Iran is a huge but understudied Middle Eastern country with a rich but chronically
understudied bee fauna, including for the highly-speciose bee genus Andrena. Examination …

At a time when nature conservation has become essential to ensure the long-term
sustainability of our environment, it is widely acknowledged that conservation actions must …

The unsustainable use of ecosystems by human societies has put global biodiversity in peril.
Bees are, in this context, a popular example of a highly diversified group of pollinators …

Iberia has one of the richest bee faunas in the world, and the genus Andrena is no exception
with around 200 species known from the Peninsula. The fauna of Andrena was largely …

Pollinators are threatened worldwide and strategies and measures to support their
conservation are proliferating. Among them, the approach “Farming with Alternative …

The Afrotropical region is home to many endemic bee groups, yet almost none have been
studied from an integrated, holistic perspective. Among them, the halictid subfamily …

Abstract Located in the Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria has a rich bee fauna due to the
interaction of both Mediterranean and continental climatic affinities in combination with its …

Abstract The Iberian Peninsula is a global hotspot for bee diversity due to its large number of
different habitats, particularly Mediterranean scrubland, mountains, and hot and cold steppe …

Agroecosystems are often impoverished ecosystems, but they can host diverse communities
of insects which provide ecosystem services. Specifically, crops may benefit from insect …

The study of wild bees has markedly increased in recent years due to their importance as
pollinators of crops and wild plants, and this interest has been accentuated by increasing …