Experimental evidence that wildflower strips increase pollinator visits to crops [PDF]
, 2015 This study was financially supported by the Natural Environment Research Council and the Economic and Social Research Council. Date of Acceptance: 06/01/2015Wild bees provide a free and potentially diverse ecosystem service to farmers growing pollination-
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Do Viruses From Managed Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Endanger Wild Bees in Native Prairies? [PDF]
Environ Entomol, 2021 Populations of wild and managed pollinators are declining in North America, and causes include increases in disease pressure and decreases in flowering resources. Tallgrass prairies can provide floral resources for managed honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae,
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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.
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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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A strong immune response in young adult honeybees masks their increased susceptibility to infection compared to older bees [PDF]
, 2012 Honeybees, Apis mellifera, show age-related division of labor in which young adults perform maintenance ("housekeeping") tasks inside the colony before switching to outside foraging at approximately 23 days old. Disease resistance is an important feature
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Wild bees enhance honey bees’ pollination of hybrid sunflower [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2006 Pollinators are required for producing 15–30% of the human food supply, and farmers rely on managed honey bees throughout the world to provide these services. Yet honey bees are not always the most efficient pollinators of all crops and are declining in various parts of the world. Crop pollination shortages are becoming increasingly common.
Sarah S, Greenleaf, Claire, Kremen
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Simple model of Collective Decision Making during Nectar Source selection by Honey Bees. [PDF]
, 2005 Swarm Robotics is an area of active research interest where groups of robots coordinate and perform collective tasks. Existing ap- proaches to Learning and Collective Decision Making amongst a group of robots is complex.
Marshall, Ian, Ghosh, Siddhartha
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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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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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