List of works by Nigel Raine

A population comparison of the strength and persistence of innate colour preference and learning speed in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

scientific article (publication date: 27 March 2009)

A restatement of recent advances in the natural science evidence base concerning neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators

scientific article

A restatement of the natural science evidence base concerning neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators

scientific article

An alternative to controversial pesticides still harms bumblebees

scientific article published in Nature

Assessment of risk to hoary squash bees (Peponapis pruinosa) and other ground-nesting bees from systemic insecticides in agricultural soil

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

Bee positive: the importance of electroreception in pollinator cognitive ecology

scientific article

Bees do not use nearest-neighbour rules for optimization of multi-location routes.

scientific article published on 17 August 2011

Behavioural syndromes and social insects: personality at multiple levels

scientific article published on 15 May 2013

Bumblebee colony development following chronic exposure to field-realistic levels of the neonicotinoid pesticide thiamethoxam under laboratory conditions

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Bumblebee learning and memory is impaired by chronic exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide

scientific article

Changes in learning and foraging behaviour within developing bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) colonies

scientific article

Chronic exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide alters the interactions between bumblebees and wild plants

scientific article published on 14 March 2016

Chronic impairment of bumblebee natural foraging behaviour induced by sublethal pesticide exposure

scientific article (publication date: 7 July 2014)

Chronic sublethal stress causes bee colony failure

scientific article published on 6 October 2013

Cognitive ecology: environmental dependence of the fitness costs of learning.

scientific article published on June 2009

Combined pesticide exposure severely affects individual- and colony-level traits in bees

scientific article

Comparison of Pesticide Exposure in Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Implications for Risk Assessments

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Ecology: Tasteless pesticides affect bees in the field.

scientific article

Effects of early-life exposure to sublethal levels of a common neonicotinoid insecticide on the orientation and migration of monarch butterflies (<i>Danaus plexippus</i>)

scientific article published on 17 December 2020

Exploring miniature insect brains using micro-CT scanning techniques

scientific article

Fast learning in free-foraging bumble bees is negatively correlated with lifetime resource collection.

scientific article published on 29 March 2017

Foraging errors play a role in resource exploration by bumble bees (Bombus terrrestris).

scientific article published on 17 May 2014

General and species-specific impacts of a neonicotinoid insecticide on the ovary development and feeding of wild bumblebee queens.

scientific article published in May 2017

Geographic profiling applied to testing models of bumble-bee foraging

scientific article published on March 2009

Hoary Squash Bees (<i>Eucera pruinosa</i>: Hymenoptera: Apidae) Provide Abundant and Reliable Pollination Services to <i>Cucurbita</i> Crops in Ontario (Canada)

scientific article published on 17 April 2021

How floral odours are learned inside the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) nest.

scientific article published on 23 October 2008

Initial recommendations for higher-tier risk assessment protocols for bumble bees, Bombus spp. (Hymenoptera: Apidae).

scientific article published on 24 June 2015

Investigating the impacts of field-realistic exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide on bumblebee foraging, homing ability and colony growth

scientific article published on 30 May 2016

Lifetime reproductive success and longevity of queens in an annual social insect.

scientific article published on 27 February 2009

Monitoring Flower Visitation Networks and Interactions between Pairs of Bumble Bees in a Large Outdoor Flight Cage

scientific article (publication date: 2016)

Moving beyond honeybee-centric pesticide risk assessments to protect all pollinators

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Neonicotinoid pesticide exposure impairs crop pollination services provided by bumblebees

scientific article

Nigel Raine

scientific article published in January 2016

No evidence for an evolutionary trade-off between learning and immunity in a social insect

scientific article published in February 2009

No trade-off between learning speed and associative flexibility in bumblebees: a reversal learning test with multiple colonies

scientific article

Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Solitary Bees

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Pesticide affects social behavior of bees

scientific article published in Science

Pesticide reduces bumblebee colony initiation and increases probability of population extinction

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Pollen foraging: learning a complex motor skill by bumblebees (Bombus terrestris).

scientific article published on 6 December 2006

Pollination supply models from a local to global scale

scientific article published in 2023

Radar tracking and motion-sensitive cameras on flowers reveal the development of pollinator multi-destination routes over large spatial scales

scientific article

Recognition of flowers by pollinators.

scientific article

Sharing the wealth: pollen partitioning in a Cucurbita crop pollination system with reference to the wild hoary squash bee.

scientific article published in 2023

Social learning: ants and the meaning of teaching.

scientific article published in May 2006

Speed-accuracy tradeoffs in animal decision making.

scientific article published on 04 May 2009

Synthesis of highbush blueberry pollination research reveals region‐specific differences in the contributions of honeybees and wild bees

scientific article published in 2023

The adaptive significance of sensory bias in a foraging context: floral colour preferences in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

scientific article

The correlation of learning speed and natural foraging success in bumble-bees.

scientific article published in April 2008

The microsporidian parasites Nosema ceranae and Nosema apis are widespread in honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies across Scotland

scientific article published on 21 November 2012

Trade-off between travel distance and prioritization of high-reward sites in traplining bumblebees.

scientific article

Travel optimization by foraging bumblebees through readjustments of traplines after discovery of new feeding locations.

scientific article published on 25 October 2010

Unveiling the submerged secrets: bumblebee queens' resilience to flooding

scientific article published on 16 April 2024

When too much isn't enough: Does current food production meet global nutritional needs? ⬇️

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Workshop on Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Non-Apis Bees: Foundation and Summaries

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

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