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Native bees provide insurance against ongoing honey bee losses

Ecology Letters, 2007
AbstractOne of the values of biodiversity is that it may provide ‘biological insurance’ for services currently rendered by domesticated species or technology. We used crop pollination as a model system, and investigated whether the loss of a domesticated pollinator (the honey bee) could be compensated for by native, wild bee species.
Rachael, Winfree, Neal M, Williams, Jonathan, Dushoff, Claire, Kremen   +3 more
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Native and Solitary Bees in Virginia

2021
A fact sheet on the many native and solitary bees found in Virginia.
Dellinger, Theresa A., Dary, Eric R.
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Native pollinators: how to protect and enhance habitat for native bees

Native Plants Journal, 2008
The success of all restoration efforts—and indeed, of life as we know it—depends on a healthy and diverse population of native pollinators. Pollinators are critical for seed production and the perpetuation of native plants (and our food crops). Bees are our most important pollinators in North America.
Mace Vaughan, Scott Hoffman Black
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A Guide to Native Bees of Australia

2018
Bees are often thought of as yellow and black striped insects that live in hives and produce honey. However, Australia’s abundant native bees are incredibly diverse in their appearance and habits. Some are yellow and black but others have blue stripes, are iridescent green or wasp-like. Some are social but most are solitary.
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Keeping bees in their place: impacts of bees outside their native range

Bee World, 2004
It is well known that introducing non-native organisms can have disastrous consequences, be they cane toads and prickly pear in Australia or grey squirrels and Himalayan balsam in the UK. Many countries now have strict quarantine controls to prevent further introductions. Yet we have something of a blind spot for bees.
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The Native Irish Honey Bee Society

Bee World, 2013
The Native Irish Honey Bee Society (NIHBS) recently celebrated its first anniversary and membership is already approaching 400. The inaugural year included the organisation of a series of eight queen rearing training events, a conference in Athlone with international speakers and the establishment of links with several Irish Universities.
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Observations of native bees and native plants

Metamorphosis Australia : magazine of the Butterfly & Other Invertebrates Club, 2021
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Getting it right for native wild bees

Bee World, 1998
The public hold, simultaneously, the conflicting views that bees are nasty hairy stinging beasts to be swatted before they can do any harm, and that bees are nice cuddly things that pollinate flowers, make honey and are symbolic of summer days.
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Effects of Introduced Bees on Native Ecosystems

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 2003
▪ Abstract  Bees are generally regarded as beneficial insects for their role in pollination, and in the case of the honeybee Apis mellifera, for production of honey. As a result several bee species have been introduced to countries far beyond their home range, including A.
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Biodiversity and conservation of Australian native bees

1999
Australia’s abundant and diverse bee fauna plays a significant part in native terrestrial ecosystems. In several instances the long-term co-evolution between endemic bee and flowering plant species has yielded vulnerable mutual dependence between plant and pollinator. Conservation of bee species is of great importance, both because of their role in the
Michael P. Schwarz, Katja Hogendoorn
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