Pesticide Exposure and Effects on Non-Apis Bees

NE Raine, M Rundlöf - Annual Review of Entomology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Bees are essential pollinators of many crops and wild plants, and pesticide exposure is one
of the key environmental stressors affecting their health in anthropogenically modified …

The impacts of early-life experience on bee phenotypes and fitness

CC Rittschof, AS Denny - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Across diverse animal species, early-life experiences have lifelong impacts on a variety of
traits. The scope of these impacts, their implications, and the mechanisms that drive these …

[HTML][HTML] Unravelling the dependence of a wild bee on floral diversity and composition using a feeding experiment

ZM Filipiak, B Denisow, E Stawiarz, M Filipiak - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigated nutrition as a potential mechanism underlying the link between floral
diversity/composition and wild bee performance. The health, resilience, and fitness of bees …

Canopy sampling reveals hidden potential value of woodland trees for wild bee assemblages

G Allen, RG Davies - Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Woodlands can play an important role in supporting bee abundance and diversity in
agricultural landscapes. However, in temperate‐region studies, the canopy is rarely …

[HTML][HTML] Risk assessment of honeybee larvae exposure to pyrethroid insecticides in beebread and honey

Q He, S Zhang, F Yin, Q Liu, Q Gao, J Xiao… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Honeybee is an essential pollinator to crops, evaluation to the risk assessment of honeybee
larvae exposure to pesticides residue in the bee bread and honey is an important strategy to …

The effect of pollen monodiets on fat body morphology parameters and energy substrate levels in the fat body and hemolymph of Apis mellifera L. workers

MS Bryś, B Staniec, A Strachecka - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Human activities associated with large-scale farms and the monocultures expose honey
bees to one type of food. Moreover, there is an ongoing decline of plant species producing …

[HTML][HTML] Honey bees and mason bees as biological indicators of landscape pesticide loads: Different results but similar conclusions

F Sgolastra, X Arnan, C Azpiazu, A Bordoni, J Bosch… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Agricultural environments, including crop and non-crop areas, often provide important pollen
and nectar resources for managed and wild bees. However, these resources may be …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of landscape composition on honey bee pollen contamination by pesticides: A multi-residue analysis

A Cappellari, V Malagnini, P Fontana, L Zanotelli… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The honey bee is the most common and important managed pollinator of crops. In recent
years, honey bee colonies faced high mortality for multiple causes, including land-use …

The impact of landscape structure on pesticide exposure to honey bees

S Hisamoto, M Ikegami, K Goka, Y Sakamoto - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Pesticides may have serious negative impacts on bee populations. The pesticide exposure
of bees could depend on the surrounding landscapes in which they forage. In this study, we …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond generalists: The Brassicaceae pollen specialist Osmia brevicornis as a prospective model organism when exploring pesticide risk to bees

S Hellström, V Strobl, L Straub, WHA Osterman… - Environmental and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bees are under threat from agricultural intensification, and species which are pollen
specialists (oligolectic) are thought to have declined disproportionately compared to pollen …