Recent declines of bee species have led to great interest in preserving and promoting bee
populations for agricultural and wild plant pollination. Many correlational studies have …

Beneficial arthropods provide many important ecosystem services. In agroecosystems,
pollination and control of crop pests provide benefits worth billions of dollars annually …

Declines of many bumble bee species have raised concerns because of their importance as
pollinators and potential harbingers of declines among other insect taxa. At present, bumble …

We describe the richness, abundance, and ecological characteristics of bees in community
gardens located in heavily developed neighborhoods of the Bronx and East Harlem, NY. In …

Due to loss of natural habitats, human-dominated green spaces are likely to increase in
importance for biodiversity support. We assessed the potential value of urban “green roofs” …

Though they are relatively understudied, non-native bees are ubiquitous and have
enormous potential economic and environmental impacts. These impacts may be positive or …

Society is increasingly concerned with declining wild bee populations. Although most bees
nest in the ground, considerable effort has centered on installing 'bee hotels'—also known …

Bumblebees (Bombus spp.) have been declining rapidly in many temperate regions of the
Old World. Despite their ecological and economic importance as pollinators, North American …

Pollinators-insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the
female parts of flowers for plant reproduction-are an essential part of natural and agricultural …

Urbanization is one of the major anthropogenic processes contributing to local habitat loss
and extirpation of numerous species, including wild bees, the most widespread pollinators …