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.
Birte Peters +2 more
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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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Peptidomic analysis of the venom of the solitary bee Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans [PDF]
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2017 Background Among the hymenopteran insect venoms, those from social wasps and bees – such as honeybee, hornets and paper wasps – have been well documented.
Kohei Kazuma +10 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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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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Susceptibility of solitary bees to agrochemicals highlights gaps in bee risk assessment
Environmental Toxicology and PharmacologyGround-nesting solitary bees are the most abundant bee species in the xeric areas of the world, but the effects of agrochemicals on them have been little studied. Herein, we evaluated the topical toxicity of an insecticide, a herbicide, and an essential oil on Mediterranean ground-nesting bees (Andrena impunctata, A. nigroolivacea, A.
Roberto Catania +2 more
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Contact toxicity of three insecticides for use in tier I pesticide risk assessments with Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 The current pesticide risk assessment paradigm may not adequately protect solitary bees as it focuses primarily on the honey bee (Apis mellifera). The alfalfa leafcutting bee (Megachile rotundata) is a potential surrogate species for use in pesticide ...
Graham R. Ansell +3 more
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Deformed wing virus prevalence in solitary bees put to the test: an experimental transmission study
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Virus spillover from managed to unmanaged bees and vice versa may be one mechanism driving colony losses of the former and declines of the latter. There is clear evidence that the ubiquitous Deformed wing virus (DWV) is a major driver of honey bee (Apis ...
Alexandria Schauer +5 more
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