
Dr Christoph Grueter
PD, PhD, MSc
Current positions
Senior Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences
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Research interests
We study the behaviour, ecology and evolution of social insects. We are particularly interested in the role of communication and learning in individual and collective decision-making, different forms of division of labour and colony organisation.
Our main objectives are:
- To investigate how worker insects integrate multiple sources of information
- To understand variation among species in the degree of division of labour
- To understand the molecular basis of worker behaviour
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Habitat change as key a challenge for honeybee foraging and health
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/02/2022 to 31/10/2024
Publications
Selected publications
24/06/2020Octopamine increases individual and collective foraging in a neotropical stingless bee
Biology Letters
Honeybees forage more successfully without the “dance language” in challenging environments
Science Advances
Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
Nature Communications
Recent publications
24/06/2020Octopamine increases individual and collective foraging in a neotropical stingless bee
Biology Letters
Stingless Bees: Their Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution
Stingless Bees: Their Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution
Honeybees forage more successfully without the “dance language” in challenging environments
Science Advances
Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
Nature Communications