Role of forest edges and other seminatural linear landscape features in structuring wild bee habitat connectivity in intensively managed landscapes. [PDF]
Conserv BiolAbstract Pollinator conservation schemes typically focus on conserving existing, restoring degraded, or creating new wild bee habitats. Their effectiveness depends on dispersal corridors enabling habitat colonization by bees. However, the role of seminatural linear landscape structures (LLS) in connecting pollinator communities across intensively ...
Sydenham MAK +6 more
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Bee Body Size and Foraging Behavior Predict the Pollination Role of Bees in a Buzz-Pollinated Plant Community. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe investigated how bee traits influence pollination success in a buzz‐pollinated plant community. Larger body size and floral sonication strongly predicted stigma contact, a proxy for pollination efficiency, while longer handling times were associated with reduced effectiveness.
Mesquita-Neto JN, Schlindwein C.
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Honey Bee Viromes From Varroa destructor-Resistant and Susceptible Colonies. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol RepOur study reveals seasonal variations in honey bee virome composition among colonies independent of their Varroa destructor susceptibility. We report the first detection of AmFV and LSV in Uruguay, obtaining complete or partial genomes of multiple viruses.
Arredondo D +4 more
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Analyzing the relative importance of habitat quantity and quality for boosting pollinator populations in agricultural landscapes. [PDF]
Conserv BiolAbstract To increase pollinator populations, international policy targets minimum levels of seminatural habitat cover, but it is unknown whether improving the quality of existing habitats could bring similar benefits without the need of reducing cropland area. Using data we collected in 26 Italian agricultural landscapes during the entire flying season,
Fijen TPM +4 more
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Superinfection Exclusion in Neotropical Honey Bees May Block DWV-B, an Emerging Infectious Disease Variant of Deformed Wing Virus. [PDF]
Evol ApplABSTRACT RNA viruses often comprise multiple variants that co‐circulate in a host population, with potentially complex dynamics. Deformed wing virus (DWV), arguably the most impactful virus of honey bees (Apis mellifera), nowadays exists as two major variants, genotypes A (DWV‐A) and B (DWV‐B), which provide an amenable window into the dynamics of ...
Fleites-Ayil FA +5 more
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Polinización con drones: ¿Una respuesta acertada ante la disminución de polinizadores entomófilos?
Scientia Agropecuaria, 2021 Algunos tipos de vehículos aéreos no tripulados (VANTs) reciben el nombre de drones. Estos equipos de amplia versatilidad se han venido aplicando muy recientemente para diferentes labores, entre las cuales destaca la agricultura.
Argenis de Jesús Montilla-Pacheco +3 more
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EL ESPÍRITU DEL ZUMBIDO: ENTREVISTA CON ERIKA MAYR
Materia Arquitectura, 2022 Erika Mayr es entomóloga, horticultora, ecologista, apicultora, jardinera, escritora y cuidadora. Es la jefa de jardineros de la Academia Alemana de Roma, donde también cría sus abejas. Conocer a Erika Mayr abre un mundo fascinante.
Jorge Godoy Román
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Acta Botanica Mexicana, 2022 Antecedentes y Objetivos: Phaseolus coccineus es una planta alógama, con variación en color de la flor, que depende de polinizadores para su reproducción.
Karina Alejandra Cué-Hernández +4 more
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Towards integrated control of varroa: effect of variation in hygienic behaviour among honey bee colonies on mite population increase and deformed wing virus incidence [PDF]
, 2014 Hygienic behaviour in the honey bee, Apis mellifera, is the uncapping and removal of dead, diseased or infected brood from sealed cells by worker bees. We determined the effect of hygienic behaviour on varroa population growth and incidence of deformed ...
Al Toufailia, Hasan M +4 more
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Bee pollen as non-wood forest product in the eastern Andean highlands of Colombia
Colombia Forestal, 2013 The Andean forests of the Eastern Andean high-lands of Colombia have a high conservation priority given the vulnerable condition of species such as Quercus humboldtii (Fagaceae) that inhabit these ecosystems.
Fermín José Chamorro García +2 more
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