Planting flowers along crop field edges is an increasingly common management strategy for
addressing pollinator declines and improving crop pollination. However, few reviews have …

Highlights•Body size variation is common in solitary and social bees.•In solitary species,
larval growth is controlled by diet and the abiotic environment.•In social bees, larval …

Bee populations are exposed to multiple stressors, including land‐use change, biological
invasions, climate change, and pesticide exposure, that may interact synergistically. We …

Introduced, managed bees such as mason bees (genus Osmia) can confer significant
pollination benefits to agricultural systems, but a risk of introducing non‐native species into …

Wild bee declines in agricultural landscapes have led farmers to supplement crops with
honey bees. Simultaneously, environmental subsidy and conservation programmes have …

Eusociality, a form of animal social organization involving sterile and reproductive castes, is
a rare, but highly ecologically successful form of life. There are striking examples of eusocial …

The patterns and drivers of pollen transport on insect bodies can have important
consequences for plant reproductive success and floral evolution; however, they remain little …

Grassland ecosystems are imperiled by agricultural activity world‐wide. Restoring grassland
habitat is important to conserving grassland fauna and preserving ecosystem services, but …

The increasing extent and intensity of agricultural land use has led to an increase in the
volume of agrochemicals applied to the landscape, including those used to improve the …

Pesticide products containing glyphosate as a systemic active ingredient are some of the
most extensively used herbicides worldwide. After spraying, residues have been found in …