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Vollet-Neto, Ayrton, Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera L and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2019) Queen execution, diploid males, and selection for and against polyandry in the Brazilian stingless bee Scaptotrigona depilis. American Naturalist, 194 (5). pp. 725-735. ISSN 0003-0147

Ratnieks, Francis L W, Balfour, Nicholas J and Carreck, Norman L (2018) [Review] Have suitable experimental designs been used to determine the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on bee colony performance in the field? Journal of Apicultural Research, 57 (4). pp. 586-592. ISSN 0021-8839

Balfour, Nicholas J, Ollerton, Jeff, Castellanos, Maria Clara and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2018) British phenological records indicate high diversity and extinction rates among late-summer-flying pollinators. Biological Conservation, 222. pp. 278-283. ISSN 0006-3207

Balfour, Nicholas J, Al Toufailia, Hasan, Scandian, Luciano, Blanchard, Héloïse E, Jesse, Matthew P, Carreck, Norman L and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2017) Landscape scale study of the net effect of proximity to a neonicotinoid-treated crop on bee Colony health. Environmental Science & Technology, 51 (18). pp. 10825-10833. ISSN 0013-936X

Garbuzov, Mihail, Alton, Karin and Ratnieks, Francis (2017) Most ornamental plants on sale in garden centres are unattractive to flower-visiting insects. PeerJ, 5 (e3066). pp. 1-17. ISSN 2167-8359

Ratnieks, Francis L W, Schrell, Felix, Sheppard, Rebecca C, Brown, Emmeline, Bristow, Oliver E and Garbuzov, Mihail (2016) Data reliability in citizen science: learning curve and the effects of training method, volunteer background and experience on identification accuracy of insects visiting ivy flowers. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7 (10). pp. 1226-1235. ISSN 2041-2096

Shackleton, Kyle, Balfour, Nicholas J, Al Toufailia, Hasan, Gaioski Jr, Roberto, Barbosa, Marcela de Matos, de S Silva, Carina A, Bento, José M S, Alves, Denise A and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2016) Quality versus quantity: foraging decisions in the honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata) feeding on wildflower nectar and fruit juice. Ecology and Evolution, 6 (19). pp. 7156-7165. ISSN 2045-7758

Shackleton, Kyle and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2016) Garden varieties: how attractive are recommended garden plants to butterflies? Journal of Insect Conservation, 20 (1). pp. 141-148. ISSN 1366-638X

Balfour, Nicholas J, Carreck, Norman L, Blanchard, Héloïse E and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2016) Size matters: significant negative relationship between mature plant mass and residual neonicotinoid levels in seed-treated oilseed rape and maize crops. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 215. pp. 85-88. ISSN 0167-8809

Garbuzov, Mihail, Couvillon, Margaret J, Schürch, Roger and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2015) Honey bee dance decoding and pollen-load analysis show limited foraging on spring-flowering oilseed rape, a potential source of neonicotinoid contamination. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 203. pp. 62-68. ISSN 0167-8809

Bigio, Gianluigi, Toufailia, Hasan Al, Hughes, William O H and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2015) The effect of one generation of controlled mating on the expression of hygienic behaviour in honey bees. Journal of Apicultural Research, 53 (5). pp. 563-568. ISSN 0021-8839

Ratnieks, Francis L W and Shackleton, Kyle (2015) Does the waggle dance help honey bees to forage at greater distances than expected for their body size? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 3 (31). ISSN 2296-701X

Couvillon, Margaret J, Boniface, Taylor J, Evripidou, Alexis M, Owen, Christopher J and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2015) Unnatural contexts cause honey bee guards to adopt non-guarding behaviours towards allospecifics and conspecifics. Ethology, 121 (4). pp. 410-418. ISSN 0179-1613

Garbuzov, Mihail, Fensome, Katherine A and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2015) Public approval plus more wildlife: twin benefits of reduced mowing of amenity grass in a suburban public park in Saltdean, UK. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 8 (2). pp. 107-119. ISSN 1752-458X

Couvillon, Margaret J, Riddell Pearce, Fiona C, Accleton, Christopher, Fensome, Katherine A, Quah, Shaun K L, Taylor, Esme L and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2015) Honey bee foraging distance depends on month and forage type. Apidologie, 46 (1). pp. 61-70. ISSN 0044-8435

Garbuzov, Mihail, Madsen, Andy and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2015) Patch size has no effect on insect visitation rate per unit area in garden-scale flower patches. Acta Oecologica, 62. pp. 53-57. ISSN 1146-609X

Czaczkes, Tomer J, Grüter, Christoph and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2015) Trail pheromones: an integrative view of their role in colony organization. Annual Review of Entomology, 60. pp. 581-599. ISSN 0066-4170

Al Toufailia, Hasan M, Amiri, Esmaeil, Scandian, Luciano, Kryger, Per and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2014) Towards integrated control of varroa: effect of variation in hygienic behaviour among honey bee colonies on mite population increase and deformed wing virus incidence. Journal of Apicultural Research, 53 (5). pp. 555-562. ISSN 0021-8839

Medina-Medina, Luis A, Hart, Adam G and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2014) Waste management in the stingless bee Melipona beecheii Bennett (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Sociobiology, 61 (4). pp. 435-440. ISSN 0361-6525

Carreck, Norman L and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2014) The dose makes the poison: have “field realistic” rates of exposure of bees to neonicotinoid insecticides been overestimated in laboratory studies? Journal of Apicultural Research, 53 (5). pp. 607-614. ISSN 0021-8839

Shackleton, Kyle, Al Toufailia, Hasan, Balfour, Nicholas J, Nascimento, Fabio S, Alves, Denise A and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2014) Appetite for self-destruction: suicidal biting as a nest defense strategy in Trigona stingless bees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69 (2). pp. 273-281. ISSN 0340-5443

Garbuzov, Mihail and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2014) Listmania: the strengths and weaknesses of lists of garden plants recommended to help bees, butterflies and other pollinators. BioScience, 64 (11). pp. 1019-1026. ISSN 0006-3568

Garbuzov, Mihail, Schürch, Roger and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2014) Eating locally: dance decoding demonstrates that urban honey bees in Brighton, UK, forage mainly in the surrounding urban area. Urban Ecosystems. ISSN 1083-8155

Forster, Antonia, Czaczkes, Tomer, Warner, Emma, Woodall, Thomas, Martin, Emily and Ratnieks, Francis (2014) Effect of trail bifurcation asymmetry and pheromone presence or absence on trail choice by Lasius niger ants. Ethology, 120 (8). pp. 768-775. ISSN 1439-0310

Kärcher, Martin H and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2014) Killing and replacing queen-laid eggs: low cost of worker policing in the honey bee. American Naturalist, 184 (1). pp. 110-118. ISSN 0003-0147

Couvillon, Margaret J, Schürch, Roger and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2014) Dancing bees communicate a foraging preference for rural lands in high-level agri-environment schemes. Current Biology, 24 (11). pp. 1212-1215. ISSN 0960-9822

Couvillon, Margaret J, Schürch, Roger and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2014) Waggle dance distances as integrative indicators of seasonal foraging challenges. PLoS ONE, 9 (4). e93495. ISSN 1932-6203

Garbuzov, Mihail and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2014) Quantifying variation among garden plants in attractiveness to bees and other flower-visiting insects. Functional Ecology, 28 (2). pp. 364-374. ISSN 0269-8463

Garbuzov, Mihail and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2014) Lattice fence and hedge barriers around an apiary increase honey bee flight height and decrease stings to people nearby. Journal of Apicultural Research, 53 (1). pp. 67-74. ISSN 0021-8839

Bigio, G, Al Toufailia, H and Ratnieks, F L W (2014) Honey bee hygienic behaviour does not incur a cost via removal of healthy brood. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27 (1). pp. 226-230. ISSN 1010-061X

Garbuzov, Mihail and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2014) Ivy: an underappreciated key resource to flower-visiting insects in autumn. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 7 (1). pp. 91-102. ISSN 1752-458X

Czaczkes, Tomer J, Grüter, Christoph and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2014) Rapid up- and down-regulation of pheromone signalling due to trail crowding in the ant Lasius niger. Behaviour, 151 (5). pp. 669-682. ISSN 0005-7959

Helanterä, Heikki, Martin, Stephen J and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2014) Recognition of nestmate eggs in the ant Formica fusca is based on queen derived cues. Current Zoology, 60 (1). pp. 131-136. ISSN 1674-5507

Carreck, Norman and Ratnieks, Francis (2013) Will neonicotinoid moratorium save the bees? Research Fortnight, 415. pp. 20-22.

Wenseleers, Tom, Bacon, Jonathan P, Alves, Denise A, Couvillon, Margaret J, Kärcher, Martin, Nascimento, Fabio S, Nogueira-Neto, Paulo, Ribeiro, Marcia, Robinson, Elva J H, Tofilski, Adam and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2013) Bourgeois behavior and freeloading in the colonial orb web spider Parawixia bistriata (Araneae, Araneidae). American Naturalist, 182 (1). pp. 120-129. ISSN 0003-0147

Czaczkes, Tomer J and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2013) Cooperative transport in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and elsewhere. Myrmecological News, 18. pp. 1-11. ISSN 1994-4136

Couvillon, Margaret J, Phillipps, Hunter L F, Schürch, Roger and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2012) Working against gravity: horizontal honeybee waggle runs have greater angular scatter than vertical waggle runs. Biology Letters, 8 (4). pp. 540-543. ISSN 1744-9561

Couvillon, Margaret J, Riddell Pearce, Fiona C, Harris-Jones, Elisabeth L, Kuepfer, Amanda M, Mackenzie-Smith, Samantha J, Rozario, Laura A, Schürch, Roger and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2012) Intra-dance variation among waggle runs and the design of efficient protocols for honey bee dance decoding. Biology Open, 1 (5). pp. 467-472. ISSN 2046-6390

Couvillon, Margaret J, Zweden, Jelle S and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2012) Model of collective decision-making in nestmate recognition fails to account for individual discriminator responses and non-independent discriminator errors. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66 (2). pp. 339-341. ISSN 0340-5443

Grüter, Christoph, Menezes, Cristiano, Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera L and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2012) From the Cover: A morphologically specialized soldier caste improves colony defense in a neotropical eusocial bee. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (4). pp. 1182-1186. ISSN 0027-8424

Czaczkes, Tomer J, Grüter, Christoph, Jones, Sam M and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2011) Synergy between social and private information increases foraging efficiency in ants. Biology Letters, 7 (4). pp. 521-524. ISSN 1744-9561

Czaczkes, T J, Nouvellet, P and Ratnieks, F L W (2011) Cooperative food transport in the Neotropical ant, Pheidole oxyops. Insectes Sociaux, 58 (2). pp. 153-161. ISSN 0020-1812

Czaczkes, T J and Ratnieks, F L W (2011) Simple rules result in the adaptive turning of food items to reduce drag during cooperative food transport in the ant Pheidole oxyops. Insectes Sociaux, 58 (1). pp. 91-96. ISSN 0020-1812

Grüter, Christoph, Leadbeater, Ellouise and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2010) Social Learning: The Importance of Copying Others. Current Biology, 20 (16). 6683-R685. ISSN 0960-9822

Kärcher, Martin H and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2010) Honey bee guards recognise allospecific intruders via "different odours" not "harmful-intruder odours". Journal of Agricultural Research, 49 (3). pp. 270-277. ISSN 0021-8839

Couvillon, Margaret J, Hughes, William O H, Perez-Sato, Juan A, Martin, Stephen J, Roy, Gabrielle G F and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2010) Sexual selection in honey bees: colony variation and the importance of size in male mating success. Behavioral Biology, 21 (3). pp. 520-525. ISSN 1045-2249

Couvillon, Margaret J, Barton, Sarah N, Cohen, Jennifer A, Fabricius, Onna K, Kärcher, Martin H, Cooper, Lee S, Silk, Matthew J, Helanterä, Heikki and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2010) Alarm pheromones do not mediate rapid shifts in honey bee guard acceptance threshold. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 36 (12). pp. 1306-1308. ISSN 0098-0331

Grüter, Christoph, Czaczkes, Tomer J and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2010) Decision making in ant foragers (Lasius niger) facing conflicting private and social information. Behavioral Ecology, 64. ISSN 1465-7279

Ratnieks, Francis L W and Carreck, Norman L (2010) Clarity on honey bee collapse? Science, 327 (5962). pp. 152-153. ISSN 0036-8075

Ratnieks, Francis L W and Helanterä, Heikki (2009) The evolution of extreme altruism and inequality in insect societies. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 364. pp. 3169-3179. ISSN 1471-2970

Helanterä, Heikki and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2009) Sex allocation conflict in insect societies: who wins? Biology Letters, 5 (5). pp. 700-704. ISSN 1744-9561

Kärcher, Martin H and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2009) Standing and hovering guards of the stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula complement each other in entrance guarding and intruder recognition. Journal of Apicultural Research, 48 (3). pp. 209-214. ISSN 0021-8839

Helanterä, Heikke and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2009) Two independent mechanisms of egg recognition in worker Formica fusca ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 63 (4). pp. 573-580. ISSN 0340-5443

Pérez-Sato, J A, Châline, N, Martin, S J, Hughes, W O H and Ratnieks, F L W (2009) Multi-level selection for hygienic behaviour in honeybees. Heredity, 102 (6). pp. 609-615. ISSN 0018-067X

Couvillon, Margaret J, Roy, Gabrielle G F and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2009) Recognition errors by honey bee (Apis mellifera) guards demonstrate overlapping cues in conspecific recognition. Journal of Apicultural Research, 48 (4). pp. 225-232. ISSN 0021-8839

Evison, Sophie E F, Petchey, Owen L, Beckerman, Andrew P and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2008) Combined use of pheromone trails and visual landmarks by the common garden ant Lasius niger. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 63 (2). pp. 261-267. ISSN 0340-5443

Couvillon, Margaret J, Robinson, Elva J H, Atkinson, Beth, Child, Laura, Dent, Katie R and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2008) En garde: rapid shifts in honeybee, Apis mellifera, guarding behaviour are triggered by onslaught of conspecific intruders. Animal Behaviour, 76 (5). pp. 1653-1658. ISSN 0003-3472

Tofilski, Adam, Couvillon, Margaret J, Evison, Sophie E F, Helanterä, Heikki, Robinson, Elva J H and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2008) Preemptive Defensive Self-Sacrifice by Ant Workers. American Naturalist, 172 (5). E239-E243. ISSN 0003-0147

Hughes, W O H, Ratnieks, F L W and Oldroyd, B P (2008) Multiple paternity or multiple queens: two routes to greater intracolonial genetic diversity in the eusocial Hymenoptera. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 21 (4). pp. 1090-1095. ISSN 1010-061X

Helanterä, Heikki and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2008) Geometry explains the benefits of division of labour in a leafcutter ant. Proceedings of the Royal Society, 275 (1640). pp. 1255-1260. ISSN 1471-2954

Hughes, William O H, Oldroyd, Benjamin P, Beekman, Madeleine and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2008) Ancestral monogamy shows kin selection is key to the evolution of eusociality. Science, 320 (5880). pp. 1213-1216. ISSN 0036-8075

Couvillon, Margaret, Wenseleers, T, Imperatriz-Fonseca, V L, Nogueira-Neto, P and Ratnieks, F L W (2008) Comparative Study in Stingless Bees (Meliponini) Demonstrates that Nest Entrance Size Predicts Traffic and Defensivity. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 21 (1). pp. 194-201. ISSN 1010-061X

Hughes, William O H, Perez-Sato, Juan Antonio, Couvillon, Margaret J and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2008) Effects of hive spacing, entrance orientation, and worker activity on nest relocation by honey bee queens. Apidologie, 39 (6). pp. 708-713. ISSN 0044-8435

Couvillon, Margaret J, Robinson, Elva J H, Atkinson, Beth, Child, Laura, Dent, Katie R and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2008) En Guarde: Rapid changes in honey bee guarding to intense robbing demonstrates individual and colony level responses. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 76 (5). pp. 1653-1658. ISSN 0168-1591

Wenseleers, T and Ratnieks, F L W (2008) Altruism in insect societies: voluntary or enforced? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 23 (1). pp. 45-52. ISSN 0169-5347

Ratnieks, Francis L W (2008) Biomimicry: further insights from ant colonies? Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5151/. pp. 58-66. ISSN 0302-9743

Robinson, Elva J H, Jackson, Duncan E, Holcombe, Mike and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2007) No entry signal in ant foraging (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): New insights from an agent-based model. Myrmecological News, 10. ISSN 1994-4136

Couvillon, Margaret, Caple, Jamie P, Endsor, Samuel L, Kärcher, Martin, Russell, Trudy E, Storey, Darren E and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2007) Nest-mate recognition template of guard honeybees (Apis mellifera) is modified by wax comb transfer. Biology Letters, 3 (3). pp. 228-230. ISSN 1744-957X

Ratnieks, Francis L W, Helanterä, Heikki and Foster, Kevin R (2007) Are mistakes inevitable? Sex allocation specialization by workers can reduce the genetic information needed to assess queen mating frequency. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 244 (3). pp. 470-477. ISSN 0022-5193

Perez-Sato, Juan Antonio, Hughes, William O H, Couvillon, Margaret and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2007) Improved technique for introducing four-day old virgin queens to mating hives that uses artificial and natural queen cells for introduction. Journal of Agricultural Research, 46 (1). pp. 28-33. ISSN 0021-8839

Couvillon, Margeret J, Caple, Jamie P, Endsor, Samuel L, Kärcher, Martin, Russell, Trudy E, Storey, Darren E and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2007) Nestmate recognition template of guard honey bees is changed by wax comb transfer. Biology Letters, 3 (3). pp. 228-230. ISSN 1744-9561

Evison, Sophie E F and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2007) New role for majors in Atta leafcutter ants. Ecological Entomology, 32 (5). pp. 451-454. ISSN 0307-6946

Helanterä, Heikki, Martin, Stephen J and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2007) Prior experience with eggs laid by non-nestmate queens introduces egg acceptance errors in ant workers. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62. pp. 223-228. ISSN 0340-5443

Jackson, Duncan E, Martin, Steven J, Ratnieks, Francis L W and Holcombe, Mike (2007) Spatial and temproal variation in pheromone composition of ant foraging trails. Behavioural Ecology, 18 (2). pp. 444-450. ISSN 0340-5443

Robinson, E J H, Holcombe, M and Ratnieks, F L W (2007) The organisation of soil disposal by ants. Animal Behaviour, 75. pp. 1389-1399.

Helanterä, H, Tofilski, A, Wenseleers, T and Ratnieks, F L W (2006) Worker policing in the common wasp Vespula Vulgaris is not aimed at inproving colony hygiene. Insectes Sociaux, 53 (4). pp. 399-402. ISSN 0020-1812

Wenseleers, Tom and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2006) Enforced altruism in insect societies. Nature, 444. p. 50. ISSN 0028-0836

Pérez-Sato, Juan Antonio and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2006) Comparing alternative methods of introducing virgin queens (Apis mellifera L.) into mating hives. Apidologie, 37 (5). pp. 571-576. ISSN 0044-8435

Ratnieks, F L W (2006) The evolution of cooperation and altruism: the basic conditions are simple and well known. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19 (5). pp. 1413-1414. ISSN 1010-061X

Jackson, Duncan E and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2006) Primer: communication in ants. Current Biology, 16 (15. R570-R574. ISSN 0960-9822

Foster, Kevin R, Wenseleers, Tom and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2006) Kin selection is the key to altruism. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 21 (2). pp. 57-60. ISSN 0169-5347

Jackson, Duncan E, Martin, Stephen J, Holcombe, Mike and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2006) Longevity and detection of persistent foraging trails in Pharaoh's ants Monomorium Pharaonis (L.). Animal Behaviour, 71 (2). pp. 351-359. ISSN 0003-3472

Ratnieks, Francis (2006) Can humans learn from insect societies? Nova Acta Leopoldina, 345. pp. 97-116. ISSN 0369-5034

Ratnieks, F L and Wenseleers, T (2006) Comparative analysis of worker policing and reproduction in eusocial Hymenoptera supports relatedness theory. American Naturalist, 168. E164-E179. ISSN 0003-0147

Ratnieks, Francis L W, Foster, Kevin R and Wenseleers, Tom (2006) Conflict resolutions in insect societies. Annual Review of Entomology, 51. pp. 581-608. ISSN 0066-4170

D'Ettore, P, Tofilski, A, Heinze, J and Ratnieks, F L (2006) Non-transferable signals on ant queen eggs. Naturwissenschaften, 93 (3). pp. 136-140. ISSN 0028-1042

Foster, Kevin R, Wenseleers, Tom, Ratnieks, Francis L W and Queller, David C (2006) There is nothing wrong with inclusive fitness. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 21 (11). pp. 599-600. ISSN 0169-5347

D'Ettore, Patrizia, Wenseleers, Tom, Dawson, Jenny, Hutchinson, Stuart, Boswell, Tom and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2006) Wax combs mediate mestmate recognition by guard honeybees. Animal Behaviour, 71 (4). pp. 773-779. ISSN 0003-3472

Ratnieks, Francis (2005) Outsmarted by ants. Nature, 436. p. 465. ISSN 0028-0836

Wenseleers, Tom, Ratnieks, Francis L W, de F Ribiero, Marcia, de A Alves, Denise and Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera-Lucia (2005) Working-class royalty: bees beat the caste system. Biology Letters, 1 (2). pp. 125-128. ISSN 1744-9561

Hart, A G and Ratnieks, F L W (2005) Crossing the taxonomic divide: conflict and its resolution in societies of reproductively totipotent individuals. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 18 (2). pp. 383-395. ISSN 1010-061X

Ratnieks, Francis L W and Wenseleers, Tom (2005) Policing insect societies. Science, 307 (5706). pp. 54-56. ISSN 0036-8075

Châline, Nicolas, Martin, Stephen J and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2005) Absence of nepotism towards imprisoned young queens during swarming in the honey bee. Behavioural Ecology, 16 (2). pp. 403-409. ISSN 1045-2249

Robinson, Elva J H, Jackson, Duncan E, Holcombe, Mike and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2005) Insect communication: "No entry" signal in ant foraging. Nature, 438. p. 442. ISSN 0028-0836

Châline, Nicolas, Sandoz, Jean-Christophe, Martin, Stephen J, Ratnieks, Francis L W and Jones, Graeme R (2005) Learning and discrimination of individual cuticular hydrocarbons by honeybees (Apis mellifera). Chemical Senses, 30. pp. 327-335. ISSN 0379-864X

Jensen, Annette B, Palmer, Kellie A, Châline, Nicolas, Raine, Nigel E, Tofilski, Adam, Martin, Stephen J, Pedersen, Bo V, Boomsma, Jacobus J and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2005) Quantifying honey bee mating range an isolation in semi-isolated valleys by DNA microsatellite paternity analysis. Conservation Genetics, 6 (4). pp. 527-537. ISSN 1566-0621

Wenseleers, T, Tofilski, A and Ratnieks, F L W (2005) Queen and worker policing in the tree wasp Dolichovespula sylvestris. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 58 (1). pp. 80-86. ISSN 0340-5443

Tofilski, Adam and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2005) Sand pile formation in Dorymyrmex ants. Journal of Insect Behaviour, 18 (4). pp. 505-512. ISSN 0892-7553

Martin, Stephen J, Châline, Nicolas G, Ratnieks, Francis L W and Jones, Graeme R (2005) Searching for the egg-marking signal in honeybees. Journal of Negative Results, 2 (1). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1459-4625

Foster, Kevin R and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2005) A new eusocial vertebrate? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 20 (7). pp. 363-364. ISSN 0169-5347

Wenseleers, T, Badcock, N S, Erven, K, Tofilski, A, Nascimento, F S, Hart, A G, Burke, T A, Archer, M E and Ratnieks, F L W (2005) A test of worker policing theory in an advanced eusocial wasp, Vespula rufa. Evolution, 59 (6). pp. 1306-1314. ISSN 0014-3820

Martin, Stephen J, Jones, Graeme R, Châline, Nicolas and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2004) Role of hydrocarbons in egg recognition in the honeybee. Physiological Entomology, 29 (4). pp. 395-399. ISSN 0307-6962

Wenseleers, T and Ratnieks, F L W (2004) Tragedy of the commons in Melipona bees. Proceedings B: Biological Sciences, 271 (S5). S310-312. ISSN 1471-2954

Châline, N, Martin, S J and Ratnieks, F L W (2004) Worker policing persists in a hopelessly queenless honey bee colony (Apis mellifera). Insectes Sociaux, 51 (2). pp. 113-116. ISSN 0020-1812

Beekman, M, Sumpter, D J T, Seraphides, N and Ratnieks, F L W (2004) Comparing foraging behaviour of small and large honey bee colonies by decoding waggle dances made by foragers. Functional Ecology, 18 (6). pp. 829-835. ISSN 0269-8463

Jackson, Duncan, Holcombe, Mike and Ratnieks, Francis (2004) Coupled computational simulation and empirical research into the foraging system of Pharaoh's ants (Monomorium pharaonis). BioSystems, 76 (1-3). pp. 101-112. ISSN 0303-2647

Martin, Stephen J, Châline, Nicolas, Oldroyd, Benjamin P, Jones, Graeme R and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2004) Egg marking pheromones of anarchistic worker honeybees (Apis mellifera). Behavioural Ecology, 15 (5). pp. 839-844. ISSN 1045-2249

Jackson, Duncan E, Holcombe, Mike and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2004) Geometry gives polarity to ant pheromone trails. Nature, Vol 43. pp. 907-909. ISSN 0028-0836

Châline, Nicolas, Ratnieks, Francis L W, Raine, Nigel E, Badcock, Nichola S and Burke, Terry (2004) Non-lethal sampling of honey bee, Apis mellifera, DNA using wing tips. Apidologie, 35 (3). pp. 311-318. ISSN 0044-8435

Wood, Matthew J and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2004) Olfactory cues and Vespula wasp recognition by honey bee guards. Apidologie, 35. pp. 461-468. ISSN 0044-8435

Wenseleers, Tom, Hart, Adam G, Ratnieks, Francis L W and Quezada-Euan, Javier J G (2004) Queen execution and caste conflict in the stingless bee Melipona beecheii. Ethology, 110 (9). pp. 725-736. ISSN 0179-1613

Wenseleers, Tom, Hart, Adam G and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2004) When resistance is useless: polcing and the evolution of reproductive acquiescence in insect societies. American Naturalist, 3 (6). E154-E167. ISSN 0003-0147

D'Ettore, Patrizia, Heinze, Jürgen and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2004) Worker policing by egg eating in the ponerine ant Pachycondyla inversa. Proceedings B: Biological Sciences, 271 (1546). pp. 1427-1434. ISSN 1471-2954

Wenseleers, T, Helanterä, H, Hart, A and Ratnieks, F L W (2004) Worker reproduction and policing in insect societies: an ESS analysis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 17 (5). pp. 1035-1047. ISSN 1010-061X

Beekman, Madeleine, Komdeur, Jan and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2003) Reproductive conflicts in social animals - who has power? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 18 (6). pp. 277-282. ISSN 0169-5347

Gregson, Andrew M, Hart, Adam G, Holcombe, Michael and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2003) Partial nectar loads as a cause of multiple nectar transfer in the honey bee (Apis mellifera): a simulation model. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 222 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0022-5193

Pirk, C W W, Neumann, P and Ratnieks, F L W (2003) Cape honeybees, Apis mellifera capensis, police worker-laid eggs despite the absence of relatedness benefits. Behavioural Ecology, 14 (3). pp. 347-352. ISSN 0340-5443

Wenseleers, T, Ratnieks, F L W and Billen, J (2003) Caste fate conflict in swarm-founding social Hymenoptera: an inclusive fitness analysis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 16 (4). pp. 647-658. ISSN 1010-061X

Hart, A G, Botwell, R W, Köckenberger, W, Wenseleers, T and Ratnieks, F L W (2003) Magnetic resonance imaging in entomology: a critical review. Journal of Insect Science, 3 (5). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1536-2442

Châline, N, Ratnieks, F L W, Arnold, G and Papin, C (2003) Patriline differences in emergency queen rearing in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Insectes Sociaux, 50 (3). pp. 234-236. ISSN 0020-1812

Jeanson, Raphaël, Ratnieks, Francis L W and Deneubourg, Jean-Louis (2003) Pheromone trail decay rates on different substrates in the Pharaoh's ant, Monomorium pharaonis (L.). Physiological Entomology, 28 (3). pp. 192-198. ISSN 0307-6962

Beekman, Madeleine and Ratnieks, Francis LW (2003) Power over reproduction in social Hymenoptera. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 358 (1438). pp. 1741-1753. ISSN 1471-2970

Monnin, Thibaud, Ratnieks, Francis L W and Brandão, Carlos R F (2003) Reproductive conflict in animal societies: hierarchy length increases with colony size in queenless ponerine ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 54 (1). pp. 71-79. ISSN 0340-5443

Beekman, M, Calis, J N M, Oldroyd, B P and Ratnieks, F L W (2002) When do honey bee guards reject their former nestmates after swarming? Insectes Sociaux, 49 (1). pp. 56-61. ISSN 0020-1812

Foster, K R, Gulliver, J and Ratnieks, F L W (2002) Worker policing in the European hornet Vespa crabro. Insectes Sociaux, 49 (1). pp. 41-44. ISSN 0020-1812

Châline, N, Ratnieks, F L W and Burke, T (2002) Anarchy in the UK: Detailed genetic analysis of worker reproduction in a naturally occurring British anarchistic honeybee, Apis mellifera, colony using DNA microsatellites. Molecular Ecology, 11 (9). pp. 1795-1805. ISSN 0962-1083

Oldroyd, Benjamin P, Ratnieks, Francis L and Wossler, T (2002) Egg marking pheromones in honey-bees Apis mellifera. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 51 (6). pp. 590-591. ISSN 0340-5443

Wattanachaiyingcharoen, W, Oldroyd, B P, Good, G, Halling, L, Ratnieks, F L W and Wongsiri, S (2002) Lack of worker reproduction in the giant honey bee Apis dorsata Fabricius. Insectes Sociaux, 49 (1). pp. 80-85. ISSN 0020-1812

Beekman, M, Wossler, T C, Martin, S J and Ratnieks, F L W (2002) Parasitic Cape honey bee workers (Apis mellifera capensis) are not given differential treatment by African guards (A. m. scutellata). Insectes Sociaux, 49 (3). pp. 216-220. ISSN 0020-1812

Martin, Stephen J, Beekman, Madeleine, Wossler, Theresa C and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2002) Parasitic Cape honeybee workers, Apis mellifera capensis, evade policing. Nature, 415. pp. 163-165. ISSN 0028-0836

Monnin, Thibaud, Ratnieks, Francis L W, Jones, Graeme R and Beard, Richard (2002) Pretender punishment induced by chemical signalling in a queenless ant. Nature, 419. pp. 61-65. ISSN 0028-0836

Martin, Stephen J, Jones, Graeme R, Châline, Nicolas, Middleton, Helen and Ratnieks, Francis L (2002) Reassessing the role of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) Dufour's gland in egg marking. Die Naturwissenschaften, 89 (11). pp. 528-532. ISSN 0028-1042

Medina Medina, Luis, Martin, Stephen J, Espinosa-Montaño, Laura and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2002) Reproduction of Varroa destructor in worker brood of Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera). Experimental and Applied Acarology, 27 (1-2). pp. 79-88. ISSN 0168-8162

Hart, Adam G and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2002) Task partitioned nectar transfer in stingless bees (Meliponini): work organisation in a phylogenetic context. Ecological Entomology, 27 (2). pp. 163-168. ISSN 0307-6946

Hart, Adam G, Anderson, Carl and Ratnieks, Francis L (2002) Task partitioning in leafcutting ants. Acta Ethologica, 5 (1). pp. 1-11. ISSN 0873-9749

Hart, Adam G and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2002) Waste management in the leaf-cutting ant Atta colombica. Behavioral Ecology, 13 (2). pp. 224-231. ISSN 1045-2249

Beekman, Madeleine, Good, Gregory, Allsopp, Mike H, Radloff, Sarah, Pirk, Chris W and Ratnieks, Francis L (2002) A non-policing honey bee colony (Apis mellifera capensis). Naturwissenschaften, 89 (10). pp. 479-482. ISSN 0028-1042

Hart, Adam G and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2001) Leaf caching in the leafcutting ant Atta colombica: organisational shift, task partitioning and making the best of a bad job. Animal Behaviour, 62 (2). pp. 227-234. ISSN 0003-3472

Hart, Adam G and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2001) Task Partitioning, Division of Labour and Nest Compartmentalisation Collectively Isolate Hazardous Waste in the Leafcutting Ant Atta cephalotes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 49 (5). pp. 387-397. ISSN 0340-5443

Bourke, A F G and Ratnieks, F L W (2001) Kin-selected conflict in the bumble bee Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Proceedings B: Biological Sciences, 268 (1465). pp. 347-355. ISSN 1471-2954

Foster, Kevin R, Ratnieks, Francis L W, Gyllenstrand, Niclas and Thorén, Peter A (2001) Colony kin structure and male production in Dolichovespula wasps. Molecular Ecology, 10 (4). pp. 1003-1010. ISSN 0962-1083

Foster, Kevin R and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2001) Convergent evolution of worker policing by egg eating in the honeybee and common wasp. Proceedings B: Biological Sciences, 268 (1463). pp. 169-174. ISSN 1471-2954

Ratnieks, Francis L (2001) Heirs and spares: caste conflict and excess queen production in Melipona bees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 50 (5). pp. 467-473. ISSN 0340-5443

Downs, Stephen G, Ratnieks, Francis L W, Badcock, Nichola S and Mynott, Amanda (2001) Honeybee guards do not use food-derived odors to recognise non-nestmates: a test of the Odor Convergence hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology, 12 (1). pp. 47-50. ISSN 1045-2249

Ratnieks, Francis L W, Monnin, Thibaud and Foster, Kevin R (2001) Inclusive fitness theory: novel predictions and tests in eusocial Hymenoptera. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 38. pp. 201-214. ISSN 0003-455X

Foster, Kevin R and Ratnieks, Francis L (2001) Paternity, reproduction and conflict in vespine wasps: a model system for testing kin selection predictions. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 50 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 0340-5443

Beekman, M, Sumpter, D J and Ratnieks, F L (2001) Phase transition between ordered and disordered foraging in Pharaoh's ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 98 (17). pp. 9703-9706. ISSN 0027-8424

Monnin, Thibaud and Ratnieks, Francis L (2001) Policing in queenless ponerine ants. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 50 (2). pp. 97-108. ISSN 0340-5443

Oldroyd, B, Wossler, T and Ratnieks, F (2001) Regulation of ovary activation in worker honey bees (Apis mellifera): larval signal production and adult response thresholds differ between anarchistic and wild-type bees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 50 (4). pp. 366-370. ISSN 0340-5443

Ratnieks, F L W, Lapish, A and Tann, L (2001) Short communication Honey bee guards , Apis mellifera , accept own subspecies non-nestmates more than other subspecies non-nestmates. Insectes Sociaux, 48. pp. 287-288. ISSN 0020-1812

Neumann, P, Pirk, C, Hepburn, H, Solbrig, A, Ratnieks, F, Elzen, P and Baxter, J (2001) Social encapsulation of beetle parasites by Cape honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis Esch.). Die Naturwissenschaften, 88. pp. 214-216. ISSN 0028-1042

Foster, Kevin R, Wenseleers, Tom and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2001) Spite: Hamilton's unproven theory. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 38. pp. 229-238. ISSN 0003-455X

Hart, Adam G and Ratnieks, Francis L W (2001) Why do honey-bee (Apis millifera) foragers transfer nectar to several receivers? Information improvement through multiple sampling in a biological system. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 49 (4). pp. 244-250. ISSN 0340-5443

Oldroyd, Benjamin P, Halling, Luke A, Good, Gregory, Wattanachaiyingcharoen, Wandee, Barron, Andrew B, Nanork, Piyamas, Wongsiri, Siriwat and Ratnieks, Francis L (2001) Worker policing and worker reproduction in Apis cerana. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 50 (4). pp. 371-377. ISSN 0340-5443

Barron, Andrew B, Oldroyd, Benjamin P and Ratnieks, Francis L (2001) Worker reproduction in honey-bees (Apis) and the anarchic syndrome: a review. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 50 (3). pp. 199-208. ISSN 0340-5443

Foster, K R and Ratnieks, Francis (2001) The effect of sex-allocation biasing on the evolution of worker policing in hymenopteran societies. American Naturalist, 158 (6). pp. 615-623. ISSN 0003-0147

Miller III, D G and Ratnieks, F L W (2001) The timing of worker reproduction and breakdown of policing behaviour in queenless honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) societies. Insectes Sociaux, 48 (2). pp. 178-184. ISSN 0020-1812