bees

Fuelling on the wing: sensory ecology of hawkmoth foraging

Stingless bees and their adaptations to extreme environments

Cross-modal transfer in visual and nonvisual cues in bumblebees

Honeybees foraging for numbers

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