Management and drivers of change of pollinating insects and pollination services. National Pollinator Strategy: for bees and other pollinators in England, Evidence statements and Summary of Evidence [PDF]
, 2019 These Evidence Statements provide up-to-date information on what is known (and not known) about the status, values, drivers of change, and responses to management of UK insect pollinators (as was September 2018). This document has been produced to inform
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Tropical bee species abundance differs within a narrow elevational gradient
Scientific Reports, 2021 Insect pollination is among the most essential ecosystem services for humanity. Globally, bees are the most effective pollinators, and tropical bees are also important for maintaining tropical biodiversity.
Kristin M. Conrad +2 more
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Native bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) and berry polycultures: Studying farmers’ motivations for diversification and the impact of mass floral resources on pollinator communities [PDF]
, 2017 Floral resource continuity is an important component in pollinator conservation. Mass blooms early in the season may bolster pollinator communities on sequentially flowering crops by creating a resource pulse in an agricultural landscape.
Hayes, Jen
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Insects, 2022 Bees play a very important role in pollination, especially western honey bees, which contribute upwards of billions of dollars concerning crop pollination. Hairiness plays an important role in pollination success by transporting pollen, and pollen intake,
Kamal Ahmed Khan, Tengteng Liu
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Recently identified bee viruses and their impact on bee pollinators
Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2018 Bees are agriculturally and ecologically important plant pollinators. Recent high annual losses of honey bee colonies, and reduced populations of native and wild bees in some geographic locations, may impact the availability of affordable food crops and the diversity and abundance of native and wild plant species.
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Effects of different pollination methods on tomato fruits’ quality and metabolism
Frontiers in Plant ScienceBee pollination can affect tomato yield and quality. The mechanism of improving the yield and quality of tomatoes by bee pollination is not clear, and few studies have been conducted.
Wei-Hua Ma +4 more
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Environmental Research Letters, 2018 Societal dependence on insects for pollination of agricultural crops has risen amidst concerns over pollinator declines. Habitat loss and lack of forage have been implicated in the decline of both managed and native pollinators.
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The role of disease in bee foraging ecology [PDF]
, 2017 Diseases have important but understudied effects on bee foraging ecology. Bees transmit and contract diseases on flowers, but floral traits including plant volatiles and inflorescence architecture may affect transmission. Diseases spill over from managed
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Impact of Bee Species and Plant Density on Alfalfa Pollination and Potential for Gene Flow
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2010 In outcrossing crops like alfalfa, various bee species can contribute to pollination and gene flow in seed production fields. With the increasing use of transgenic crops, it becomes important to determine the role of these distinct pollinators on alfalfa
Johanne Brunet, Christy M. Stewart
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Cross-pollinate the Bee World [PDF]
Bee World, 2018 Bee World, at least by my definition, should regularly contain articles that describe the situation of bees around the world in the form of scientific reviews, presenting key figures, elucidating t...
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