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J. Liberti, E. T. Frank, T. Kay, L. Kesner, M. Monie-Ibanes, A. Quinn, T. Schmitt, L. Keller, P. Engel
This study shows that gut microbiota in honeybees affects the onset of foraging but not division of labor or associated physiological traits.
bioRxiv · Dec 20, 2023Evolutionary Biology
Z. Li, E. T. Frank, T. Oliveira-Honorato, F. Azuma, V. Bachmann, D. J. Parker, T. Schmitt, E. P. Economo, Y. Ulrich
The paper shows that individual behavioral differences in clonal ant colonies influence infection risk by altering division of labour and spatial distribution, leading to increased parasite transmission.
Nature Communications · Aug 26, 2023Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition
L. E. Lopes, E. T. Frank, Z. Karpati, T. Schmitt, D. J. C. Kronauer
This study identifies the alarm pheromone of the clonal raider ant Ooceraea biroi as a blend of 4-methyl-3-heptanone and 4-methyl-3-heptanol, which elicit distinct but related alarm behaviors.
bioRxiv · Dec 4, 2022Animal Behavior & Cognition
E. T. Frank, L. Kesner, J. Liberti, Q. Helleu, A. LeBoeuf, A. Dascalu, D. Sponsler, F. Azuma, E. Economo, P. Waridel, P. Engel, T. Schmitt, L. Keller
This study shows that ants use antimicrobial compounds from their metapleural gland to treat infected wounds, reducing mortality by 90%.
bioRxiv · Apr 26, 2022 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition
J. Liberti, T. Kay, A. Quinn, L. Kesner, E. T. Frank, A. Cabirol, T. O. Richardson, P. Engel, L. Keller
This study shows that gut microbiota manipulation in honeybees increases social interaction rates and specialization, linked to brain metabolite and transcriptional changes.
bioRxiv · Dec 31, 2021Animal Behavior & Cognition