The nutritional landscape in agroecosystems: a review on how resources and management practices can shape pollinator health in agricultural environments

PW Lau, IL Esquivel, KA Parys… - Annals of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Pollinator nutrition is a highly complex subject that we are just starting to unravel, from the
multidimensional nature of bee forage (pollen and nectar) to how the abiotic environment …

New challenges for sunflower ideoty** in changing environments and more ecological crop** systems

P Debaeke, P Casadebaig, NB Langlade - OCL, 2021 - ocl-journal.org
As a rainfed spring-sown crop, sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is increasingly exposed to
negative impacts of climate change, especially to high temperatures and drought stress …

Economic sustainability assessment of a beekee** farm in hungary

A Feketéné Ferenczi, I Szűcs, A Bauerné Gáthy - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
In Hungary, beekee** is a relatively small-scale sector within the livestock sector, but it is
essential for maintaining biodiversity and rural employment. In order to provide ecosystem …

Confirmation that chestnuts are insect-pollinated

RJ Petit, C Larue - Botany Letters, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We have performed new insect-exclusion experiments to test if chestnuts are insect-
pollinated, as proposed in an earlier study. We used double rather than simple nets to …

Genetic map** of a pollinator preference trait: Nectar volume in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

AC Barstow, JR Prasifka, Z Attia, NC Kane… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although high pollinator visitation is crucial to ensure the yields of pollinator-dependent
crops, the quantitative trait loci (QTL) controlling nectar volume in sunflower (Helianthus …

A review of short-term weather impacts on honey production

C Vincze, Á Leelőssy, E Zajácz, R Mészáros - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Beekee** is an exceptionally weather-sensitive agricultural field. Honey production and
pollination services depend on the complex interaction of plants and bees, both of which are …

Measuring honey bee feeding rhythms with the Beebox, a platform for nectar foraging insects

MBC Sokolowski, G Bottet, M Dacher - Physiology & behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
In honey bees, most studies of circadian rhythms involve a locomotion test performed in a
small tube, a tunnel, or at the hive entrance. However, despite feeding playing an important …

Honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) foraging rewards in sunflowers: effect of floral traits on visitation and variation in pollen quality over two consecutive years

B Ferguson, JR Prasifka, MJ Carroll… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Sunflower production depends on pollination by honey bees, Apis mellifera L., and wild
bees. For wild sunflower oligoleges, preference for various sunflower lines seems to reflect …

Nectary microstructure and nectar production in two species of Cephalocereus (Cactaceae) and their natural hybrid

W Gudiño, DE Torres, G Merino, E Martínez-Barajas… - Flora, 2024 - Elsevier
Variation in the quantity and quality of reward substances produced by flowers influences
reproductive success in angiosperms. In this study, a comparative analysis of nectaries and …