Highbush blueberry production has expanded worldwide in recent decades. To safeguard
future yields, it is essential to understand if insect pollination is limiting current blueberry …

Bee and non-bee insect pollinators play an integral role in the quantity and quality of
production for many food crops, yet there is growing evidence that nutritional challenges to …

Context To date, managing honey bees and wild bees within crop fields remains
challenging. Landscape structure is often overlooked when studying the pollination …

Contemporary landscapes present numerous challenges for bees and other beneficial
insects that play critical functional roles in natural ecosystems and agriculture. Pesticides …

Mason bees (Osmia spp.) are efficient fruit tree pollinators that can be encouraged to occupy
and breed in artificial nesting material. In sweet cherry orchards, they are occasionally used …

Highbush blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) is a globally important fruit crop that depends on insect-
mediated pollination to produce quality fruit and commercially viable yields. Pollination …

Agricultural intensification has significantly altered ecosystem functioning and aided in the
reduction of global biodiversity. While agriculture requires increased reliance on animal …

Agricultural globalization has driven the expansion of exotic crops into new agricultural
areas. Pollinator-dependent exotic crops not only have to face the abiotic constraints of the …

Insects contribute considerably to global crop pollination, with pollination deficits being
documented for multiple entomophilous or pollinator-dependent crops. Different cultivars of …

Declining pollinator populations could threaten global food production, especially if current
crop yields are limited by insufficient pollinator visitation to flowers, in a phenomenon …