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 …

Bumblebees are ubiquitous, cold‐adapted eusocial bees found worldwide from subarctic to
tropical regions of the world. They are key pollinators in most temperate and boreal …

Bumble bees (Bombus) are vitally important pollinators of wild plants and agricultural crops
worldwide. Fragmentary observations, however, have suggested population declines in …

Bees are major pollinators of Angiosperms and therefore their apparent decline is of
importance for humans and biodiversity. We synthesise results of 12 recent reviews to …

We review evidence from around the world for bumblebee declines and review
management to mitigate threats. We find that there is evidence that some bumblebee …

Europe harbours several endemic honeybee (Apis mellifera) subspecies. Yet the distribution
of these subspecies is nowadays also much influenced by beekeeping activities. Large …

Bees and other beneficial insects experience multiple stressors within agricultural
landscapes that act together to impact their health and diminish their ability to deliver the …

Recent concerns regarding the decline of plant and pollinator species, and the impact on
ecosystem functioning, has focused attention on the local and global threats to bee diversity …

It has been suggested that honey may have been an important food source for early
members of the genus Homo, yet the importance of meat and savanna plant foods continue …

Female parthenogenesis, or thelytoky, is particularly common in solitary Hymenoptera. Only
more recently has it become clear that many eusocial species also regularly reproduce …