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Investigating the impacts of field-realistic exposure to a neonicotinoid pesticide on bumblebee foraging, homing ability and colony growth.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Stanley, D. A. & Russell, A. L. & Morrison, S. J. & Rogers, C. & Raine, N. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The ability to forage and return home is essential to the success of bees as both foragers and pollinators. Pesticide exposure may cause behavioural c...

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Species richness of wild bees, but not the use of managed honeybees, increases fruit set of a pollinator-dependent crop.

Published online: 01 Apr 2015

Authors: Mallinger, R. E. & Gratton, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Native, wild bees are important pollinators for both crop and wild plants. With concerns over the availability and cost of managed honeybees, attentio...

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Pesticide risk during commercial apple pollination is greater for honeybees than other managed and wild bees.

Published online: 09 Sep 2024

Authors: Mueller, T. G. & Baert, N. & Muñiz, P. A. & Sossa, D. E. & Danforth, B. N. & McArt, S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Most pesticide research has focussed on risk to managed honeybees, but other managed and wild bees are also exposed to pesticides. Critically, we know...

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Local and landscape-level floral resources explain effects of wildflower strips on wild bees across four European countries.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Scheper, J. & Bommarco, R. & Holzschuh, A. & Potts, S. G. & Riedinger, V. & Roberts, S. P. M. & Rundlöf, M. & Smith, H. G. & Steffan-Dewenter, I. & Wickens, J. B. & Wickens, V. J. & Kleijn, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Growing evidence for declines in wild bees calls for the development and implementation of effective mitigation measures. Enhancing floral resources i...

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The transport of pollen on the body hairs of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) and bumblebees (Bombus spp. L.).

Published online: 01 Jan 1974

Authors: Free, J. B. & Williams, I. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollen was transferred from the body of one honeybee to another as they brushed against each other inside the hive. Much of the pollen on the bodies o...

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Towards a systems approach for understanding honeybee decline: a stocktaking and synthesis of existing models.

Published online: 31 Jul 2013

Authors: Becher, M. A. & Osborne, J. L. & Thorbek, P. & Kennedy, P. J. & Grimm, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The health of managed and wild honeybee colonies appears to have declined substantially in Europe and the United States over the last decade. Sustaina...

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How much do rare and crop-pollinating bees overlap in identity and flower preferences?

Published online: 29 Aug 2020

Authors: MacLeod, M. & Reilly, J. & Cariveau, D. P. & Genung, M. A. & Roswell, M. & Gibbs, J. & Winfree, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The biodiversity-centred approach to conservation prioritizes rare species, whereas the ecosystem services approach prioritizes species that provide s...

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Chronic exposure to the pesticide flupyradifurone can lead to premature onset of foraging in honeybees Apis mellifera.

Published online: 09 Sep 2020

Authors: Hesselbach, H. & Seeger, J. & Schilcher, F. & Ankenbrand, M. & Scheiner, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Honeybees Apis mellifera and other pollinating insects suffer from pesticides in agricultural landscapes. Flupyradifurone is the active ingredient of ...

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The foraging behaviour of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) on Brussels sprout (Brassica oleracea L.).

Published online: 01 Jan 1975

Authors: Free, J. B. & Williams, I. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Bees foraging for nectar on flowers of cultivars with deep corolla tubes and large floral parts found it difficult to reach the inner nectaries. They ...

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Flowers as dirty doorknobs: deformed wing virus transmitted between Apis mellifera and Bombus impatiens through shared flowers.

Published online: 04 Nov 2021

Authors: Burnham, P. A. & Alger, S. A. & Case, B. & Boncristiani, H. & Hébert-Dufresne, L. & Brody, A. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In light of bee declines, the importance of pollination services from managed and native bees to our agriculture and economy is of great political, sc...

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