| Appetite for self-destruction: suicidal biting as a nest defense strategy in Trigona stingless bees K Shackleton, H Al Toufailia, NJ Balfour, FS Nascimento, DA Alves, ... Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 69 (2), 273-281, 2015 | 30 | 2015 |
| Exploitative competition alters bee foraging and flower choice NJ Balfour, S Gandy, FLW Ratnieks Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 69 (10), 1731-1738, 2015 | 24 | 2015 |
| Longer tongues and swifter handling: why do more bumble bees (Bombus spp.) than honey bees (Apis mellifera) forage on lavender (Lavandula spp.)? NJ Balfour, M Garbuzov, FLW Ratnieks Ecological Entomology 38 (4), 323-329, 2013 | 23 | 2013 |
| Gut microbiota composition is associated with environmental landscape in honey bees JC Jones, C Fruciano, F Hildebrand, H Al Toufalilia, NJ Balfour, P Bork, ... Ecology and evolution 8 (1), 441-451, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
| Size matters: significant negative relationship between mature plant mass and residual neonicotinoid levels in seed-treated oilseed rape and maize crops NJ Balfour, NL Carreck, HE Blanchard, FLW Ratnieks Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 215, 85-88, 2016 | 12 | 2016 |
| Landscape scale study of the net effect of proximity to a neonicotinoid-treated crop on bee colony health NJ Balfour, H Al Toufailia, L Scandian, HE Blanchard, MP Jesse, ... Environmental science & technology 51 (18), 10825-10833, 2017 | 9 | 2017 |
| Using the waggle dance to determine the spatial ecology of honey bees during commercial crop pollination NJ Balfour, FLW Ratnieks Agricultural and forest entomology 19 (2), 210-216, 2016 | 8 | 2016 |
| British phenological records indicate high diversity and extinction rates among late-summer-flying pollinators NJ Balfour, J Ollerton, MC Castellanos, FLW Ratnieks Biological conservation 222, 278-283, 2018 | 7 | 2018 |
| Global goals mapping: the environment-human landscape JPW Scharlemann, RC Mant, N Balfour, C Brown, ND Burgess, M Guth, ... Sussex Sustainability Research Programme, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK …, 2017 | 7 | 2017 |
| Quality versus quantity: Foraging decisions in the honeybee (Apis mellifera scutellata) feeding on wildflower nectar and fruit juice K Shackleton, NJ Balfour, H Al Toufailia, R Gaioski Jr, ... Ecology and evolution 6 (19), 7156-7165, 2016 | 6 | 2016 |
| Following the dance: ground survey of flowers and flower-visiting insects in a summer foraging hotspot identified via honey bee waggle dance decoding NJ Balfour, KA Fensome, EEW Samuelson, FLW Ratnieks Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 213, 265-271, 2015 | 4 | 2015 |
| Have suitable experimental designs been used to determine the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on bee colony performance in the field? FLW Ratnieks, NJ Balfour, NL Carreck Journal of Apicultural Research 57 (4), 586-592, 2018 | 1 | 2018 |
| Unique nest entrance structure of Partamona helleri stingless bees leads to remarkable ‘crash-landing’ behaviour K Shackleton, NJ Balfour, HA Toufailia, DA Alves, JM Bento, ... Insectes Sociaux 66 (3), 471-477, 2019 | | 2019 |
| Helping agricultural pollination & bees in farmland NJ Balfour University of Sussex, 2016 | | 2016 |
| Helping honey bees in agricultural land FLW Ratnieks, NJ Balfour British Beekeepers Journal 2, 7, 2015 | | 2015 |
| Honey bees return in summer 2014 FLW Ratnieks, M Garbuzov, NJ Balfour Bee Craft 96, 27-31, 2014 | | 2014 |
| Floral Choice in Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea): Do Honeybees Prefer Borage (Borago Officinalis) and Bumblebees Lavender (Lavandula Spp.)? NJ Balfour Department of Life Sciences, Silwood Park, Imperial College London, 2011 | | 2011 |
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