[HTML][HTML] Design and planning of a transdisciplinary investigation into farmland pollinators: rationale, co-design, and lessons learned

S Hodge, O Schweiger, AM Klein, SG Potts, C Costa… - Sustainability, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
To provide a complete portrayal of the multiple factors negatively impacting insects in
agricultural landscapes it is necessary to assess the concurrent incidence, magnitude, and …

[HTML][HTML] Poison or potion: effects of sunflower phenolamides on bumble bees and their gut parasite

A Gekière, I Semay, M Gérard, D Michez, P Gerbaux… - Biology, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Bee declines have been reported worldwide, partly due to parasite spread
induced by human activities. However, bees may forage on specific floral resources to face …

Can the shape of the wing help in the identification of African stingless bee species?(Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) Wing geometric morphometrics: a tool for …

N Ndungu, NJ Vereecken, M Gerard, S Kariuki… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Springer
Stingless bees are important pollinators of wild and cultivated plants, and they produce
medicinal honey. However, their taxonomy and systematics are still debated and would …

An ecological networks approach reveals restored native vegetation benefits wild bees in agroecosystems

KE Borchardt, C Kadelka, LA Schulte, AL Toth - Biological Conservation, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Conservation of species that rely on mutualistic partners such as pollinators are often better
studied using interaction networks and indicators of ecological functions. We used a novel …

Using physiology to better support wild bee conservation

C Leroy, JL Brunet, M Henry… - Conservation Physiology, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
There is accumulating evidence that wild bees are experiencing a decline in terms of
species diversity, abundance or distribution, which leads to major concerns about the …

Increased overwintering temperature reduces reproductive success of the solitary bee species Osmia bicornis

S Müller, J Collatz, H Richter, R Zboray, M Albrecht - Scientific Reports, 2025‏ - nature.com
Solitary wild bees play a key role as pollinators of wild plants and crops, but they are
increasingly at risk from anthropogenic global change, such as climate warming. However …

Bumble bee breeding on artificial pollen substitutes

A Gekière, D Michez… - Journal of Economic …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Bumble bees are important pollinators for many temperate crops. Because of the growing
demand for food from entomophilous crops, bumble bee colonies are commercially reared …

Pollen as bee medicine: is prevention better than cure?

M Vanderplanck, L Marin, D Michez, A Gekière - Biology, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Bees suffer from diverse pathogens and parasites that play crucial roles in
sha** their communities. Alas, human activities have deeply disturbed natural bee …

Feeding with plant powders increases longevity and body weight of Western honeybee workers (Apis mellifera)

AF Brown, S Wiedmer, G Retschnig, P Neumann - Apidologie, 2024‏ - Springer
Beekeepers routinely substitute honey from managed Western honeybee, Apis mellifera,
colonies with sugar water post-harvest, potentially leading to malnutrition. Although …