The relationship between managed bees and the prevalence of parasites in bumblebees [PDF]
, 2014 Honey bees and, more recently, bumblebees have been domesticated and are now managed commercially primarily for crop pollination, mixing with wild pollinators during foraging on shared flower resources.
Arbetman +59 more
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Wild Bee Conservation within Urban Gardens and Nurseries: Effects of Local and Landscape Management [PDF]
, 2019 Across urban environments, vegetated habitats provide refuge for biodiversity. Gardens (designed for food crop production) and nurseries (designed for ornamental plant production) are both urban agricultural habitats characterized by high plant species ...
Cecala, Jacob M. +2 more
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Bees increase seed set of wild plants while the proportion of arable land has a variable effect on pollination in European agricultural landscapes [PDF]
Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background and aims – Agricultural intensification and loss of farmland heterogeneity have contributed to population declines of wild bees and other pollinators, which may have caused subsequent declines in insect-pollinated wild plants.
Lina Herbertsson +35 more
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Unbiased RNA shotgun metagenomics in social and solitary wild bees detects associations with eukaryote parasites and new viruses [PDF]
, 2016 The diversity of eukaryote organisms and viruses associated with wild bees remains poorly characterized in contrast to the well-documented pathosphere of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera.
Braeckman, Bart +5 more
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Possible Spillover of Pathogens between Bee Communities Foraging on the Same Floral Resource
Insects, 2021 Viruses are known to contribute to bee population decline. Possible spillover is suspected from the co-occurrence of viruses in wild bees and honey bees.
Anne Dalmon +7 more
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BMC Veterinary Research, 2020 Background Glycomer 631 and lactomer 9–1 are absorbable suture materials indicated for soft tissue approximation in non-infected wounds. Pigs are often used as surgical models in translational research; however, reports of tissue reactions to both suture
Tanja Plavec +7 more
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Different semi-natural habitat types provide complementary nesting resources for wild bees
Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2023 Semi-natural habitats provide refuge for pollinating insects such as wild bees. Different types of semi-natural habitat can provide complementary floral resources throughout the year, but it is uncertain to what extent different semi-natural habitat ...
Maxime Eeraerts, Rufus Isaacs
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Protecting an Ecosystem Service: Approaches to Understanding and Mitigating Threats to Wild Insect Pollinators [PDF]
, 2016 Insect pollination constitutes an ecosystem service of global importance, providing significant economic and aesthetic benefits as well as cultural value to human society, alongside vital ecological processes in terrestrial ecosystems.
Arce, AN +26 more
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Agronomy, 2020 Maine is the largest producer of wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton) in the United States. Pollination comes from combinations of honey bees (Apis mellifera (L.)), commercial bumble bees (Bombus impatiens Cresson), and wild bees.
Sara L. Bushmann, Francis A. Drummond
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New distribution records of wild bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in South Tyrol (Italy): expanding the wild bee database. [PDF]
Biodivers Data JThroughout South Tyrol, in northern Italy, there is a data deficiency relating to wild bee species pool. Here, we present significant findings from the collection of 3,313 wild bees gathered over two separate studies conducted in consecutive years. Our research focused on the impact of landscape heterogeneity, temperature and land-use change on wild ...
Zanini S +6 more
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