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The abundance and pollen foraging behaviour of bumble bees in relation to population size of whortleberry (Vaccinium uliginosum). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Habitat fragmentation can have severe effects on plant pollinator interactions, for example changing the foraging behaviour of pollinators. To date, the impact of plant population size on pollen collection by pollinators has not yet been investigated ...
Carolin Mayer +4 more
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Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2023 Bumble bees are important pollinators for a great diversity of wild and cultivated plants, and in many parts of the world certain species have been found to be in decline, gone locally extinct, or even globally extinct.
Elaine Evans +14 more
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Bio-Protocol, 2022 Populations of some bumble bee species are in decline, prompting the need to better understand bumble bee biology and for assessing the effects of environmental stressors on these important pollinators.
David Lehmann
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Ecosphere, 2022 Long‐term variation in the population density of introduced honey bees (Apis mellifera) has been shown to be associated with variations in floral traits in alpine lotus (Saussurea nigrescens).
Ruijun Su +7 more
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Decline and Conservation of Bumble Bees [PDF]
Annual Review of Entomology, 2008 Declines in bumble bee species in the past 60 years are well documented in Europe, where they are driven primarily by habitat loss and declines in floral abundance and diversity resulting from agricultural intensification. Impacts of habitat degradation and fragmentation are likely to be compounded by the social nature of bumble bees and their largely ...
D, Goulson, G C, Lye, B, Darvill
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Bumble Bee Foraged Pollen Analyses in Spring Time in Southern Estonia Shows Abundant Food Sources
Insects, 2021 Agricultural landscapes usually provide higher quantities of single-source food, which are noticeably lacking in diversity and might thus have low nutrient value for bumble bee colony development.
Anna Bontšutšnaja +3 more
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Insects, 2015 Bees provide vital pollination services to the majority of flowering plants in both natural and agricultural systems. Unfortunately, both native and managed bee populations are experiencing declines, threatening the persistence of these plants and crops.
Olivia M. Bernauer +2 more
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Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2018 Honey bees are being scrutinized for their potential impact upon wild bees. In lowland heath mosaics, a simple but resource rich habitat for pollinators, there is a higher probability of niche overlap for bumble bees and honey bees due to the requirement
Elizabeth Franklin +4 more
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Linking bacterial diversity to floral identity in the bumble bee pollen basket
Environmental DNA, 2021 Multitrophic interactions are ubiquitous in nature and form the basis of biodiversity. For example, bumble bees visit flowers to collect pollen, on which a variety of bacteria exist.
Nicholas Sookhan +4 more
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Endosymbionts that threaten commercially raised and wild bumble bees (Bombus spp.)
Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2023 Bumble bees (Bombus spp.) are important pollinators for both wild and agriculturally managed plants. We give an overview of what is known about the diverse community of internal potentially deleterious bumble bee symbionts, including viruses, bacteria ...
Laura Figueroa +14 more
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