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Decline and Conservation of Bumble Bees

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Goulson, D., Lye, G.C., Darvill, B.·2008·Annual Review of Entomology

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Declines in bumble bee species in the past 60 years are well documented in Europe, where they are driven primarily by habitat loss and declines in floral abundance and diversity resulting from agricultural intensification. Impacts of habitat degradation and fragmentation are likely to be compounded by the social nature of bumble bees and their largely monogamous breeding system, which renders their effective population size low. Hence, populations are susceptible to stochastic extinction events and inbreeding. In North America, catastrophic declines of some bumble bee species since the 1990s are probably attributable to the accidental introduction of a nonnative parasite from Europe, a result of global trade in domesticated bumble bee colonies used for pollination of greenhouse crops. Given the importance of bumble bees as pollinators of crops and wildflowers, steps must be taken to prevent further declines. Suggested measures include tight regulation of commercial bumble bee use and targeted use of environmentally comparable schemes to enhance floristic diversity in agricultural landscapes.

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“While urban beekeeping has led to an increase of the density of honey bees in cities, the past 50 years have seen a decline in the abundance of wild bee species, attributed mostly to habitat loss and pesticides (Goulson et al. 2008), although hard data on change in bee abundances in urban spaces over time are scarce.”
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A Comparison of Drought-Tolerant Prairie Plants to Support Managed and Wild Bees in Conservation Programs
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What Is the Value of Wild Bee Pollination for Wild Blueberries and Cranberries, and Who Values It?
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“Seven species of bumble bees have significantly decreased over 35 years in Ontario, Canada [12], while Europe has lost at least four species of bumble bees over the past 60 years [13].”
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Revisiting the hymenopteran diploid male vortex: a review of avoidance mechanisms and incidence
Leung, K., & van der Meulen, H. (2022) · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata · doi:10.1111/eea.13234 · Cited by 23
“Conservation programs for Hymenoptera are not common, but this may change in the face of a global crisis of biodiversity and biomass loss for pollinators (Goulson et al., 2008; Potts et al., 2010; Nicholson & Egan, 2020) and insects in general (Fonseca, 2009; Schachat & Labandeira, 2021).”
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Ultrastructure and Immunofluorescence of the midgut of Bombus morio (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombini)
Gonçalves, W. G., Fernandes, K. M., Barcellos, M. S., Silva, F. P., Júnior, M. J. M., Zanúncio, J. C., Martins, G. F., & Serrão, J. É. (2014) · Comptes Rendus Biologies · doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2014.04.002 · Cited by 23
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Assessing the efficacy of artificial domiciles for bumblebees
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Pollinator diversity and reproductive success of Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz (Orchidaceae) in anthropogenic and natural habitats
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One size does not fit all: Caste and sex differences in the response of bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) to chronic oral neonicotinoid exposure
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Unraveling the habitat preferences of two closely related bumble bee species in Eastern Europe
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“Our findings also support observations that B. lucorum occurs at higher elevations (Ban-Calefariu & Sárospataki, 2007; Bossert et al., 2016; Goulson et al., 2008b; Ploquin, Herrera, & Obeso, 2013; Tomozei, 2006), which was suggested to be the result of an adaptation to colder climates (Benton,…”
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Food consumption and food exchange of caged honey bees using a radioactive labelled sugar solution
Brodschneider, R., Libor, A., Kupelwieser, V., & Crailsheim, K. (2017) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174684 · Cited by 23
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Investigation of pesticides on honey bee carbonic anhydrase inhibition
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Feeling the heat: Bumblebee workers show no acclimation capacity of upper thermal tolerance to simulated heatwaves
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Dietary foundations for pollinators: nutritional profiling of plants for bee health
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“The generalist bumblebee Bombus terrestris is known for its broad foraging range, covering over 400 plant genera from more than 80 families (Goulson et al., 2008).”
Nondestructive DNA sampling from bumblebee faeces
Scriven, J. J., Woodall, L. C., & Goulson, D. (2012) · Molecular Ecology Resources · doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12036 · Cited by 22
“Some species have recently suffered severe declines and range contractions across much of Western Europe and North America (Goulson et al. 2008; Cameron et al. 2011).”
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Combining phylogeography and future climate change for conservation of Bombus morio and B. pauloensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Françoso, E., Zuntini, A. R., & Arias, M. C. (2018) · Journal of Insect Conservation · doi:10.1007/s10841-018-0114-4 · Cited by 22
Effects of the Neonicotinoid Acetamiprid in Pollen on Bombus impatiens Microcolony Development
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“Pesticide exposure has also been implicated (Goulson et al. 2008), but the degree to which pesticides contribute to observed population declines is not fully * Address correspondence to Lehmann.david@epa.gov Published online 30 September 2020 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com).”
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A century of social wasp occupancy trends from natural history collections: spatiotemporal resolutions have little effect on model performance
Jönsson, G. M., Broad, G. R., Sumner, S., & Isaac, N. J. B. (2021) · Insect Conservation and Diversity · doi:10.1111/icad.12494 · Cited by 22
“…been ﬂ agged as a cause for concern by scientists for over a decade (e.g., Conrad et al ., 2006; Franzén & Johannesson, 2007; Harmon et al ., 2007; Goulson et al ., 2008; Shortall et al ., 2009), but have only recently caught the public ’ s attention due to worldwide media coverage in response…”
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“To date the majority of conservation genetic studies on bees have focused on temperate, eusocial species, in particular bumble bees (Goulson et al. 2008, Zayed 2009, Cameron et al. 2011).”
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From Humble Bee to Greenhouse Pollination Workhorse: Can We Mitigate Risks for Bumble Bees?
Evans, E. C. (2017) · Bee World · doi:10.1080/0005772x.2017.1290892 · Cited by 21
“…Bumble Bees Bumble bees are of particular conservation concern as declines have been noted for roughly one in ten species globally (Cameron et al., 2011; Colla et al., 2012; Colla & Packer, 2008; Goulson et al., 2008; Grixti et al., 2009; Koch, 2011; Morales et al., 2016; Williams & Osborne, 2009).”
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Fewer butterflies and a different composition of bees, wasps and hoverflies on recently burned compared to unburned clear-cuts, regardless of burn severity
Johansson, V., Gustafsson, L., Andersson, P., & Hylander, K. (2020) · Forest Ecology and Management · doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118033 · Cited by 21
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“Among these causes, habitat loss, fragmentation, and disturbance modify the landscape matrix (Goulson et al. 2008, Kleijn and Raemakers 2008, Winfree et al. 2009).”
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Community composition of butterflies and bumblebees in fallows: niche breadth and dispersal capacity modify responses to fallow type and landscape
Toivonen, M., Herzon, I., & Kuussaari, M. (2015) · Journal of Insect Conservation · doi:10.1007/s10841-015-9836-8 · Cited by 21
“…suffered from the simplification of agricultural landscapes (Ekroos et al. 2010), loss of natural and semi-natural habitats (Öckinger and Smith 2007; Ricketts et al. 2008), use of agrochemicals (Brittain et al. 2010), and the associated decline of foraging and nesting sites (Goulson et al. 2008).”
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Phylogeny and population genetic analyses reveals cryptic speciation in the Bombus fervidus species complex (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Koch, J. B. U., Rodríguez, J., Pitts, J. P., & Strange, J. P. (2018) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207080 · Cited by 21
“The decline in flowering plants with long corollas due to urbanization and agricultural intensification has been implicated in the decline of European Thoracobombus [27,28].”
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Nectar preferences in male bumblebees
Brown, M., & Brown, M. J. F. (2020) · Insectes Sociaux · doi:10.1007/s00040-020-00751-y · Cited by 21
Ecological meta‐networks integrate spatial and temporal dynamics of plant–bumble bee interactions
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“…the loss of nest sites, and the exposure to pesticides resulting from agricultural intensifi cation and, particularly for North America, the spread of a non-native parasite ( Crithidia bombi ) from commercial bumble bee hives introduced from Europe (Goulson et al. 2008, Williams and Osborne 2009).”
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Guidelines on sampling intensity of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes)
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Inferring the mode of colonization of the rapid range expansion of a solitary bee from multilocus DNA sequence variation
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Effects of field characteristics on abundance of bumblebees (Bombusspp.) and seed yield in red clover fields
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Authors: Goulson, D., Lye, G. C., & Darvill, B.
Affiliations: University of Stirling (GB)
ORCID: Goulson, D.
Venue: Annual Review of Entomology
Publisher: Annual Reviews
Published: 2008-01-01
Volume: 53
Issue: 1
Pages: 191-208
ISSN: 0066-4170 (ISSN-L)
1545-4487
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.53.103106.093454
OpenAlex: W2100945295
Cited by: 1,183
References: 104
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FWCI: 3.00
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Topics: Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Plant and animal studies
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect and Pesticide Research
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Insect Science › Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
Keywords: bumblebees, population decline (ecology), habitat loss, agricultural intensification, floral diversity, habitat fragmentation, inbreeding, stochastic extinction, pollination, conservation, pollinator decline, North America, Europe
MeSH terms: Agriculture, Animals, Bees, Conservation of Natural Resources, Environment, Pesticides, Population Dynamics, Flowers, Biodiversity

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