List of works - Geraldine A. Wright

A Novel Behavioral Assay to Investigate Gustatory Responses of Individual, Freely-moving Bumble Bees (Bombus terrestris).

scientific article published on 21 July 2016

A honeybee's ability to learn, recognize, and discriminate odors depends upon odor sampling time and concentration

scientific article published in February 2009

A method for analysing small samples of floral pollen for free and protein-bound amino acids.

scientific article published on 16 October 2017

Ability of honeybee, Apis mellifera, to detect and discriminate odors of varieties of canola (Brassica rapa and Brassica napus) and snapdragon flowers (Antirrhinum majus).

scientific article published in April 2002

Acute ethanol ingestion impairs appetitive olfactory learning and odor discrimination in the honey bee.

scientific article published on 7 September 2008

Acute ethanol ingestion produces dose-dependent effects on motor behavior in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)

scientific article published on 20 September 2006

Acute exposure to a sublethal dose of imidacloprid and coumaphos enhances olfactory learning and memory in the honeybee Apis mellifera

scientific article

Agitated honeybees exhibit pessimistic cognitive biases

scientific article (publication date: 21 June 2011)

Analysis of nectar from low‐volume flowers: A comparison of collection methods for free amino acids.

scientific article published on 14 November 2017

Appetitive learning: memories need calories

scientific article published in May 2011

Appetitive olfactory learning and memory in the honeybee depend on sugar reward identity.

scientific article published on 24 August 2017

Arousal facilitates collision avoidance mediated by a looming sensitive visual neuron in a flying locust

scientific article published on 28 May 2008

B-Vitamins Influence the Consumption of Macronutrients in Honey Bees

scientific article published on 04 May 2022

Bee pheromones: signal or agent of manipulation?

scientific article published on July 2009

Bees prefer foods containing neonicotinoid pesticides

scientific article

Behavioural regulation of mineral salt intake in honeybees: a self-selection approach

scientific article published on 2 May 2022

Bumblebees are not deterred by ecologically relevant concentrations of nectar toxins

scientific article

Burst Firing in Bee Gustatory Neurons Prevents Adaptation

scientific article published on 10 May 2018

Cholinergic pesticides cause mushroom body neuronal inactivation in honeybees.

scientific article

Computational model of the cAMP-mediated sensory response and calcium-dependent adaptation in vertebrate olfactory receptor neurons

scientific article

Consumption of an acute dose of caffeine reduces acquisition but not memory in the honey bee.

scientific article published on 13 April 2012

Correction: Generalization Mediates Sensitivity to Complex Odor Features in the Honeybee.

scientific article published on 8 April 2008

Corrigendum: Bees prefer foods containing neonicotinoid pesticides

scientific article published on 17 February 2016

Different thresholds for detection and discrimination of odors in the honey bee (Apis mellifera).

scientific article published in February 2004

Distasteful Nectar Deters Floral Robbery

scientific article

Effects of age and nutritional state on the expression of gustatory receptors in the honeybee (Apis mellifera).

scientific article

Exposure to acetylcholinesterase inhibitors alters the physiology and motor function of honeybees

scientific article published in 2013

Exposure to multiple cholinergic pesticides impairs olfactory learning and memory in honeybees

scientific article

Exposure to neonicotinoids influences the motor function of adult worker honeybees

scientific article

Floral resources provided by the new energy crop, Silphium perfoliatum L. (Asteraceae)

scientific article published on 8 October 2019

Function and central projections of gustatory receptor neurons on the antenna of the noctuid moth Spodoptera littoralis.

scientific article

GABA signaling affects motor function in the honey bee

scientific article published on 02 December 2019

Generalization mediates sensitivity to complex odor features in the honeybee

scientific article

Geraldine Wright

scientific article published in May 2012

Honeybees fail to discriminate floral scents in a complex learning task after consuming a neonicotinoid pesticide

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

Intensity and the ratios of compounds in the scent of snapdragon flowers affect scent discrimination by honeybees (Apis mellifera).

scientific article published on 16 November 2004

Latent inhibition in the honey bee, Apis mellifera: Is it a unitary phenomenon?

scientific article published on 3 June 2010

Low doses of neonicotinoid pesticides in food rewards impair short-term olfactory memory in foraging-age honeybees

scientific article

Macronutrient balance has opposing effects on cognition and survival in honey bees

scientific article published on 15 July 2022

Molecular features of odorants systematically influence slow temporal responses across clusters of coordinated antennal lobe units in the moth Manduca sexta

scientific article

Mouthparts of the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) exhibit poor acuity for the detection of pesticides in nectar

scientific article published in 2023

Nectar chemistry modulates the impact of an invasive plant on native pollinators

scientific article (publication date: 8 November 2015)

Novel biopesticide based on a spider venom peptide shows no adverse effects on honeybees

scientific article published in July 2014

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

scientific article

Nutrient sensors

scientific article published on May 2013

Nutrition affects survival in African honeybees exposed to interacting stressors

scientific article published in 2014

Nutritional Physiology and Ecology of Honey Bees

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

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

scientific article

Nutritional composition of honey bee food stores vary with floral composition

scientific article published on 14 October 2017

Odour concentration affects odour identity in honeybees.

scientific article published in November 2005

Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) as a resource for farmland insect pollinators: quantifying floral traits in conventional varieties and breeding systems

scientific article published on 10 March 2017

Olfaction: smells like fly food.

scientific article published in February 2015

Olfactory memory formation and the influence of reward pathway during appetitive learning by honey bees

scientific article published in November 2007

Parallel reinforcement pathways for conditioned food aversions in the honeybee.

scientific article

Physiological state influences the social interactions of two honeybee nest mates.

scientific article

Plant secondary metabolites in nectar: impacts on pollinators and ecological functions

article

Plant toxin levels in nectar vary spatially across native and introduced populations

article

Plant–pollinator interactions and threats to pollination: perspectives from the flower to the landscape

scientific article published on 13 January 2017

Pollen sterols are associated with phylogeny and environment but not with pollinator guilds

scientific article published on 15 February 2021

Pyrethroids and Nectar Toxins Have Subtle Effects on the Motor Function, Grooming and Wing Fanning Behaviour of Honeybees (Apis mellifera).

scientific article published on 17 August 2015

Reward quality influences the development of learned olfactory biases in honeybees.

scientific article published on 15 April 2009

Single amino acids in sucrose rewards modulate feeding and associative learning in the honeybee

scientific article

Spontaneous honeybee behaviour is altered by persistent organic pollutants

scientific article published on 08 December 2016

Systemic air embolization originating from a pleural air leak via a left ventricular assist device cannula anastomosis site

scientific article published on 14 October 2009

The 'sweet tooth' of the honeybee: the perception of nectar and its influence on honeybee behaviour

scientific article published on January 2009

The dietary proportion of essential amino acids and Sir2 influence lifespan in the honeybee

scientific article

The feeding behavior of the weevil, Exophthalmus jekelianus, with respect to the nutrients and allelochemicals in host plant leaves

article

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

scientific article published on 21 November 2012

The role of dopamine and serotonin in conditioned food aversion learning in the honeybee

scientific article published on May 2011

The role of serotonin in feeding and gut contractions in the honeybee

scientific article published on 27 December 2013

To feed or not to feed: circuits involved in the control of feeding in insects

scientific article published on 17 September 2016

Toxins induce 'malaise' behaviour in the honeybee (Apis mellifera).

scientific article

γ-Aminobutyric acid receptor A-mediated inhibition in the honeybee's antennal lobe is necessary for the formation of configural olfactory percepts.

scientific article published on 20 April 2012

List of works by Geraldine A. Wright

A Novel Behavioral Assay to Investigate Gustatory Responses of Individual, Freely-moving Bumble Bees (Bombus terrestris).

A honeybee's ability to learn, recognize, and discriminate odors depends upon odor sampling time and concentration

A method for analysing small samples of floral pollen for free and protein-bound amino acids.

Ability of honeybee, Apis mellifera, to detect and discriminate odors of varieties of canola (Brassica rapa and Brassica napus) and snapdragon flowers (Antirrhinum majus).

Acute ethanol ingestion impairs appetitive olfactory learning and odor discrimination in the honey bee.

Acute ethanol ingestion produces dose-dependent effects on motor behavior in the honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Acute exposure to a sublethal dose of imidacloprid and coumaphos enhances olfactory learning and memory in the honeybee Apis mellifera

Agitated honeybees exhibit pessimistic cognitive biases

Analysis of nectar from low‐volume flowers: A comparison of collection methods for free amino acids.

Appetitive learning: memories need calories

Appetitive olfactory learning and memory in the honeybee depend on sugar reward identity.

Arousal facilitates collision avoidance mediated by a looming sensitive visual neuron in a flying locust

B-Vitamins Influence the Consumption of Macronutrients in Honey Bees

Bee pheromones: signal or agent of manipulation?

Bees prefer foods containing neonicotinoid pesticides

Behavioural regulation of mineral salt intake in honeybees: a self-selection approach

Bumblebees are not deterred by ecologically relevant concentrations of nectar toxins

Burst Firing in Bee Gustatory Neurons Prevents Adaptation

Cholinergic pesticides cause mushroom body neuronal inactivation in honeybees.

Computational model of the cAMP-mediated sensory response and calcium-dependent adaptation in vertebrate olfactory receptor neurons

Consumption of an acute dose of caffeine reduces acquisition but not memory in the honey bee.

Correction: Generalization Mediates Sensitivity to Complex Odor Features in the Honeybee.

Corrigendum: Bees prefer foods containing neonicotinoid pesticides

Different thresholds for detection and discrimination of odors in the honey bee (Apis mellifera).

Distasteful Nectar Deters Floral Robbery

Effects of age and nutritional state on the expression of gustatory receptors in the honeybee (Apis mellifera).

Exposure to acetylcholinesterase inhibitors alters the physiology and motor function of honeybees

Exposure to multiple cholinergic pesticides impairs olfactory learning and memory in honeybees

Exposure to neonicotinoids influences the motor function of adult worker honeybees

Floral resources provided by the new energy crop, Silphium perfoliatum L. (Asteraceae)

Function and central projections of gustatory receptor neurons on the antenna of the noctuid moth Spodoptera littoralis.

GABA signaling affects motor function in the honey bee

Generalization mediates sensitivity to complex odor features in the honeybee

Geraldine Wright

Honeybees fail to discriminate floral scents in a complex learning task after consuming a neonicotinoid pesticide

Intensity and the ratios of compounds in the scent of snapdragon flowers affect scent discrimination by honeybees (Apis mellifera).

Latent inhibition in the honey bee, Apis mellifera: Is it a unitary phenomenon?

Low doses of neonicotinoid pesticides in food rewards impair short-term olfactory memory in foraging-age honeybees

Macronutrient balance has opposing effects on cognition and survival in honey bees

Molecular features of odorants systematically influence slow temporal responses across clusters of coordinated antennal lobe units in the moth Manduca sexta

Mouthparts of the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) exhibit poor acuity for the detection of pesticides in nectar

Nectar chemistry modulates the impact of an invasive plant on native pollinators

Novel biopesticide based on a spider venom peptide shows no adverse effects on honeybees

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

Nutrient sensors

Nutrition affects survival in African honeybees exposed to interacting stressors

Nutritional Physiology and Ecology of Honey Bees

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

Nutritional composition of honey bee food stores vary with floral composition

Odour concentration affects odour identity in honeybees.

Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) as a resource for farmland insect pollinators: quantifying floral traits in conventional varieties and breeding systems

Olfaction: smells like fly food.

Olfactory memory formation and the influence of reward pathway during appetitive learning by honey bees

Parallel reinforcement pathways for conditioned food aversions in the honeybee.

Physiological state influences the social interactions of two honeybee nest mates.

Plant secondary metabolites in nectar: impacts on pollinators and ecological functions

Plant toxin levels in nectar vary spatially across native and introduced populations

Plant–pollinator interactions and threats to pollination: perspectives from the flower to the landscape

Pollen sterols are associated with phylogeny and environment but not with pollinator guilds

Pyrethroids and Nectar Toxins Have Subtle Effects on the Motor Function, Grooming and Wing Fanning Behaviour of Honeybees (Apis mellifera).

Reward quality influences the development of learned olfactory biases in honeybees.

Single amino acids in sucrose rewards modulate feeding and associative learning in the honeybee

Spontaneous honeybee behaviour is altered by persistent organic pollutants

Systemic air embolization originating from a pleural air leak via a left ventricular assist device cannula anastomosis site

The 'sweet tooth' of the honeybee: the perception of nectar and its influence on honeybee behaviour

The dietary proportion of essential amino acids and Sir2 influence lifespan in the honeybee

The feeding behavior of the weevil, Exophthalmus jekelianus, with respect to the nutrients and allelochemicals in host plant leaves

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

The role of dopamine and serotonin in conditioned food aversion learning in the honeybee

The role of serotonin in feeding and gut contractions in the honeybee

To feed or not to feed: circuits involved in the control of feeding in insects

Toxins induce 'malaise' behaviour in the honeybee (Apis mellifera).

γ-Aminobutyric acid receptor A-mediated inhibition in the honeybee's antennal lobe is necessary for the formation of configural olfactory percepts.