There must bee a better way: a review of published urban bee literature and suggested topics for future study

RA Brant, M Arduser, AS Dunlap - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2022 - Elsevier
Numerous animal species can survive in human-modified habitats, but often display
behavioral, morphological, physiological or genetic plasticity compared to non-urban …

Potential of beekeeping to support the livelihood, economy, society, and environment of Indonesia

AH Harianja, Y Adalina, G Pasaribu, I Winarni… - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
The management of natural resources based on socio-economic and ecology development
has led to a focus on the bioeconomy in the policy discourse of non-timber forest products …

Many small rather than few large sources identified in long-term bee pollen diets in agroecosystems

RS Wilson, A Keller, A Shapcott, SD Leonhardt… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bees provide essential ecosystem services such as crop pollination, but perennial colonies
of social species require year-round access to floral resources, especially in resource-poor …

The pollination efficiency of a pollinator depends on its foraging strategy, flowering phenology, and the flower characteristics of a plant species

U Layek, U Das, P Karmakar - Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 2022 - Elsevier
Honey bees and stingless bees are generalist visitors of several wild and cultivated plants.
They forage with a high degree of floral fidelity and thereby help in the pollination services of …

Supplemental Stingless Bee Pollination in Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.): An Assessment of Impacts on Native Pollinators and Crop Yield

U Layek, A Das, P Karmakar - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The yield of many crops benefits from pollinating insects; thus, recently reported declines in
pollinator abundance and diversity are concerning for global food production. The pollinator …

Methods employed in the determining nectar and pollen sources for bees: a review of the global scenario

U Layek, N Das, A Kundu… - Annals of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Flowering plants and pollinators are in a mutualistic association, where pollinators collect
floral resources and plants receive pollination services. Bees and other pollinators are …

[PDF][PDF] Utilization of Indian dammar bee (Tetragonula iridipennis Smith) as a pollinator of bitter gourd

S Bisui, U Layek - Acta Agrobotanica, 2020 - bibliotekanauki.pl
An experiment was conducted to determine the pollination deficit in bitter gourd (Momordica
charantia L.) and the effect of the use of Indian dammar bee as pollinator on the yield …

The botanical origin of cerumen and propolis of Indian stingless bees (Tetragonula iridipennis Smith): pollen spectrum does not accurately indicate latex and resin …

U Layek, N Das, S Kumar De, P Karmakar - Apidologie, 2023 - Springer
Stingless bees collect plant latex and resin to produce cerumen and propolis. Cerumen is
primarily used for nest construction, such as brood cells, storage pots, and involucrum …

Flight range and resource loading-unloading behavior of stingless bee Tetragonula iridipennis (Smith)

U Layek, S Bisui, P Karmakar - Journal of Apicultural Research, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Stingless bees are generalist visitors, forage with a high degree of floral fidelity, and thereby
play an important role as pollinators. Management of stingless bees is considered to be an …

Floral traits and chemical cues associated with rock bee (Apis dorsata Fabricius) for the host selection in West Bengal, India

U Layek, S Bisui, R Mondal, N Das, SK De, P Karmakar - Grana, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In the present work, bee foraging plants were determined by palynological analysis of
colony stored samples (honey and pollen) of Apis dorsata collected from southern West …