Bumblebees are ubiquitous, cold‐adapted eusocial bees found worldwide from subarctic to
tropical regions of the world. They are key pollinators in most temperate and boreal …

Body size is arguably one of the most important traits influencing the physiology and ecology
of animals. Shifts in animal body size have been observed in response to climate change …

Global warming has been identified as a key driver of bee declines around the world. While
it is clear that elevated temperatures during the spring and summer months—the principal …

Bee foraging behavior provides a pollination service that has both ecological and economic
benefits. However, bee population decline could directly affect the efficiency of this …

With rapid industrialization and urbanization in China, inadequate preservation of traditional
architecture coupled with natural deterioration have led to the fragmentation of architectural …

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 …

Contemporary climate change affects population dynamics, but its influence varies with
landscape structure. It is still unclear whether landscape fragmentation buffers or amplifies …

Ever since the development of James Watt's steam engine in 1784, and particularly after the
Second World War, human societies have expanded across the world and are now …

To accommodate an ever-increasing human population, agriculture is rapidly intensifying at
the expense of natural habitat, with negative and widely reported effects on biodiversity in …

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 …