Overview of bee pollination and its economic value for crop production

SAM Khalifa, EH Elshafiey, AA Shetaia, AAA El-Wahed… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There is a rising demand for food security in the face of threats posed by a
growing human population. Bees as an insect play a crucial role in crop pollination …

Lethal, sublethal, and combined effects of pesticides on bees: A meta-analysis and new risk assessment tools

S Tosi, C Sfeir, E Carnesecchi, MP Chauzat - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multiple stressors threaten bee health, a major one being pesticides. Bees are
simultaneously exposed to multiple pesticides that can cause both lethal and sublethal …

Drivers of colony losses

N Steinhauer, K Kulhanek, K Antúnez, H Human… - Current opinion in insect …, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, in some regions of the world, honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) colonies
have experienced rates of colony loss that are difficult for beekeepers to sustain. The …

Pesticides and pollinators: A socioecological synthesis

DB Sponsler, CM Grozinger, C Hitaj, M Rundlöf… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The relationship between pesticides and pollinators, while attracting no shortage of attention
from scientists, regulators, and the public, has proven resistant to scientific synthesis and …

Lethal and sublethal synergistic effects of a new systemic pesticide, flupyradifurone (Sivanto®), on honeybees

S Tosi, JC Nieh - Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) is an important pollinator and a model for pesticide effects
on insect pollinators. The effects of agricultural pesticides on honeybee health have …

Bees and pesticide regulation: lessons from the neonicotinoid experience

F Sgolastra, P Medrzycki, L Bortolotti, S Maini… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Neonicotinoid insecticides have been signaled as an important driver of widespread
declines in bee diversity and abundance. Neonicotinoids were registered in the 1990s and …

Flower plantings support wild bee reproduction and may also mitigate pesticide exposure effects

M Rundlöf, C Stuligross, A Lindh… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable agriculture relies on pollinators, and wild bees benefit yield of multiple crops.
However, the combined exposure to pesticides and loss of flower resources, driven by …

Analysis of honey bee exposure to multiple pesticide residues in the hive environment

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HVV Tome, DR Schmehl, AE Wedde, RSM Godoy… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pesticide exposure is regarded as a contributing factor to the high gross loss rates of
managed colonies of Apis mellifera. Pesticides enter the hive through contaminated nectar …

Sustainability and adaptation dynamics in global food security: a Bayesian belief network approach

A Qazi, MKS Al-Mhdawi - Journal of cleaner production, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the dependencies between the Global Food Security Index (GFSI)
and indicators related to sustainability and adaptation using Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) …