The global challenge of improving bee protection and health

Frontiers in Bee Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 1

Published: Feb. 6, 2023

SPECIALTY GRAND CHALLENGE article Front. Bee Sci., 06 February 2023Sec. Protection and Health Volume 1 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/frbee.2023.1118292

Language: Английский

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Wild bee response to forest management varies seasonally and is mediated by resource availability

Forest Ecology and Management, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 548, P. 121426 - 121426

Published: Sept. 19, 2023

Language: Английский

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Weak evidence base for bee protective pesticide mitigation measures

Journal of Economic Entomology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 116(5), P. 1604 - 1612

Published: July 17, 2023

Pesticides help produce food for humanity's growing population, yet they have negative impacts on the environment. Limiting these impacts, while maintaining supply, is a crucial challenge modern agriculture. Mitigation measures are actions taken by pesticide users, which modify risk of application to nontarget organisms, such as bees. Through these, pesticides can be reduced, with minimal efficacy pesticide. Here we collate scientific evidence behind mitigation designed reduce bees using systematic review methodology. We included all publications tested effects any measure (using very loose definition) bees, at scale (from individual through population level), so long presented measure. found 34 direct topic, covering range available measures. No currently used were thoroughly tested, and some entirely lacked empirical support, showing weak base current recommendations policy. research predominantly focuses managed potentially failing protect wild also that label-recommended measures, most often applied, specifically seldom empirically. Ultimately, recommend more, stronger, required justify existing crop protection.

Language: Английский

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Determinants of honeybee hive survival and its implications for urban biodiversity in Toronto and Montreal: A Canadian case study

Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 247, P. 105066 - 105066

Published: March 27, 2024

Language: Английский

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Connecting people with place-specific nature in cities reduces unintentional harm

Environmental Research Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(2), P. 023001 - 023001

Published: April 16, 2024

Abstract There is an increasing disconnect between people and nature as we become more urbanised. Intensification in cities often results a reduction of natural areas, homogenised manicured green spaces, loss biota. Compared to rural urban dwellers are less likely visit areas recognise value Reconnecting with the city not only benefits human mental physical wellbeing but can also have positive effects on how biodiversity act conservation issues. However, some contexts, push reconnect may unintended negative outcomes biodiversity, particularly if place-specific used greening. In current crisis, using vegetation space design that reflective environmental context further residents, Indigenous people, from their local environment species, entrench extinction experience values. This result residents applying wildlife gardening practices, such bird feeding, specific place, benefit introduced species over indigenous species. Furthermore, gateways for invasive greening projects locally sourced has already left surrounding regions large weed legacy. Using be resource intensive, highly beneficial give unique sense place. Rather than simply adding ‘more nature’ cities, messaging should complex, emphasising need avoid impacts ecological cultural services.

Language: Английский

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Less Known Is More Feared—A Survey of Children’s Knowledge of and Attitudes towards Honeybees

Insects, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(5), P. 368 - 368

Published: May 18, 2024

The global decline in the number of pollinators has elicited considerable public attention. To general public, honeybees are considered to be primary pollinators. Also, a managed honeybee stocks is alarming and could lead declining pollination services reduced ecosystem biodiversity, although

Language: Английский

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Mapping student understanding of bees: Implications for pollinator conservation

Conservation Science and Practice, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 5(3)

Published: Feb. 11, 2023

Abstract Global declines in populations of several bee species have highlighted the importance efforts to conserve bees and other pollinators. Because research on social dimensions pollinator conservation is limited, however, developing clear strategies promote behaviors remains a challenge. In an effort contribute understanding these conservation, we used semantic network analysis content coding investigate knowledge among U.S. college students with either low ( n = 233) or high 93) interest this topic. Results revealed that both groups' was organized around their utilitarian value for humans, particularly honey production. Furthermore, although student fairly accurate, it not very sophisticated. Knowledge about also more accurate than general. Implications future education are discussed.

Language: Английский

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A multi-taxonomic survey to determine the conservation status of native pollinators

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Nov. 17, 2023

The worldwide decline of insects calls for understanding the conservation status key insect groups at local and regional scales. Pollinators are widely recognized as especially important to native ecosystems agriculture their declines have been met with inventory monitoring. In New York State, we conducted a four-year survey effort document distribution pollinators in four orders: Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera. this paper, describe process designing implementing study hopes that other jurisdictions could follow similar model. We combined systematic field inventories, surveys special habitats, target species surveys, community science observations, museum partner data create comprehensive look each 457 two time periods (2000 present 1999 earlier). used ranking system developed by NatureServe generated ranks series maps phenology charts species. needed carry out study, well reasons its success areas improvement.

Language: Английский

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Dim-light colour vision in the facultatively nocturnal Asian giant honeybee, Apis dorsata

Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 290(2004)

Published: Aug. 9, 2023

We discovered nocturnal colour vision in the Asian giant honeybee Apis dorsata— a facultatively species — at mesopic light intensities, down to half-moon levels (approx. 10 −2 cd m ). The visual threshold of nocturnality aligns with their reported activity same levels. Nocturnal A. dorsata is interesting because, despite being primarily diurnal, its capabilities extend into dim light, while ‘model’ European mellifera be colour-blind twilight. By employing behavioural experiments naturally nesting colonies, we show discrimination trained from other stimuli during day, and significantly, even night. bees has so far only been obligately carpenter bee Xylocopa tranquebarica. discovery these two species, differences extent limitations apposition compound eye optics, opens avenues for future studies on adaptations dim-light vision, role pollination flowers night, effect pollution dorsata, ubiquitous pollinator natural, agricultural urban habitats tropics sub-tropics.

Language: Английский

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A Manipulable Entrance Honey Bee Hive System Allowing Bees to Forage outside Part of the Day Improved Zucchini Pollination in Greenhouses and Reduced Damage to the Colonies

Published: April 22, 2024

Honey bee colonies rapidly decline when confined to greenhouses, increasing pollination rental costs as they need be replaced frequently. We tested a hive system with entrances that can manipulated direct bees inside or outside greenhouses containing zucchini crop. In one greenhouse, the could only forage for 15 days; in another, were directed from 5 9 AM, after which foraged outside. This procedure was repeated two more times each greenhouse new hives. Data collected on how number of flower visits affected fruit production, frequency visits, and amount brood food Flowers visited by four set larger fruit. The hives reduced eight it not Bee area while maintained semiconfined controllable proved effective pollination, causing less damage bees.

Language: Английский

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