Populations of wild insect pollinators such as bumble bees are threatened worldwide, which
compromises pollinator-dependent crop yields. Intentionally planting wildflower patches in …

Pollinator decline is linked to intensified agricultural practices, pathogens, climate change,
and several other factors. We investigated the combined impact of heat and pesticide stress …

Simple Summary Bombus breviceps is an important native species of bumblebee in
southern China. As a pollinator, it has the potential for domestication and commercial …

Social bees are frequently exposed to pesticides when foraging on nectar and pollen.
Recent research has shown that pesticide exposure not only impacts social bee host health …

Simple Summary Bees suffer from diverse pathogens and parasites that play crucial roles in
shaping their communities. Alas, human activities have deeply disturbed natural bee …

Bumble bees are declining across the globe. The causes of this decline have been
attributed to a variety of stressors, including pesticides. Fungicides are a type of pesticide …

The flowering plant family Asteraceae is diverse and its constituent species are common in
many habitats worldwide. However, its pollen, although widely available, is rarely collected …

To face environmental stressors such as infection, animals may display behavioural
plasticity to improve their physiological status through ingestion of specific food. In bees, the …

Arıcılık, bal arıları ve çevreleri arasındaki ilişkinin kapsamlı bir şekilde anlaşılmasını
gerektiren karmaşık bir uygulamadır. Arılardan istenilen verimi alabilmek için besin …

Current lower-tier pesticide risk assessment for bees suffers from an overreliance on
individual-level, mortality-based studies performed in one species. This failure to assess sub …