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Synergistic effect of honeybees and wild floral visitors in promoting sweet cherry fruit set in central Chile

Biological Research
Background Recent evidence highlights the key role of wild insects as pollinators in agroecosystems, enhancing fruit set in crops such as sweet cherry (Prunus avium). In Chile, the contribution of wild insects to crop yield remains poorly understood, and
Camila B. García, Pablo Díaz-Siefer, Cecilia Smith-Ramírez, Fernanda Montero-Silva, Jaime Martínez-Harms, Maureen Murúa, Juan L. Celis-Diez   +6 more
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Warming and community context drive rapid plant evolution

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 10, Page 3161-3175, October 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Abiotic and biotic factors are important drivers of plant evolution, but how these factors interact to influence plant evolution in multispecies communities is still poorly understood. We performed experimental evolution exposing Brassica rapa plants to a combination of
Juan Traine, Florian P. Schiestl, Quint Rusman   +2 more
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Las razones de por qué Chile debe detener la importación del abejorro comercial Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus) y comenzar a controlarlo

Gayana, 2018
La crisis mundial de polinización no solo es producida por la pérdida de polinizadores, sino también por su homogeneización, ambos procesos causados por el ser humano. En este documento analizamos los impactos ecológicos que justifican la prohibición de
Cecilia Smith-Ramirez, Lorena Vieli, Rodrigo Barahona-Segovia, José Montalva, Franco Cianferoni, Luisa Ruz, Francisco E. Fontúrbel, Carlos E. Valdivia, Rodrigo Medel, Aníbal Pauchard, Juan L. Celis-Diez, Vladimir Riesco, Víctor Monzón, Felipe Vivallo, Miguel Neira   +14 more
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BumbleBEEP: A Sensor System for Bumblebee Colony Monitoring

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 10, Page 1268-1274, October 2026.
We present a bumblebee colony monitoring system, BumbleBEEP. The system is fitted with thermometers and a custom weight sensor. These record data up to every 15 min, recording bumblebee brood nest temperature, environmental ambient temperature, and colony growth.
Nynke Blömer, Matteo Redana, Sarah B. Scott, Pim van Gennip, Marten Schoonman, Lynn V. Dicks   +5 more
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Nutritional composition of pollen stores in managed bees across European agro‐ecosystems reveals species‐specific differences but limited pesticide effects

Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 5, Page 853-865, October 2026.
In the pollen stores of three bee species deployed across 128 European sites, bumble bees harboured lower lipid content and higher protein‐to‐lipid ratios than honey bees and mason bees. Toxicity‐weighted pesticide risk did not alter protein‐to‐lipid ratios, but higher risk was associated with reduced protein and lipid content in the pollen stores of ...
Antoine Gekière, Clément Tourbez, Maryse Vanderplanck, Tomasz Kiljanek, Guillaume Ghisbain, Elif Kardas, Irene Bottero, Marie‐Pierre Chauzat, Elena Cini, Francesca Corvucci, Joachim R. de Miranda, Gennaro Di Prisco, Christophe Dominik, Francesca V. Grillenzoni, Simon Hodge, Anina Knauer, Marion Laurent, Vicente Martínez‐López, Risto Raimets, Janine M. Schwarz, Deepa Senapathi, Giorgia Serra, Giovanni Tamburini, Dimitry Wintermantel, Mark J. F. Brown, Matthias Albrecht, Cecilia Costa, Pilar De la Rúa, Alexandra‐Maria Klein, Marika Mänd, Simon G. Potts, Maj Rundlöf, Oliver Schweiger, Jane C. Stout, Denis Michez   +34 more
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Air pollution modifies colonisation factors in beneficial symbiont Snodgrassella and disrupts the bumblebee gut microbiome

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Particulate air pollutants, a major air pollution component, are detrimental to human health and a significant risk to wildlife and ecosystems globally. Here we report the effects of particulate pollutant black carbon on the beneficial gut microbiome of ...
Hannah R. Sampson, Natalie Allcock, Eamonn B. Mallon, Julian M. Ketley, Julie A. Morrissey   +4 more
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Eusocial bee species are exposed to different toxic element profiles despite foraging within the same landscape

Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 5, Page 912-925, October 2026.
Bombus terrestris and Apis mellifera colonies sharing the same landscape (<50 m from each other) collected pollen with significantly different heavy metal concentrations. B. terrestris‐collected pollen contained 2–7× higher concentrations of arsenic, chromium, cobalt, lead and tin than A. mellifera‐collected pollen.
Sarah B. Scott, Nynke Blömer, Lynn V. Dicks   +2 more
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Root‐sourced 1‐aminocyclopropane‐1‐carboxylic acid modulates development and adaptive responses to salinity in tomato

The Plant Journal, Volume 128, Issue 1, October 2026.
SUMMARY To investigate whether root‐sourced ethylene‐precursor 1‐aminocyclopropane‐1‐carboxylic acid (ACC) modulates long‐term salinity responses in tomato, a commercial variety (Solanum lycopersicum L. Mill) was grafted onto three rootstocks differing in ACC/ethylene production: an ethylene‐overproducing mutant (epinastic, epi), a root‐specific ACC ...
Jose A. Martín‐Rodríguez, Purificación A. Martínez‐Melgarejo, Jesús Guillamón, Ángela S. Prudencio, Juan J. Guerrero, Eduardo Larriba, Jose Manuel Pérez‐Pérez, Enrique Olmos, Lázaro E. Pereira Peres, Cristina Martínez‐Andújar, Francisco Pérez‐Alfocea   +10 more
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Unterschiede in der Kastendetermination zwischen den Hummelarten Bombus hypnorum und Bombus terrestris / Differences in the Caste Determination between the Bumblebee Species Bombus hypnorum and Bombus terrestris

Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B, 1970
In colonies of Bombus hypnorum reared in captivity all intermediate body sizes between worker and queen are produced, the body size being determined by the amount of food for the larvae. Queens are produced, if the larvae are fed sufficiently. In captivity queens are produced at every time of the colony development, if one worker has to feed only two ...
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Niche analyses and the potential distribution of four invasive bumblebees worldwide

Ecology and Evolution
The introduction of bees for agricultural production in distinct parts of the world and poor management have led to invasion processes that affect biodiversity, significantly impacting native species. Different Bombus species with invasive potential have
Tania Paola López‐Aguilar, Jose Montalva, Bruno Vilela, Marina P. Arbetman, Marcelo A. Aizen, Carolina L. Morales, Daniel de Paiva Silva   +6 more
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