Expanding insect pollinators in the A nthropocene

G Ghisbain, M Gérard, TJ Wood, HM Hines… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Global changes are severely affecting pollinator insect communities worldwide, resulting in
repeated patterns of species extirpations and extinctions. Whilst negative population trends …

Bumblebee resilience to climate change, through plastic and adaptive responses

K Maebe, AF Hart, L Marshall… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bumblebees are ubiquitous, cold‐adapted eusocial bees found worldwide from subarctic to
tropical regions of the world. They are key pollinators in most temperate and boreal …

Macronutrient ratios in pollen shape bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) foraging strategies and floral preferences

AD Vaudo, HM Patch, DA Mortensen… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
To fuel their activities and rear their offspring, foraging bees must obtain a sufficient quality
and quantity of nutritional resources from a diverse plant community. Pollen is the primary …

[書籍][B] Bumblebees: behaviour, ecology, and conservation

D Goulson - 2010 - books.google.com
Bumblebees are familiar and charismatic insects, occurring throughout much of the world.
They are increasingly being used as a model organism for studying a wide range of …

Comprehensive Bee Pathogen Screening in Belgium Reveals Crithidia mellificae as a New Contributory Factor to Winter Mortality

J Ravoet, J Maharramov, I Meeus, L De Smet… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Since the last decade, unusually high honey bee colony losses have been reported mainly
in North-America and Europe. Here, we report on a comprehensive bee pathogen screening …

How does pollen chemistry impact development and feeding behaviour of polylectic bees?

M Vanderplanck, R Moerman, P Rasmont, G Lognay… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Larvae and imagos of bees rely exclusively on floral rewards as a food source but host-plant
range can vary greatly among bee species. While oligolectic species forage on pollen from a …

Diverse urban pollinators and where to find them

VHD Silva, IN Gomes, JCF Cardoso… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urbanization affects the occurrence, abundance and distribution of pollinators worldwide.
Although urban green spaces support many pollinators, global estimates of urban pollinator …

Unveiling cryptic species of the bumblebee subgenus Bombus s. str. worldwide with COI barcodes (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

PH Williams, MJF Brown, JC Carolan, J An… - Systematics and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Bumblebees of the subgenus Bombus s. str. dominate (or used to dominate) many north
temperate pollinator assemblages and include most of the commercial bumblebee pollinator …

Ozone degrades floral scent and reduces pollinator attraction to flowers

G Farré‐Armengol, J Penuelas, T Li… - New …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this work we analyzed the degradation of floral scent volatiles from Brassica nigra by
reaction with ozone along a distance gradient and the consequences for pollinator …

Mating under climate change: Impact of simulated heatwaves on the reproduction of model pollinators

B Martinet, E Zambra, K Przybyla, T Lecocq… - Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is related to an increase in frequency and intensity of extreme events such
as heatwaves. It is well established that such events may worsen the current world‐wide …