Climate change is one of the most significant challenges worldwide. There is strong
evidence from research that climate change will impact several food chain-related elements …

Economic valuation of crop pollination services, including potential monetary losses in
agricultural production induced by insufficient pollination, is a strategy to quantify the …

Sustainable agriculture requires balancing crop yields with the effects of pesticides on non-
target organisms, such as bees and other crop pollinators. Field studies demonstrated that …

Large-scale use of the persistent and potent neonicotinoid and fipronil insecticides has
raised concerns about risks to ecosystem functions provided by a wide range of species and …

Simple Summary This paper addresses climate change effects on honey bees and
beekee**, as observed by the beekeepers. Focus groups were used to identify the …

Background Wild bees are important pollinators that have declined in diversity and
abundance during the last decades. Habitat destruction and fragmentation associated with …

Pollinators contribute around 10% of the economic value of crop production globally, but the
contribution of these pollinators to human nutrition is potentially much higher. Crops vary in …

At least 87% of angiosperm species require animal vectors for their reproduction, while more
than two-thirds of major global food crops depend on zoogamous pollination. Pollinator …

Bumble bees play an important role as pollinators of many crop plants and wild flowers. As
in many wild bees, their abundance and diversity have declined in recent years, which may …

The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …