The extent to which weeds in arable land are useful to pollinators depends in part on the
temporal pattern of flowering and insect flight activity. We compiled citizen science data on …

Individuals and social groups balance foraging activities with other energetically demanding
behaviours. In honey bee colonies, foraging and nest defence behaviours are performed by …

White clover, Trifolium repens, is a legume used widely in agriculture due to its ability to fix
atmospheric nitrogen and improve soil fertility. Due to increasing cost of artificial fertiliser …

In a social species like the honey bee (Apis mellifera), changes in foraging strategy require
shifts in several groups of specialized workers that are involved in collecting, storing, and …

The original habitat of native European honey bees (\(Apis\)\(mellifera\)) is forest, but
currently there is a lack of data about the occurrence of wild honey bee populations in …

An organism's ability to respond to changing conditions can be vital to its success. Indeed,
plasticity is a common feature of living organisms. Much of the research in this area, though …

Background The role of pollinators in maintaining agricultural output and global biodiversity
is well understood, with 88% of flowering plants and 75% of crops dependent on animal …