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The Bumble Bees of Florida, Bombus spp.
EDIS, 2011 Bumble bees are easily recognized by the corbicula (pollen basket) on the hind tibiae in the females. They are beneficial insects that pollinate many native and ornamental plants.
Lionel A. Stange
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EcosphereBee declines pose a serious risk to agricultural sustainability, wild plant diversity, and the commercial bee industry, generating local and global concerns about bee health. Parasites, including micro‐parasites and macro‐parasites, negatively impact bee
Briana E. Wham +7 more
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The conservation of bumble bees [PDF]
Bee 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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What currency do bumble bees maximize? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 In modelling bumble bee foraging, net rate of energetic intake has been suggested as the appropriate currency. The foraging behaviour of honey bees is better predicted by using efficiency, the ratio of energetic gain to expenditure, as the currency.
Nicholas L Charlton, Alasdair I Houston
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Journal 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
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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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Insects, 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
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The Potential Influence of Bumble Bee Visitation on Foraging Behaviors and Assemblages of Honey Bees on Squash Flowers in Highland Agricultural Ecosystems. [PDF]
PLoS 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
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Evidence for and against deformed wing virus spillover from honey bees to bumble bees : a reverse genetic analysis [PDF]
, 2020 Funding: This work was supported by grant funding from BBSRC BB/M00337X/2 and BB/I000828/1. This research was also supported by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant 2017-06481 (EVR ...
Ryabov, Eugene V +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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