Kelber, Almut; Warrant, Eric J.; Pfaff, Michael; … - In: Behavioral Ecology 17 (2006) 1, pp. 63-72
A crepuscular or nocturnal lifestyle has evolved in bees several times independently, probably to explore rewarding pollen sources without competition and to minimize predation and nest parasites. Despite these obvious advantages, only few bee species are nocturnal. Here we show that the...