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 …

Crop and landscape heterogeneity increase biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: A global review and meta‐analysis

TS Priyadarshana, EA Martin, C Sirami… - Ecology …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural intensification not only increases food production but also drives widespread
biodiversity decline. Increasing landscape heterogeneity has been suggested to increase …

Complex agricultural landscapes host more biodiversity than simple ones: A global meta-analysis

N Estrada-Carmona, AC Sánchez, R Remans… - Proceedings of the …, 2022‏ - pnas.org
Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity conservation requires profound
structural changes worldwide. Often, discussions are centered on management at the field …

Disproportionate declines of formerly abundant species underlie insect loss

R van Klink, DE Bowler, KB Gongalsky, M Shen… - Nature, 2024‏ - nature.com
Studies have reported widespread declines in terrestrial insect abundances in recent years,,–
, but trends in other biodiversity metrics are less clear-cut,–. Here we examined long-term …

Crop production in the USA is frequently limited by a lack of pollinators

JR Reilly, DR Artz, D Biddinger… - … of the Royal …, 2020‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Most of the world's crops depend on pollinators, so declines in both managed and wild bees
raise concerns about food security. However, the degree to which insect pollination is …

[HTML][HTML] Widespread losses of pollinating insects in Britain

GD Powney, C Carvell, M Edwards, RKA Morris… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Pollination is a critical ecosystem service underpinning the productivity of agricultural
systems across the world. Wild insect populations provide a substantial contribution to the …

Ecological intensification: bridging the gap between science and practice

D Kleijn, R Bommarco, TPM Fijen, LA Garibaldi… - Trends in ecology & …, 2019‏ - cell.com
There is worldwide concern about the environmental costs of conventional intensification of
agriculture. Growing evidence suggests that ecological intensification of mainstream farming …

[HTML][HTML] Solutions for humanity on how to conserve insects

MJ Samways, PS Barton, K Birkhofer, F Chichorro… - Biological …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The fate of humans and insects intertwine, especially through the medium of plants. Global
environmental change, including land transformation and contamination, is causing …

Country-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticides on honey bees and wild bees

BA Woodcock, JM Bullock, RF Shore, MS Heard… - Science, 2017‏ - science.org
Neonicotinoid seed dressings have caused concern world-wide. We use large field
experiments to assess the effects of neonicotinoid-treated crops on three bee species across …

Why bees are critical for achieving sustainable development

V Patel, N Pauli, E Biggs, L Barbour, B Boruff - Ambio, 2021‏ - Springer
Reductions in global bee populations are threatening the pollination benefits to both the
planet and people. Whilst the contribution of bee pollination in promoting sustainable …