Direct and indirect effects of land use on microbiomes of trap-nesting solitary bee larvae and nests [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionThe global decline in biodiversity and insect populations highlights the urgent need to conserve ecosystem functions, such as plant pollination by solitary bees.
Alexander Keller +2 more
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The Supercooling Responses of the Solitary Bee Osmia excavata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) under the Biological Stress of Its Brood Parasite, Sapyga coma (Hymenoptera: Sapygidae) [PDF]
Insects, 2022 (1) Background: Many insects have evolved different strategies to adapt to subzero temperatures and parasites, but the supercooling response of pollinator populations under the brood parasitism pressure has not been sufficiently investigated. (2) Methods:
Zhuo Yan +8 more
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Solitary bee larvae modify bacterial diversity of pollen provisions in the stem-nesting bee, Osmia cornifrons (Megachilidae) [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Microbes, including diverse bacteria and fungi, play an important role in the health of both solitary and social bees. Among solitary bee species, in which larvae remain in a closed brood cell throughout development, experiments that modified or ...
Jordan G. Kueneman +5 more
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Phenological mismatches and the demography of solitary bees
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2023 Species respond idiosyncratically to environmental variation, which may generate phenological mismatches. We assess the consequences of such mismatches for solitary bees. During 9 years, we studied flowering phenology and nesting phenology and demography of five wood-nesting solitary bee species representing a broad gradient of specialization ...
Diego P Vazquez, Nydia Vitale
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Widespread occurrence of honey bee pathogens in solitary bees [PDF]
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 2014 Solitary bees and honey bees from a neighbouring apiary were screened for a broad set of putative pathogens including protists, fungi, spiroplasmas and viruses. Most sampled bees appeared to be infected with multiple parasites. Interestingly, viruses exclusively known from honey bees such as Apis mellifera Filamentous Virus and Varroa destructor Macula-
Guy Smagghe +2 more
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Predation Cues in Solitary bee Nests. [PDF]
J Insect Behav, 2017 Predation at the nesting site can significantly affect solitary bees' reproductive success. We tested female red mason bees' (Osmia bicornis L.) acceptance of potential nesting sites, some of which were marked with cues coming from predated conspecifics (crushed bees) or from a predator itself (rodent excreta).
Kierat J +3 more
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Sensitivity to imidacloprid insecticide varies among some social and solitary bee species of agricultural value. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Pollinator health risks from long-lasting neonicotinoid insecticides like imidacloprid has primarily focused on commercially managed, cavity-nesting bees in the genera Apis, Bombus, and Osmia.
Blair Sampson +6 more
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Mitigating the Effects of Habitat Loss on Solitary Bees in Agricultural Ecosystems
Agriculture (Switzerland), 2020 Solitary bees and other wild pollinators provide an important ecosystem service which can benefit both the agricultural economy and the sustainability of many native ecosystems. Many solitary bees, however, are experiencing decreases in their populations
Neelendra K Joshi
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Genomic insights into neonicotinoid sensitivity in the solitary bee Osmia bicornis. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2019 The impact of pesticides on the health of bee pollinators is determined in part by the capacity of bee detoxification systems to convert these compounds to less toxic forms.
Katherine Beadle +16 more
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Using the Solitary Pollinator Osmia lignaria to Bridge Agricultural Practice and Ecological Theory [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionWith global pollinator populations in decline and colony collapse disorder threatening honey bee colony loss, understanding the biology and management of alternative pollinators has become increasingly urgent.
Natalie Van Pelt +4 more
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