Radio telemetry has been widely used to study the space use and movement behaviour of
vertebrates, but transmitter sizes have only recently become small enough to allow tracking …

Honey has been used since ancient times for the treatment of wounds. The discovery of
antibiotics made its use less appealing, but the development of antibiotic resistance has …

Bees are important pollinators of wild and agricultural plants 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and there is
increasing evidence that many bee populations decline due to a combination of habitat loss …

Each year, trillions of insects make long-range seasonal migrations. These movements are
relatively well understood at a population level, but how individual insects achieve them …

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

To preserve populations of endangered bee species, sound knowledge of their maximum
foraging distance between nest and host plants is crucial. Previous investigations predicted …

Biodiversity is organised into complex ecological networks of interacting species in local
ecosystems, but our knowledge about the effects of habitat fragmentation on such systems …

Insect pollination constitutes an ecosystem service of global importance, providing
significant economic and aesthetic benefits as well as cultural value to human society …

Background Accurate estimates of movement behavior and distances travelled by animals
are difficult to obtain, especially for small-bodied insects where transmitter weights have …

Solitary bees are central place foragers returning to their nests several times a day with
pollen and nectar to provision their brood cells. They are especially susceptible to …