Critical links between biodiversity and health in wild bee conservation

MA Parreño, C Alaux, JL Brunet, L Buydens… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Wild bee populations are declining due to human activities, such as land use change, which
strongly affect the composition and diversity of available plants and food sources. The …

Global trends in bumble bee health

SA Cameron, BM Sadd - Annual review of entomology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Bumble bees (Bombus) are unusually important pollinators, with approximately 260 wild
species native to all biogeographic regions except sub-Saharan Africa, Australia, and New …

Pollen protein: lipid macronutrient ratios may guide broad patterns of bee species floral preferences

AD Vaudo, JF Tooker, HM Patch, DJ Biddinger… - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pollinator nutritional ecology provides insights into plant–pollinator interactions, coevolution,
and the restoration of declining pollinator populations. Bees obtain their protein and lipid …

A global review of determinants of native bee assemblages in urbanised landscapes

KS Prendergast, KW Dixon… - Insect Conservation and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Loss of natural habitat through land‐use change threatens bees. Urbanisation is a major,
increasing form, of habitat loss, and a novel, pervasive form of disturbance known to impact …

Managed honey bees as a radar for wild bee decline?

TJ Wood, D Michez, RJ Paxton, M Drossart… - Apidologie, 2020 - Springer
Wild and managed bees are essential for global food security and the maintenance of
biodiversity. At present, the conservation of wild bees is hampered by a huge shortfall in …

Ecological stoichiometry of the honeybee: Pollen diversity and adequate species composition are needed to mitigate limitations imposed on the growth and …

M Filipiak, K Kuszewska, M Asselman, B Denisow… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The least understood aspects of the nutritional needs of bees are the elemental composition
of pollen and the bees' need for a stoichiometrically balanced diet containing the required …

Toward the protection of bees and pollination under global change: present and future perspectives in a challenging applied science

A Decourtye, C Alaux, Y Le Conte, M Henry - Current opinion in insect …, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Two-fold increase in the proportion of global change publications in the last 30
years.•Restore and protect bee habitats (network of 'green infrastructure'for foraging and …

Pollen nutrition fosters honeybee tolerance to pesticides

L Barascou, D Sene, A Barraud… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A reduction in floral resource abundance and diversity is generally observed in agro-
ecosystems, along with widespread exposure to pesticides. Therefore, a better …

Experimental heatwaves disrupt bumblebee foraging through direct heat effects and reduced nectar production

JA Hemberger, NM Rosenberger… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heatwaves are an increasingly common extreme weather event across the globe and are
projected to surge in frequency and severity in the coming decades. Plant‐pollinator …

Climate Change–Induced Stress Reduce Quantity and Alter Composition of Nectar and Pollen From a Bee-Pollinated Species (Borago officinalis, Boraginaceae)

C Descamps, M Quinet, AL Jacquemart - Frontiers in plant science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In temperate ecosystems, elevated temperatures, and drought occur especially during
spring and summer, which are crucial periods for flowering, pollination, and reproduction of …