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The conservation of bumble bees [PDF]

open access: yesBee World, 2003
The approximately 250 known species of bumble bee (genus Bombus) are found predominantly in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. This region also contains much of the world's human population and the most intensive agricultural regions. Probably as a result of this, many bumble bees appear to be undergoing dramatic declines in range.
Dave Goulson (4460962)
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Olfactory coding in the antennal lobe of the bumble bee Bombus terrestris

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Sociality is classified as one of the major transitions in evolution, with the largest number of eusocial species found in the insect order Hymenoptera, including the Apini (honey bees) and the Bombini (bumble bees).
Marcel Mertes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An evidence-based rationale for a North American commercial bumble bee clean stock certification program

open access: yesJournal of Pollination Ecology, 2023
The commercial production and subsequent movement of bumble bees for pollination of agricultural field and greenhouse crops is a growing industry in North America and globally.
James Strange   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Big bees do a better job : intraspecific size variation influences pollination effectiveness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Funding: School of Biology, University of St AndrewsBumblebees (Bombus spp.) are efficient pollinators of many flowering plants, yet the pollen deposition performance of individual bees has not been investigated.
Finlayson, Kathryn   +1 more
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Introduced honey bees increase host plant abundance but decrease native bumble bee species richness and abundance

open access: yesEcosphere, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Laboratory studies examining aspects of scent marking, traplining and remote detection of reward in the foraging bumblebee. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
PhDEnergy from food is essential for the survival of all animals. For decades, bumblebees have been used as model organisms for studying animal foraging strategies.
Saleh, Nehal
core   +4 more sources

Earlier Morning Arrival to Pollen-Rewarding Flowers May Enable Feral Bumble Bees to Successfully Compete with Local Bee Species and Expand Their Distribution Range in a Mediterranean Habitat

open access: yesInsects, 2022
During recent decades, bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) have continuously expanded their range in the Mediterranean climate regions of Israel. To assess their potential effects on local bee communities, we monitored their diurnal and seasonal activity ...
Noam Bar-Shai   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Potential Influence of Bumble Bee Visitation on Foraging Behaviors and Assemblages of Honey Bees on Squash Flowers in Highland Agricultural Ecosystems. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Bee species interactions can benefit plant pollination through synergistic effects and complementary effects, or can be of detriment to plant pollination through competition effects by reducing visitation by effective pollinators.
Zhenghua Xie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decline and Conservation of Bumble Bees [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual 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 forager abundance on lowland heaths is predicated by specific floral availability rather than the presence of honey bee foragers: evidence for forage resource partitioning

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

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