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Nutritional composition of pollen stores in managed bees across European agro‐ecosystems reveals species‐specific differences but limited pesticide effects

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
In the pollen stores of three bee species deployed across 128 European sites, bumble bees harboured lower lipid content and higher protein‐to‐lipid ratios than honey bees and mason bees. Toxicity‐weighted pesticide risk did not alter protein‐to‐lipid ratios, but higher risk was associated with reduced protein and lipid content in the pollen stores of ...
Antoine Gekière, Clément Tourbez, Maryse Vanderplanck, Tomasz Kiljanek, Guillaume Ghisbain, Elif Kardas, Irene Bottero, Marie‐Pierre Chauzat, Elena Cini, Francesca Corvucci, Joachim R. de Miranda, Gennaro Di Prisco, Christophe Dominik, Francesca V. Grillenzoni, Simon Hodge, Anina Knauer, Marion Laurent, Vicente Martínez‐López, Risto Raimets, Janine M. Schwarz, Deepa Senapathi, Giorgia Serra, Giovanni Tamburini, Dimitry Wintermantel, Mark J. F. Brown, Matthias Albrecht, Cecilia Costa, Pilar De la Rúa, Alexandra‐Maria Klein, Marika Mänd, Simon G. Potts, Maj Rundlöf, Oliver Schweiger, Jane C. Stout, Denis Michez   +34 more
wiley   +1 more source

The evolutionary ecology of interactive synchronism: The illusion of the optimal phenotype [PDF]

, 2017
In this article, we discuss some ecological-evolutionary strategies that allow synchronization of organisms, resources, and conditions. Survival and reproduction require synchronization of life cycles of organisms with favourable environmental ...
Diniz-Filho, Jose Alexandre F, Martins, Rogerio P, tidon, rosana   +2 more
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To provide pollinator nesting habitat, cut dead perennial stems in their first winter

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Garden management practises need to consider stem‐nesting bees and wasps to avoid destroying active nests and important nesting materials. Volunteers collected samples of dead stems (in situ where they grew) in winter, spring, summer and fall as part of a participatory research project.
Hannah K. Levenson, Charlotte Glen, Leslie Rose, Elsa Youngsteadt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing European conservation and mitigation tools for pollination services: approaches of the STEP (Status and Trends of European Pollinators) project [PDF]

, 2011
Pollinating insects form a key component of European biodiversity, and provide a vital ecosystem service to crops and wild plants. There is growing evidence of declines in both wild and domesticated pollinators, and parallel declines in plants relying ...
Alexandra-Maria Klein, Ante Vujić, Antonio Felicioli, Bernard E Vaissière, David Kleijn, DICKS L V, EU COMMUNICATION, EU COMMUNICATION, FREEMAN S, Henrik G Smith, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Jacobus C Biesmeijer, Josef Settele, KLOTZ S, LILLELEHT V, Lyubomir D Penev, MACCAGNANI B, Markus Fischer, Martin Zobel, MATSUMURA C, Michal Woyciechowski, Montserrat Vilà, NATURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, Oliver Schweiger, Pekka Jokinen, Peter B Sørensen, Peter Neumann, Pierre Rasmont, RASMONT P, Riccardo Bommarco, Simon G Potts, SPEIGHT M C D, Stuart P M Roberts, Theodora Petanidou, William E Kunin, WILLIAMS I H   +35 more
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Concentrated vulnerabilities in bees: Diet specialists have smaller geographic ranges

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Niche breadth theory predicts a positive association between range size and diet breadth, which could concentrate risk among specialists, but this is not well established for bees. Using global occurrence data (range size) and natural history collection‐derived pollen data (diet breadth), we compared these traits in 633 species from six families and ...
Charles N. Thrift, Thomas J. Wood, An Bui, Hillary S. Young, Katja C. Seltmann   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gyne and drone production in bombus atratus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]

, 2017
For over a decade, our research group has studied the biology of the native bumblebee, Bombus atratus, to investigate the feasibility of using it to pollinate crops such as tomato, strawberry, blackberry and peppers.
Cure, JR, Gutierrez, AP, Padilla, SC, Riaño, DA, Rodriguez, D, Romero, E   +5 more
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Nemolizumab in prurigo nodularis up to 100 weeks: OLYMPIA LTE interim analysis

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, EarlyView.
In this interim analysis of the OLYMPIA long‐term extension trial, nemolizumab exhibited sustained efficacy and was well tolerated through 100 weeks, with most adverse events being mild/moderate. Patients showed clinically meaningful improvements in core signs and symptoms.
Franz J. Legat, Shawn G. Kwatra, Adam Reich, Serge Boulinguez, Athanasios Tsianakas, Maxwell Sauder, Sebastien Barbarot, Jacek C. Szepietowski, Curdin Conrad, Andrew E. Pink, Elke Weisshaar, Laurent Misery, Martin Metz, Vivian T. Laquer, Raja K. Sivamani, Gil Yosipovitch, Diamant Thaçi, Lone Skov, Xiaoxiao Chen, Aliene Noda, Zarif K. Jabbar‐Lopez, Christophe Piketty, Sonja Ständer   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

New fungal core microbiome members of the ground nesting bee Andrena vaga: The key to oligolecty?

Basic and Applied Ecology
To fully understand a species, it is essential to gain knowledge about their associated (micro-)organisms. Currently, most research focuses on managed social bees and their bacterial associates.
Hanna Gardein, Silvio Erler, Henri Greil, Andrey Yurkov   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ecosystem services of biodiversity in organic grasslands [PDF]

, 2011
The use of multi-species mixtures in herbage production can add value in terms of improved conditions for pollinating insects, better resource utilization, carbon sequestration, yield stability, animal health and product quality.
Eriksen, J., Strandberg, B., Søegaard, K.   +2 more
core  

The Plight of the Bumble Bee: The Impact of the Bumble Bee Gut Microbiome on Pathogen Infection Rates [PDF]

, 2016
Bumble bees are one of the most common and important non-managed pollinators of agricultural crops and are therefore vital to society’s ecological and agricultural health.
Mockler, Blair
core   +1 more source