The nutritional landscape in agroecosystems: a review on how resources and management practices can shape pollinator health in agricultural environments

PW Lau, IL Esquivel, KA Parys… - Annals of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Pollinator nutrition is a highly complex subject that we are just starting to unravel, from the
multidimensional nature of bee forage (pollen and nectar) to how the abiotic environment …

Strategies and techniques to mitigate the negative impacts of pesticide exposure to honey bees

G Zhang, RL Olsson, BK Hopkins - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to support food, fiber, and fuel production around the world, billions of kilograms of
pesticides are applied to crop fields every year to suppress pests, plant diseases and …

Combined effect of a neonicotinoid insecticide and a fungicide on honeybee gut epithelium and microbiota, adult survival, colony strength and foraging preferences

R Favaro, PM Garrido, D Bruno, C Braglia… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fungicides, insecticides and herbicides are widely used in agriculture to counteract
pathogens and pests. Several of these molecules are toxic to non-target organisms such as …

[HTML][HTML] Flowering resources modulate the sensitivity of bumblebees to a common fungicide

D Wintermantel, MH Pereira-Peixoto, N Warth… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bees are exposed to various stressors, including pesticides and lack of flowering resources.
Despite potential interactions between these stressors, the impacts of pesticides on bees are …

Honeybee (Apis mellifera) resistance to deltamethrin exposure by modulating the gut microbiota and improving immunity

ZX Dong, QH Tang, WLI Li, ZW Wang, XJ Li… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Honeybees (Apis mellifera) are important economic insects and play important roles in
pollination and maintenance of ecological balance. However, the use of pesticides has …

Nutritional stress exacerbates impact of a novel insecticide on solitary bees' behaviour, reproduction and survival

AC Knauer, C Alaux, MJ Allan… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Pesticide exposure and food stress are major threats to bees, but their potential synergistic
impacts under field-realistic conditions remain poorly understood and are not considered in …

[HTML][HTML] Land use influences the nutrient concentration and composition of pollen and nectar rewards of wildflowers in human-dominated landscapes

E Pioltelli, L Guzzetti, MO Larbi, R Celano… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Plant biodiversity is crucial to satisfy the trophic needs of pollinators, mainly through nectar
and pollen rewards. However, a few studies have been directed to ascertain the intraspecific …

Nutrition, pesticide exposure, and virus infection interact to produce context-dependent effects in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

EM Hsieh, AG Dolezal - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Declines in pollinator health are frequently hypothesized to be the combined result of
multiple interacting biotic and abiotic stressors; namely, nutritional limitations, pesticide …

Assessing lethal and sublethal effects of pesticides on honey bees in a multifactorial context

D Frizzera, V Zanni, E Seffin, JR de Miranda… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The registration of novel pesticides that are subsequently banned because of their
unexpected negative effects on non-target species can have a huge environmental impact …

Organic farming and annual flower strips reduce parasite prevalence in honeybees and boost colony growth in agricultural landscapes

P Pluta, K Czechofsky, A Hass, L Frank… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the major role that insect pollinators play in crop production, agricultural
intensification drives them into decline. Various conservation measures have been …