Flower plantings support wild bee reproduction and may also mitigate pesticide exposure effects

M Rundlöf, C Stuligross, A Lindh… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable agriculture relies on pollinators, and wild bees benefit yield of multiple crops.
However, the combined exposure to pesticides and loss of flower resources, driven by …

Experimental heatwaves disrupt bumblebee foraging through direct heat effects and reduced nectar production

JA Hemberger, NM Rosenberger… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heatwaves are an increasingly common extreme weather event across the globe and are
projected to surge in frequency and severity in the coming decades. Plant‐pollinator …

Landscape‐scale floral resource discontinuity decreases bumble bee occurrence and alters community composition

J Hemberger, OM Bernauer… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural practices and intensification during the past two centuries have dramatically
altered the abundance and temporal continuity of floral resources that support pollinating …

[HTML][HTML] Flower strips enhance abundance of bumble bee queens and males in landscapes with few honey bee hives

R Bommarco, SAM Lindström, CA Raderschall… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wild bee declines in agricultural landscapes have led farmers to supplement crops with
honey bees. Simultaneously, environmental subsidy and conservation programmes have …

Bees go up, flowers go down: Increased resource limitation from late spring to summer in agricultural landscapes

GA Bishop, TPM Fijen, I Raemakers… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The loss of floral resources is a leading cause of wild bee decline in agricultural landscapes,
but little is known about the temporal aspects of floral resource limitation for both social and …

A spatially explicit model of landscape pesticide exposure to bees: Development, exploration, and evaluation

EV Lonsdorf, M Rundlöf, CC Nicholson… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pesticides represent one of the greatest threats to bees and other beneficial insects in
agricultural landscapes. Potential exposure is generated through compound-and crop …

Sunflower plantings reduce a common gut pathogen and increase queen production in common eastern bumblebee colonies

RL Malfi, QS McFrederick, G Lozano… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Community diversity can reduce the prevalence and spread of disease, but certain species
may play a disproportionate role in diluting or amplifying pathogens. Flowers act as both …

Floral resource continuity boosts bumble bee colony performance relative to variable floral resources

J Hemberger, G Witynski, C Gratton - Ecological Entomology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Centuries of landscape changes associated with agriculture have dramatically reduced the
amount and increased the temporal variability of the floral resources that support key …

Bumble bee banquet: Genus‐ and species‐level floral selection by Midwestern Bombus

J Lanterman Novotny, A Lybbert, P Reeher… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Regionally specific flower preference data are needed to optimize conservation habitat
plantings for at‐risk pollinators such as bumble bees (Bombus spp.). Current tools for …

Identifying conservation priority areas for North American bumble bee species in Canada under current and future climate scenarios

AR Liczner, R Schuster, LL Richardson… - … Science and Practice, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many bumble bee species are declining globally from multiple threats including climate
change. Identifying conservation priority areas with a changing climate will be important for …