The vulnerability of plant-pollinator communities to honeybee decline: A comparative network analysis in different habitat types

A Kovács-Hostyánszki, R Földesi, A Báldi, A Endrédi… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The populations of most pollinators, including honeybees, are declining that heavily affects
both crop and wild plant pollination. Wild bee diversity and habitat type may modulate these …

[HTML][HTML] Honeybees disrupt the structure and functionality of plant-pollinator networks

A Valido, MC Rodríguez-Rodríguez, P Jordano - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The honeybee is the primary managed species worldwide for both crop pollination and
honey production. Owing to beekeeping activity, its high relative abundance potentially …

Native honeybees as flower visitors and pollinators in wild plant communities in a biodiversity hotspot

DA Stanley, SM Msweli, SD Johnson - Ecosphere, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Western honeybees (Apis mellifera L.), native to Europe and Africa, have been transported
worldwide and are now one of the most important global crop pollinator species. Although …

Comparing diversity to flower-bee interaction networks reveals unsuccessful foraging of native bees in disturbed habitats

K Carman, DG Jenkins - Biological Conservation, 2016 - Elsevier
As land is converted to agriculture (eg, pastures), natural vegetation is repeatedly disturbed,
creating various levels of habitat alteration in which flowering plants and pollinators (eg …

Increasing flower species richness in agricultural landscapes alters insect pollinator networks: Implications for bee health and competition

V Doublet, T Doyle, I Refoy, S Hedges… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological restoration programs are established to reverse land degradation, mitigate
biodiversity loss, and reinstate ecosystem services. Following recent agricultural …

A comparison of wild bee communities in sown flower strips and semi‐natural habitats: A pollination network approach

J Hadrava, A Talašová, J Straka… - Insect Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Drastic reductions of insect diversity and abundance have been observed in highly
fragmented agricultural landscapes of central Europe. Declines of pollinators may have …

[HTML][HTML] Agroecosystem landscape diversity shapes wild bee communities independent of managed honey bee presence

ALS Clair, G Zhang, AG Dolezal, ME O'Neal… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Large scale agricultural production can lead to a reduction in availability of habitat used by
wild bees for nesting and forage and has been implicated in worldwide bee population …

Plant–pollinator networks in grassland working landscapes reveal seasonal shifts in network structure and composition

CR Bendel, KC Kral‐O'Brien, TJ Hovick, RF Limb… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Declines in native bee populations can limit pollination services that support native plant
communities and global food production. Mitigating the impacts on pollinators and …

[HTML][HTML] Honey bees (Apis mellifera) modify plant-pollinator network structure, but do not alter wild species' interactions

SH Worthy, JH Acorn, CM Frost - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are widely used for honey production and crop pollination,
raising concern for wild pollinators, as honey bees may compete with wild pollinators for …

Impacts of beekeeping on wild bee diversity and pollination networks in the Aegean Archipelago

A Lázaro, A Müller, AW Ebmer, HH Dathe… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Maintaining the diversity of wild bees is a priority for preserving ecosystem function and
promoting stability and productivity of agroecosystems. However, wild bee communities face …