Factors associated with honey bee colony losses: A mini-review

P Hristov, R Shumkova, N Palova, B Neov - Veterinary Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Western honey bee (Apis mellifera L., Hymenoptera: Apidae) is a species of crucial
economic, agricultural and environmental importance. In the last ten years, some regions of …

Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

SG Potts, V Imperatriz-Fonseca, HT Ngo, MA Aizen… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Wild and managed pollinators provide a wide range of benefits to society in terms of
contributions to food security, farmer and beekeeper livelihoods, social and cultural values …

Varroa destructor feeds primarily on honey bee fat body tissue and not hemolymph

SD Ramsey, R Ochoa, G Bauchan… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The parasitic mite Varroa destructor is the greatest single driver of the global honey bee
health decline. Better understanding of the association of this parasite and its host is critical …

A national survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the USA: results from the Bee Informed Partnership for 2017–18, 2018–19, and 2019–20

S Bruckner, M Wilson, D Aurell, K Rennich… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Beekeepers in the United States have experienced high losses of managed honey
bee (Apis mellifera) colonies for more than a decade. Long-term, multi-year monitoring …

[HTML][HTML] Global trends in the number and diversity of managed pollinator species

J Osterman, MA Aizen, JC Biesmeijer, J Bosch… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cultivation of pollinator-dependent crops has expanded globally, increasing our reliance on
insect pollination. This essential ecosystem service is provided by a wide range of managed …

A national survey of managed honey bee 2015–2016 annual colony losses in the USA

K Kulhanek, N Steinhauer, K Rennich… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Managed honey bee colony losses are of concern in the USA and globally. This survey,
which documents the rate of colony loss in the USA during the 2015–2016 season, is the …

Effects of neonicotinoids and fipronil on non-target invertebrates

LW Pisa, V Amaral-Rogers, LP Belzunces… - … science and pollution …, 2015 - Springer
We assessed the state of knowledge regarding the effects of large-scale pollution with
neonicotinoid insecticides and fipronil on non-target invertebrate species of terrestrial …

Influence of pollen nutrition on honey bee health: do pollen quality and diversity matter?

G Di Pasquale, M Salignon, Y Le Conte, LP Belzunces… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Honey bee colonies are highly dependent upon the availability of floral resources from
which they get the nutrients (notably pollen) necessary to their development and survival …

Flower plantings increase wild bee abundance and the pollination services provided to a pollination‐dependent crop

BR Blaauw, R Isaacs - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Pollination services from wild insects contribute to crop productivity around the world, but are
at risk of decline in agricultural landscapes. Using highbush blueberry as a model system …

Ecosystem services in biologically diversified versus conventional farming systems: benefits, externalities, and trade-offs

C Kremen, A Miles - Ecology and society, 2012 - JSTOR
We hypothesize that biological diversification across ecological, spatial, and temporal scales
maintains and regenerates the ecosystem services that provide critical inputs—such as …