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Road verges can support high densities of flowers and could therefore provide new opportunities for the conservation of flower-visiting insects. One w...

The honeybee Apis mellifera is currently in decline worldwide because of the combined impacts of Colony Collapse Disorder and the Varroa destructor mi...

Because of changing land-use practices and abandonment, many European calcareous grasslands are under increasing threat. In order to protect those gra...

The brown honeyeater (Lichmera indistincta) is a common bird species in Australia and is a pollinator of many native plant species but there are no re...

Historical data of the spring migration of the aphid Phorodon humuli recorded at Wye, Kent and Rosemaund, Herefordshire, UK, and the phenology of over...

Rice is one of the most important crops in the world. Several transgenic varieties of rice have been developed, and some have recently entered pre-pro...

Observations on the behaviour of bees visiting black currant, raspberry and strawberry flowers showed that bees touched both stamens and stigmas of ne...

Changes in agricultural practice across Europe and North America have been associated with range contractions and a decline in the abundance of wild b...

The density of Pteronia pallens (Asteraceae), a shrub toxic to sheep, increased in Karoo rangeland at the expense of a congeneric palatable shrub, P. ...

The decline of managed honeybees and the rapid expansion of mass-flowering crops increase the risk of pollination limitation in crops and raise questi...