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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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“Reported declines of bumble bee populations in Europe and North America are alarming (Goulson et al. 2008, Grixti et al. 2009, Cameron et al. 2011, Cameron and Sadd 2020) and many of the main drivers are shared with those of other bee clades.”
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“Eight of the 25 species in the UK have drastically decreased, and three are already extinct (Goulson et al. 2008).”
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“In the last decades, an apparent population decline of many species worldwide has been observed (Goulson et al. 2008, Williams and Osborne 2009, Goulson 2010, Rasmont et al. 2015).”
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“There are many studies examining bumblebee species declines (Goulson et al. 2008; Cameron et al. 2011; Meeus et al. 2011) in the UK and elsewhere.”
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“Anthropogenic factors such as habitat fragmentation affect the extent of natural habitat (Goulson et al., 2008) and habitat suitability for many species (Tscharntke et al., 2002).”
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Unraveling the Bombus terrestris Hemolymph, an Indicator of the Immune Response to Microbial Infections, through Complementary Mass Spectrometry Approaches
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Multiplex PCR detection of slowly-evolving trypanosomatids and neogregarines in bumblebees using broad-range primers
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“Bumblebees are important pollinators of many wild plants and crops, so they provide vital pollination services in both natural and agricultural ecosystems [3,4].”
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“Such future studies could seek to compare insect diversity both within and beyond urban environments [20,102] to provide important data, furthering urban ecology.”
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Investigation of the efficacy of some biopesticides by food exposure on Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Demırözer, O., Uzun, A., YANIK, G., Buluş, İ. Y., & Gösterit, A. (2022) · Journal of Apicultural Research · doi:10.1080/00218839.2022.2054538 · Cited by 10
“It has been reported that factors such as the decrease in flower abundance and diversity, habitat losses, pathogens, invasive species, climatic changes, and pesticide use cause decreases in pollinator performance and populations (Goulson et al., 2008; Gradish et al., 2010; Gurel et al., 2011; Potts et al., 2010).”
Background
Applications of Morphometrics to the Hymenoptera, Particularly Bumble Bees (Bombus, Apidae)
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“1, Table 1) for a total of 37 characters, and measured 530 queens and workers from 18 European species of bumble bees.”
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“Taken together, these studies provide overwhelming evidence that moths are facing declines on a large geographic scale, across a range of habitats, which mirrors similar effects found in less species rich groups such as butterflies and bumblebees (Warren et al. 2001; Goulson et al. 2008).”
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Impacts of local and landscape grassland management on the structure of plant-pollinator networks
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“Identifying life stagespecific stressors for bumble bees is a key goal for understanding the biology of this group and identifying the causal drivers of their widespread decline (Goulson et al. 2008; Woodard 2017).”
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A contemporary survey of bumble bee diversity across the state of California
Fisher, K., Watrous, K. M., Williams, N. M., Richardson, L. L., & Woodard, S. H. (2022) · Ecology and Evolution · doi:10.1002/ece3.8505 · Cited by 9
“Bumble bees (genus Bombus, family Apidae) are an ecologically important group for which monitoring is desperately needed and which are experiencing substantial declines worldwide (Goulson et al., 2008; Williams & Osborne, 2009).”
Background
Bumblebees under pollution pressure of pesticides in urban and agrarian landscapes
Benner, L., Coder, L., Reiter, A., Roß‐Nickoll, M., & Schäffer, A. (2022) · Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances · doi:10.1016/j.hazadv.2022.100216 · Cited by 9
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“Three-strip management”: introducing a novel mowing method in perennial flower strips and grass margins to increase habitat complexity and attractiveness for pollinators
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“This, leads to a fast degradation in floral species diversity and abundance, and neglects the wider needs of pollinators such as habitat complexity providing more diverse resources such as food and shelter (Woodcock et al. 2007; Goulson et al. 2008).”
Background
The native bee fauna of the Palouse Prairie (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)
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Western honey bee management for crop pollination
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“Bumblebees are prolific pollinators in both natural and agricultural ecosystems [1,2]; which makes the decades long decline in bumblebee populations [3] particularly alarming.”
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Bucking the trend of pollinator decline: the population genetics of a range expanding bumblebee
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“Although the cause of these declines is unknown, human-introduced stressors such as pesticides, disease, habitat loss, and climate change have all been identified as potential contributing factors (Goulson et al., 2008).”
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Higher Essential Amino Acid and Crude Protein Contents in Pollen Accelerate the Oviposition and Colony Foundation of Bombus breviceps (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
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Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Remnant Grasslands in Arkansas
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“A principle driver of bumblebee decline in Europe has been the loss of natural and semi-natural grasslands to agriculture (Goulson et al., 2008).”
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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
Citations by year: 2026: 45 · 2025: 81 · 2024: 54 · 2023: 82 · 2022: 74 · 2021: 95 · 2020: 94 · 2019: 80 · 2018: 66 · 2017: 66 · 2016: 66 · 2015: 65 · 2014: 72 · 2013: 68 · 2012: 40
FWCI: 3.00
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Licence: cc-by
Locations: Annual Review of Entomology (publishedVersion)
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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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