Benchmark studies of insect populations are increasingly relevant and needed amid
accelerating concern about insect trends in the Anthropocene. The growing recognition that …

Many bee species are declining globally, but to detect trends and monitor bee assemblages,
robust sampling methods are required. Numerous sampling methods are used, but a critical …

Effective monitoring is necessary to provide robust detection of bee declines. In the United
States and worldwide, bowl traps have been increasingly used to monitor native bees and …

Beneficial arthropods provide many important ecosystem services. In agroecosystems,
pollination and control of crop pests provide benefits worth billions of dollars annually …

Pressure to increase food production to meet the demands of a growing human population
can make conservation-motivated recommendations to limit agricultural expansion …

Given the predicted expansion of cities throughout the world, understanding the effect of
urbanization on bee fauna is a major issue for the conservation of bees. The aim of this …

Malaise traps are important tools for the large-scale collection of arthropod taxa. Here, an
extensive review of the history and literature concerning Malaise and canopy traps is given …

The role of urban expansion on bee diversity is poorly understood, but it may play an
important role in restructuring pollinator diversity observed in rural regions at the urban …

Native bees are in decline as many species are sensitive to habitat loss, climate change,
and non-target exposure to synthetic pesticides. Recent laboratory and semi-field …

During bloom of spring orchard crops, bees are the primary providers of pollination service.
Monitoring these insects for research projects is often done by timed observations or by …