List of works - Susan W. Nicolson

A new design for honey bee hoarding cages for laboratory experiments

article by Angela Köhler et al published January 2013 in Journal of Apicultural Research and Bee World

Added salt helps sunbirds and honeyeaters maintain energy balance on extremely dilute nectar diets.

scientific article published on 29 June 2010

Adult diet does not compensate for impact of a poor larval diet on stress resistance in a tephritid fruit fly

scientific article published on 27 March 2019

Amino acid concentrations in the nectars of Southern African bird-pollinated flowers, especially aloe and erythrina.

scientific article published on 29 August 2007

An antidiuretic factor in the forest ant: purification and physiological effects on the Malpighian tubules.

scientific article published in February 2001

Antioxidant supplementation can reduce the survival costs of excess amino acid intake in honeybees.

scientific article

Apparent absorption efficiencies of nectar sugars in the Cape sugarbird, with a comparison of methods

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

Bees get a head start on honey production

scientific article published on June 2008

Beetle diuretic peptides: the response of mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Malpighian tubules to synthetic peptides, and cross-reactivity studies with a dung beetle (Onthophagus gazella).

scientific article published on 11 January 2007

Changes in nectar concentration: how quickly do whitebellied sunbirds (Cinnyris talatala) adjust feeding patterns and food intake?

scientific article published on 29 April 2008

Circadian rhythm of water balance and aldosterone excretion in the whitebellied sunbird Nectarinia talatala.

scientific article published on 2 March 2004

Convergence of carbohydrate-biased intake targets in caged worker honeybees fed different protein sources.

scientific article published on October 2010

Detoxification and elimination of nicotine by nectar-feeding birds.

scientific article published in February 2017

Detoxification mechanisms of honey bees (Apis mellifera) resulting in tolerance of dietary nicotine

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

Dilute bird nectars: viscosity constrains food intake by licking in a sunbird.

scientific article published on 4 August 2010

Do honeybees, Apis mellifera scutellata, regulate humidity in their nest?

scientific article published on 3 May 2006

Do sunbirds use taste to decide how much to drink?

scientific article published on 30 November 2015

Drinking problems on a 'simple' diet: physiological convergence in nectar-feeding birds

scientific article (publication date: April 2014)

Effect of Brood Pheromone on Survival and Nutrient Intake of African Honey Bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) under Controlled Conditions.

scientific article published on 28 April 2017

Effects of a neonicotinoid pesticide on thermoregulation of African honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata).

scientific article

Effects of macronutrient intake on the lifespan and fecundity of the marula fruit fly, Ceratitis cosyra (Tephritidae): Extreme lifespan in a host specialist.

scientific article published on 22 October 2017

Effects of nicotine on the digestive performance of nectar-feeding birds reflect their relative tolerance to this alkaloid.

scientific article published on 5 September 2015

Evolutionary associations between nectar properties and specificity in bird pollination systems

scientific article

Gastrointestinal and renal responses to variable water intake in whitebellied sunbirds and New Holland honeyeaters

scientific article published on 24 January 2013

Honeybee (Apis cerana) foraging responses to the toxic honey of Tripterygium hypoglaucum (Celastraceae): changing threshold of nectar acceptability.

scientific article published on 16 November 2007

Honeybees and nectar nicotine: deterrence and reduced survival versus potential health benefits

scientific article

Honeybees prefer warmer nectar and less viscous nectar, regardless of sugar concentration

scientific article published on 31 July 2013

How important is the relationship between Protea humiflora (Proteaceae) and its non-flying mammal pollinators?

scientific article published in August 2002

Hummingbirds pay a high cost for a warm drink.

scientific article

Identification of a potent antidiuretic factor acting on beetle Malpighian tubules ⬇️

scientific article published on December 26, 2001

Immunocytochemical localization of a diuretic hormone of the beetle Tenebrio molitor, Tenmo-DH(37), in nervous system and midgut.

scientific article published on 26 April 2002

Influence of pollen quality on ovarian development in honeybee workers (Apis mellifera scutellata).

scientific article published on 24 April 2007

K(+) transport in Malpighian tubules of Tenebrio molitor L: a study of electrochemical gradients and basal K(+) uptake mechanisms.

scientific article published on March 2003

K(+) transport in Malpighian tubules of Tenebrio molitor L: is a K(ATP) channel involved?

scientific article

Natural and within-farmland biodiversity enhances crop productivity.

scientific article

Natural processes influencing pollinator health

scientific article published on 2 May 2022

Nectar concentration preferences and sugar intake in the white-bellied sunbird, Cinnyris talatala (Nectariniidae).

scientific article published on 6 March 2009

Nectar intake of white-bellied sunbirds (Cinnyris talatala): can meal size be inferred from feeding duration?

scientific article

Nectar xylose metabolism in a rodent pollinator (Aethomys namaquensis): defining the role of gastrointestinal microflora using 14C-labeled xylose.

scientific article

Nutrient balancing of the adult worker bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) depends on the dietary source of essential amino acids

scientific article

Nutritional balance of essential amino acids and carbohydrates of the adult worker honeybee depends on age.

scientific article

Osmoregulatory response to acute diet change in an avian nectarivore: rapid rehydration following water shortage.

scientific article

Pollen digestion by flower-feeding Scarabaeidae: protea beetles (Cetoniini) and monkey beetles (Hopliini).

scientific article

Proteomic and metabolomic analysis reveals rapid and extensive nicotine detoxification ability in honey bee larvae.

scientific article published in February 2017

Regulation of nutrient intake in nectar-feeding birds: insights from the geometric framework.

scientific article published on 06 January 2012

Renal physiology of two southern African Mastomys species (Rodentia: Muridae): a salt-loading experiment to assess concentrating ability

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Resistance of developing honeybee larvae during chronic exposure to dietary nicotine.

scientific article published on 10 May 2014

Salt intake and regulation in two passerine nectar drinkers: white-bellied sunbirds and New Holland honeyeaters.

scientific article published on 12 December 2012

Short-term energy regulation of whitebellied sunbirds (Nectarinia talatala): effects of food concentration on feeding frequency and duration

scientific article

Simultaneous stressors: interactive effects of an immune challenge and dietary toxin can be detrimental to honeybees

scientific article published on 25 April 2012

Sucrose Sensitivity of Honey Bees Is Differently Affected by Dietary Protein and a Neonicotinoid Pesticide

scientific article

Sugar Preferences of Avian Nectarivores Are Correlated with Intestinal Sucrase Activity

scientific article published on 20 August 2013

Sugar preferences and xylose metabolism of a mammal pollinator, the Namaqua rock mouse (Aethomys namaquensis)

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

Sweet solutions: nectar chemistry and quality

scientific article published on 2 May 2022

The effects of endogenous diuretic and antidiuretic peptides and their second messengers in the Malpighian tubules of Tenebrio molitor: an electrophysiological study ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

The metabolic fate of nectar nicotine in worker honey bees.

scientific article published on 10 November 2016

The only African wild tobacco, Nicotiana africana: alkaloid content and the effect of herbivory

scientific article

The sweet life: diet sugar concentration influences paracellular glucose absorption

scientific article published on October 2008

Water management in nectar-feeding birds

scientific article published on 04 May 2006

Xylose as a nectar sugar: from biochemistry to ecology

scientific article

Xylose utilization and short-chain fatty acid production by selected components of the intestinal microflora of a rodent pollinator (Aethomys namaquensis).

scientific article published on 5 May 2006

List of works by Susan W. Nicolson

A new design for honey bee hoarding cages for laboratory experiments

Added salt helps sunbirds and honeyeaters maintain energy balance on extremely dilute nectar diets.

Adult diet does not compensate for impact of a poor larval diet on stress resistance in a tephritid fruit fly

Amino acid concentrations in the nectars of Southern African bird-pollinated flowers, especially aloe and erythrina.

An antidiuretic factor in the forest ant: purification and physiological effects on the Malpighian tubules.

Antioxidant supplementation can reduce the survival costs of excess amino acid intake in honeybees.

Apparent absorption efficiencies of nectar sugars in the Cape sugarbird, with a comparison of methods

Bees get a head start on honey production

Beetle diuretic peptides: the response of mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Malpighian tubules to synthetic peptides, and cross-reactivity studies with a dung beetle (Onthophagus gazella).

Changes in nectar concentration: how quickly do whitebellied sunbirds (Cinnyris talatala) adjust feeding patterns and food intake?

Circadian rhythm of water balance and aldosterone excretion in the whitebellied sunbird Nectarinia talatala.

Convergence of carbohydrate-biased intake targets in caged worker honeybees fed different protein sources.

Detoxification and elimination of nicotine by nectar-feeding birds.

Detoxification mechanisms of honey bees (Apis mellifera) resulting in tolerance of dietary nicotine

Dilute bird nectars: viscosity constrains food intake by licking in a sunbird.

Do honeybees, Apis mellifera scutellata, regulate humidity in their nest?

Do sunbirds use taste to decide how much to drink?

Drinking problems on a 'simple' diet: physiological convergence in nectar-feeding birds

Effect of Brood Pheromone on Survival and Nutrient Intake of African Honey Bees (Apis mellifera scutellata) under Controlled Conditions.

Effects of a neonicotinoid pesticide on thermoregulation of African honey bees (Apis mellifera scutellata).

Effects of macronutrient intake on the lifespan and fecundity of the marula fruit fly, Ceratitis cosyra (Tephritidae): Extreme lifespan in a host specialist.

Effects of nicotine on the digestive performance of nectar-feeding birds reflect their relative tolerance to this alkaloid.

Evolutionary associations between nectar properties and specificity in bird pollination systems

Gastrointestinal and renal responses to variable water intake in whitebellied sunbirds and New Holland honeyeaters

Honeybee (Apis cerana) foraging responses to the toxic honey of Tripterygium hypoglaucum (Celastraceae): changing threshold of nectar acceptability.

Honeybees and nectar nicotine: deterrence and reduced survival versus potential health benefits

Honeybees prefer warmer nectar and less viscous nectar, regardless of sugar concentration

How important is the relationship between Protea humiflora (Proteaceae) and its non-flying mammal pollinators?

Hummingbirds pay a high cost for a warm drink.

Identification of a potent antidiuretic factor acting on beetle Malpighian tubules ⬇️

Immunocytochemical localization of a diuretic hormone of the beetle Tenebrio molitor, Tenmo-DH(37), in nervous system and midgut.

Influence of pollen quality on ovarian development in honeybee workers (Apis mellifera scutellata).

K(+) transport in Malpighian tubules of Tenebrio molitor L: a study of electrochemical gradients and basal K(+) uptake mechanisms.

K(+) transport in Malpighian tubules of Tenebrio molitor L: is a K(ATP) channel involved?

Natural and within-farmland biodiversity enhances crop productivity.

Natural processes influencing pollinator health

Nectar concentration preferences and sugar intake in the white-bellied sunbird, Cinnyris talatala (Nectariniidae).

Nectar intake of white-bellied sunbirds (Cinnyris talatala): can meal size be inferred from feeding duration?

Nectar xylose metabolism in a rodent pollinator (Aethomys namaquensis): defining the role of gastrointestinal microflora using 14C-labeled xylose.

Nutrient balancing of the adult worker bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) depends on the dietary source of essential amino acids

Nutritional balance of essential amino acids and carbohydrates of the adult worker honeybee depends on age.

Osmoregulatory response to acute diet change in an avian nectarivore: rapid rehydration following water shortage.

Pollen digestion by flower-feeding Scarabaeidae: protea beetles (Cetoniini) and monkey beetles (Hopliini).

Proteomic and metabolomic analysis reveals rapid and extensive nicotine detoxification ability in honey bee larvae.

Regulation of nutrient intake in nectar-feeding birds: insights from the geometric framework.

Renal physiology of two southern African Mastomys species (Rodentia: Muridae): a salt-loading experiment to assess concentrating ability

Resistance of developing honeybee larvae during chronic exposure to dietary nicotine.

Salt intake and regulation in two passerine nectar drinkers: white-bellied sunbirds and New Holland honeyeaters.

Short-term energy regulation of whitebellied sunbirds (Nectarinia talatala): effects of food concentration on feeding frequency and duration

Simultaneous stressors: interactive effects of an immune challenge and dietary toxin can be detrimental to honeybees

Sucrose Sensitivity of Honey Bees Is Differently Affected by Dietary Protein and a Neonicotinoid Pesticide

Sugar Preferences of Avian Nectarivores Are Correlated with Intestinal Sucrase Activity

Sugar preferences and xylose metabolism of a mammal pollinator, the Namaqua rock mouse (Aethomys namaquensis)

Sweet solutions: nectar chemistry and quality

The effects of endogenous diuretic and antidiuretic peptides and their second messengers in the Malpighian tubules of Tenebrio molitor: an electrophysiological study ⬇️

The metabolic fate of nectar nicotine in worker honey bees.

The only African wild tobacco, Nicotiana africana: alkaloid content and the effect of herbivory

The sweet life: diet sugar concentration influences paracellular glucose absorption

Water management in nectar-feeding birds

Xylose as a nectar sugar: from biochemistry to ecology

Xylose utilization and short-chain fatty acid production by selected components of the intestinal microflora of a rodent pollinator (Aethomys namaquensis).