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Extremely frequent bee visits increase pollen deposition but reduce drupelet set in raspberry.

Published online: 14 Jan 2015

Authors: Sáez, A. & Morales, C. L. & Ramos, L. Y. & Aizen, M. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Production of many flowering crops often benefits from elevated pollinator diversity and abundance. Nevertheless, the opposite relationship may arise ...

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Pollinator body size mediates the scale at which land use drives crop pollination services.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Benjamin, F. E. & Reilly, J. R. & Winfree, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem services to agriculture, such as pollination, rely on natural areas adjacent to farmland to support organisms that provide services. Native ...

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Effect of height and colour of bee bricks on nesting occupancy of bees and wasps in SW England.

Published online: 16 May 2022

Authors: Shaw, R. F. & Christman, K. P. & Crookes, R. & Gilbert, C. N. & Osborne, J. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Conservation Evidence

Bee bricks are a novel solitary-bee nesting habitat made from reclaimed concrete, designed to be built into walls to provide nest sites in urban areas...

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Optimizing coffee production: increased floral visitation and bean quality at plantation edges with wild pollinators and natural vegetation.

Published online: 15 Jun 2024

Authors: Machado, A. C. P. & Baronio, G. J. & Novaes, C. S. & Ollerton, J. & Torres, M. W. & Lopes, D. N. S. & Rech, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Animal pollination is important for more than 75% of agricultural crops, including coffee, whose productivity can increase with adequate pollination. ...

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Honeybee colony weight as an index of honey production and nectar flow: a critical evaluation.

Published online: 01 Jan 1979

Authors: McLellan, A. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Honeybee colony weight (C) was related to the weight of honey stored (H), but this relationship was not linear because of the increased population of ...

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Biodiversity in west African parklands promotes pollination of shea.

Published online: 16 Sep 2020

Authors: Delaney, A.

Content type: Blog

This paper explores the ecological and economic importance of the pollination services of shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) trees in West African parklands. ...

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Industrial bees: the impact of apicultural intensification on local disease prevalence.

Published online: 01 Sep 2020

Authors: Bartlett, L. J. & Rozins, C. & Brosi, B. J. & Delaplane, K. S. & Roode, J. C. de & White, A. & Wilfert, L. & Boots, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

It is generally thought that the intensification of farming will result in higher disease prevalences, although there is little specific modelling tes...

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The pollinating efficiency of honeybee and bumblebee visits to flowers of the runner bean Phaseolus coccineus L.

Published online: 01 Jan 1977

Authors: Kendall, D. A. & Smith, B. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The pollinating value of bees on temporarily uncaged runner beans was determined from the set on flowers known to have been visited by these insects, ...

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The pollination of onion (Allium cepa L.) to produce hybrid seed.

Published online: 01 Jan 1976

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

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Blocks of onion plants were either caged with honeybee colonies or left uncaged. Although the uncaged plants produced fewer umbels, the weight of seed...

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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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