Highlights•Buzz-pollinators remove pollen from poricidal anthers using vibrations.•Bees are
the principal buzz-pollinating agents.•Poricidal anthers likely evolved to limit pollen loss and …

Not all floral visitors attracted to flowers are pollinators. Instead, some visitors circumvent the
floral opening, usually removing nectar without contacting the anthers and/or stigma. Here …

The prospect that a global pollination crisis currently threatens agricultural productivity has
drawn intense recent interest among scientists, politicians, and the general public [1–5]. To …

Since the rise of agriculture, human populations have domesticated plant and animal
species to fulfil their needs. With modern agriculture, a limited number of these species has …

Floral chemistry mediates plant interactions with pollinators, pathogens, and herbivores, with
major consequences for fitness of both plants and flower visitors. The outcome of such …

Larvae and imagos of bees rely exclusively on floral rewards as a food source but host-plant
range can vary greatly among bee species. While oligolectic species forage on pollen from a …

The flora of southern Africa has exceptional species richness and endemism, making it an
ideal system for studying the patterns and processes of evolutionary diversification. Using a …

There is increasing recognition that pollination deficits are limiting crop yields world‐wide.
However, management strategies for optimal insect pollination are still unclear for most …

Current research, management and outreach programmes relevant to insect pollinator
conservation are strongly focused on relationships between pollinators and insect …

Over 22,000 species of biotically pollinated flowering plants, including some major
agricultural crops, depend primarily on bees capable of floral sonication for pollination …