Neonicotinoid insecticides are successfully applied to control pests in a variety of
agricultural crops; however, they may not only affect pest insects but also non-target …

Ecosystem services are the benefits obtained from the environment that increase human
well‐being. Economic valuation is conducted by measuring the human welfare gains or …

Nature is under siege. In the last 10,000 y the human population has grown from 1 million to
7.8 billion. Much of Earth's arable lands are already in agriculture (1), millions of acres of …

We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …

Insects are the focus of many recent studies suggesting population declines, but even
invaluable pollination service providers such as bees lack a modern distributional synthesis …

Gut microbiomes play crucial roles in animal health, and shifts in the gut microbial
community structure can have detrimental impacts on hosts. Studies with vertebrate models …

A strong immune defense is vital for honey bee health and colony survival. This defense can
be weakened by environmental factors that may render honey bees more vulnerable to …

Recent high-profile efforts have called for integrating ecosystem-service values into
important societal decisions, but there are few demonstrations of this approach in practice …

The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella Linnaeus, is a ubiquitous pest of the honeybee,
Apis mellifera Linnaeus, and Apis cerana Fabricius. The greater wax moth larvae burrow …

Pollinators such as bees are essential to the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. However,
despite concerns about a global pollinator crisis, long-term data on the status of bee species …