Bee and non-bee pollinator importance for local food security

F Requier, N Pérez-Méndez, GKS Andersson… - Trends in ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
Pollinators are critical for food security; however, their contribution to the pollination of locally
important crops is still unclear, especially for non-bee pollinators. We reviewed the diversity …

[HTML][HTML] Migratory beekee** and its influence on the prevalence and dispersal of pathogens to managed and wild bees

V Martínez-López, C Ruiz, P De la Rúa - International Journal for …, 2022 - Elsevier
Demand for food is growing along with the human population, leading to an increase in
plant production. Many crops are pollinated by insects, so the global demand for managed …

Insufficient pollinator visitation often limits yield in crop systems worldwide

KJ Turo, JR Reilly, TPM Fijen, A Magrach… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Declining pollinator populations could threaten global food production, especially if current
crop yields are limited by insufficient pollinator visitation to flowers, in a phenomenon …

Synthesis of highbush blueberry pollination research reveals region‐specific differences in the contributions of honeybees and wild bees

M Eeraerts, LW DeVetter, P Batáry… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Highbush blueberry production has expanded worldwide in recent decades. To safeguard
future yields, it is essential to understand if insect pollination is limiting current blueberry …

Data standardization of plant–pollinator interactions

JA Salim, AM Saraiva, PF Zermoglio, K Agostini… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Animal pollination is an important ecosystem function and service, ensuring
both the integrity of natural systems and human well-being. Although many knowledge …

Crop‐pollinating D iptera have diverse diets and habitat needs in both larval and adult stages

AE Davis, DJ Bickel, ME Saunders… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Insects are important pollinators of global food crops and wild plants. The adult and larval
diet and habitat needs are well known for many bee taxa, but poorly understood for other …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological, environmental, and management data indicate apple production is driven by wild bee diversity and management practices

T Weekers, L Marshall, N Leclercq, TJ Wood… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate, landscape composition, management practice, and wild bee pollination are all
variables thought to play significant roles in commercial apple production. However, how …

Potential for climate change driven spatial mismatches between apple crops and their wild bee pollinators at a continental scale

L Marshall, N Leclercq, T Weekers, I El Abdouni… - Global Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Visitation by wild bee species alongside managed pollinators is necessary to ensure
consistent yields and fruit quality in apple fields. Wild bee species are vulnerable to several …

Shedding light on pollination deficits: Cueing into plant spectral reflectance signatures to monitor pollination delivery across landscapes

C Parry, C Turnbull, LMC Barter… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pollination underlies plant yield, health and reproductive success in agricultural and natural
systems worldwide. It is therefore concerning that declining animal pollinator populations …

Wild insects and honey bees are equally important to crop yields in a global analysis

J Reilly, I Bartomeus, D Simpson… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Most of the world's food crops are dependent on pollinators. However, there is a great
deal of uncertainty in the strength of this relationship, especially regarding the relative …