List of works - Federico Cappa

Altered feeding behavior and immune competence in paper wasps: A case of parasite manipulation?

scientific article published on 16 December 2020

Antennal Protein Profile in Honeybees: Caste and Task Matter More Than Age.

scientific article

Assessing immunocompetence in red palm weevil adult and immature stages in response to bacterial challenge and entomopathogenic nematode infection

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

Biopesticides and insect pollinators: Detrimental effects, outdated guidelines, and future directions

scientific article published in 2022

Caste, Sex, and Parasitism Influence Brain Plasticity in a Social Wasp

scientific article published on 28 January 2022

Competition between the native and the introduced hornetsVespa crabroandVespa velutina: a comparison of potentially relevant life-history traits

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profile of Parasitic Beetles, <i>Aethina tumida</i> (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

scientific article published on 19 August 2021

Exposure to a biopesticide interferes with sucrose responsiveness and learning in honey bees

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Female body size, weight and fat storage rather than nestmateship determine male attraction in the invasive yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax

scientific article published on 16 August 2018

Female volatiles as sex attractants in the invasive population of Vespa velutina nigrithorax

scientific article published on 27 September 2019

Gut microbial composition in different castes and developmental stages of the invasive hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax

scientific article published on 15 July 2020

Hornets and Honey Bees: A Coevolutionary Arms Race between Ancient Adaptations and New Invasive Threats

scientific article

Increased immunocompetence and network centrality of allogroomer workers suggest a link between individual and social immunity in honeybees

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

Natural biocide disrupts nestmate recognition in honeybees

scientific article published on 28 February 2019

Novel insights into the ontogeny of nestmate recognition in Polistes social wasps

scientific article

Parasitic castration by Xenos vesparum depends on host gender

scientific article

Preference of Polistes dominula wasps for trumpet creepers when infected by Xenos vesparum: A novel example of co-evolved traits between host and parasite

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Recent confirmation of a single haplotype in the Italian population of Vespa velutina

scientific article published on 06 July 2019

Rethinking recognition: social context in adult life rather than early experience shapes recognition in a social wasp

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Induces Immune Enhancing and Shapes Gut Microbiota in Social Wasps

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

Sensing the intruder: a quantitative threshold for recognition cues perception in honeybees.

scientific article published on 9 January 2014

The trap of sex in social insects: from the female to the male perspective

scientific article published on 02 October 2014

List of works by Federico Cappa

Altered feeding behavior and immune competence in paper wasps: A case of parasite manipulation?

Antennal Protein Profile in Honeybees: Caste and Task Matter More Than Age.

Assessing immunocompetence in red palm weevil adult and immature stages in response to bacterial challenge and entomopathogenic nematode infection

Biopesticides and insect pollinators: Detrimental effects, outdated guidelines, and future directions

Caste, Sex, and Parasitism Influence Brain Plasticity in a Social Wasp

Competition between the native and the introduced hornetsVespa crabroandVespa velutina: a comparison of potentially relevant life-history traits

Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profile of Parasitic Beetles, <i>Aethina tumida</i> (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

Exposure to a biopesticide interferes with sucrose responsiveness and learning in honey bees

Female body size, weight and fat storage rather than nestmateship determine male attraction in the invasive yellow-legged hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax

Female volatiles as sex attractants in the invasive population of Vespa velutina nigrithorax

Gut microbial composition in different castes and developmental stages of the invasive hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax

Hornets and Honey Bees: A Coevolutionary Arms Race between Ancient Adaptations and New Invasive Threats

Increased immunocompetence and network centrality of allogroomer workers suggest a link between individual and social immunity in honeybees

Natural biocide disrupts nestmate recognition in honeybees

Novel insights into the ontogeny of nestmate recognition in Polistes social wasps

Parasitic castration by Xenos vesparum depends on host gender

Preference of Polistes dominula wasps for trumpet creepers when infected by Xenos vesparum: A novel example of co-evolved traits between host and parasite

Recent confirmation of a single haplotype in the Italian population of Vespa velutina

Rethinking recognition: social context in adult life rather than early experience shapes recognition in a social wasp

Saccharomyces cerevisiae Induces Immune Enhancing and Shapes Gut Microbiota in Social Wasps

Sensing the intruder: a quantitative threshold for recognition cues perception in honeybees.

The trap of sex in social insects: from the female to the male perspective