Weeds for bees? A review

V Bretagnolle, S Gaba - Agronomy for sustainable development, 2015 - Springer
Agricultural intensification has led to the decrease of the diversity of wild and domestic
pollinators. For instance, honeybees declined by 59% in 61 years in the USA. About 35% of …

Non-forest woody vegetation: a critical resource for pollinators in agricultural landscapes—a review

M Bożek, B Denisow, M Strzałkowska-Abramek… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In light of pollinator decline, plant species suitable for the restoration and conservation of
pollinators need to be selected. In this systemic review, we concentrated on the importance …

Using DNA metabarcoding to identify the floral composition of honey: A new tool for investigating honey bee foraging preferences

J Hawkins, N De Vere, A Griffith, CR Ford… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Identifying the floral composition of honey provides a method for investigating the plants that
honey bees visit. We compared melissopalynology, where pollen grains retrieved from …

A DNA barcoding approach to characterize pollen collected by honeybees

A Galimberti, F De Mattia, I Bruni, D Scaccabarozzi… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
In the present study, we investigated DNA barcoding effectiveness to characterize honeybee
pollen pellets, a food supplement largely used for human nutrition due to its therapeutic …

Monitoring of honey bee floral resources with pollen DNA metabarcoding as a complementary tool to vegetation surveys

L Milla, A Schmidt‐Lebuhn, J Bovill… - Ecological Solutions …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring biodiversity is a growing and pressing challenge, particularly as climate change
threatens species with extinction and leads to widespread shifts in plant distribution and …

Using DNA metabarcoding to investigate honey bee foraging reveals limited flower use despite high floral availability

N De Vere, LE Jones, T Gilmore, J Moscrop, A Lowe… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Understanding which flowers honey bees (Apis mellifera) use for forage can help us to
provide suitable plants for healthy honey bee colonies. Accordingly, honey DNA …

Gendered investment differences among smallholder farmers: evidence from a microcredit programme in western kenya

K Jindo, JA Andersson, F Quist-Wessel, J Onyango… - Food Security, 2023 - Springer
The advent of microcredit programmes in sub-Saharan Africa provides opportunities for rural
households to acquire agricultural inputs and consumer goods. This study analysed gender …

Bee visit rates vary with floral morphology among highbush blueberry cultivars (Vaccinium corymbosum L.)

DMM Courcelles, L Button, E Elle - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
As the human population has increased, so too has the demand for biotically pollinated
crops. B ees (A poidea) are essential for pollen transfer and fruit production in many crops …

Measuring floral resource availability for insect pollinators in temperate grasslands–a review

V Szigeti, Á Kőrösi, A Harnos, J Nagy… - Ecological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
1. The relationship between pollinators and flowering plants plays a crucial role in the
function of terrestrial ecosystems. Although pollinators use floral nectar and pollen as food …

How landscape composition affects pollen collection by stingless bees?

T Machado, BF Viana, CI da Silva, D Boscolo - Landscape ecology, 2020 - Springer
Context Human disturbances are one of the main reasons for the recent deficit of pollinators,
which can cause severe habitat loss, decreasing food availability and nesting resources for …