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Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Solitary Bees [PDF]
Environmental Entomology, 2018 Current pesticide risk assessment for bees relies on a single (social) species, the western honey bee, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae). However, most of the >20,000 bee species worldwide are solitary. Differences in life history traits between solitary bees (SB) and honey bees (HB) are likely to determine differences in routes and levels of ...
Sgolastra F. +9 more
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Sociobiology, 2022 Bee males are sometimes found forming sleeping aggregations on stems of bushes or trees to sleep at night, but there is no complete understanding of the reasons for this behaviour.
Wagner Pereira Silva +1 more
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Wild Bee Pollen Diets Reveal Patterns of Seasonal Foraging Resources for Honey Bees
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Western honey bees (Apis mellifera) are dominant crop pollinators, and access to summer forage is a critical factor influencing colony health in agricultural landscapes.
Thomas James Wood +2 more
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The Bee Brick: building habitat for solitary bees [PDF]
, 2023 This article describes the process of designing the Bee Brick - a novel solution for integrating solitary bee habitats within buildings. Of the 250 species of bee in the UK, 90% are solitary bees of which 5% nest in cavities.
Christman, Kate, Hodsdon, Laura
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Foraging ranges of solitary bees
Journal of Animal Ecology, 2002 Summary Habitat requirements of solitary bees include nesting sites, food resources and nesting material. We used translocation experiments to establish foraging distances and measured foraging trip duration to analyse how solitary bees cope with the distance between nesting sites and suitable food plants in different habitat types.
Gathmann, Achim, Tscharntke, Teja
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 Risk assessment of pesticides involves ecotoxicological testing. In case pesticide exposure to bees is likely, toxicity tests are performed with honey bees (Apis mellifera), with a tiered approach, for which validated and internationally accepted test ...
Gregor Claus +4 more
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Castlemaine Naturalist, 1994 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Wild solitary bees and their use of bee hotels in southwest Spain
Journal of Apicultural Research, 2021 There is an increasing interest in preserving and, if possible, increasing wild bee populations as evidenced by increasinginvestigations into providing supplemental nesting resources, commonly called bee hotels. The study presented herewas carried out in 2017 and 2018 with two objectives: a) to understand the role that insect refuges could have ...
José Enrique González-Zamora +2 more
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Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2023 Sowing flower strips along field edges is a widely adopted method for conserving pollinating insects in agricultural landscapes. To maximize the effect of flower strips given limited resources, we need spatially explicit tools that can prioritize their ...
Markus A. K. Sydenham +10 more
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Are Botanical Biopesticides Safe for Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)?
Insects, 2023 The recent global decline in insect populations is of particular concern for pollinators. Wild and managed bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) are of primary environmental and economic importance because of their role in pollinating cultivated and wild plants ...
Roberto Catania +5 more
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