Pollen metabarcoding reveals broad and species-specific resource use by urban bees

Generalisation and specialisation in hoverfly (Syrphidae) grassland pollen transport networks revealed by DNA metabarcoding

(2018) Andrew Lucas et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Floral resource partitioning by individuals within generalised hoverfly pollination networks revealed by DNA metabarcoding

(2018) Andrew Lucas et al.   Scientific Reports

A Comparison of Honey Bee-Collected Pollen From Working Agricultural Lands Using Light Microscopy and ITS Metabarcoding

(2017) M. D. Smart et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

Attractiveness of wildflower mixtures for wild bees and hoverflies depends on some key plant species

(2017) Daniela Warzecha et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

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

(2017) Natasha de Vere et al.   Scientific Reports

Applying Pollen DNA Metabarcoding to the Study of Plant–Pollinator Interactions

(2017) Karen L. Bell et al.   Applications in Plant Sciences

Diet characterisation of solitary bees on farmland: dietary specialisation predicts rarity

(2016) T. J. Wood et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Providing foraging resources for solitary bees on farmland: current schemes for pollinators benefit a limited suite of species

(2016) Thomas J. Wood et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Least-Squares Means: TheRPackagelsmeans

(2016) Russell V. Lenth   Journal of Statistical Software

Food for Pollinators: Quantifying the Nectar and Pollen Resources of Urban Flower Meadows

(2016) Damien M. Hicks et al.   PLoS One

Using metabarcoding to reveal and quantify plant-pollinator interactions

(2016) André Pornon et al.   Scientific Reports

Plant diversity and composition compensate for negative effects of urbanization on foraging bumble bees

(2015) Marietta Hülsmann et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Native wildflower plantings support wild bee abundance and diversity in agricultural landscapes across the United States

(2015) Neal M. Williams et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

EDITOR'S CHOICE: Enhancing gardens as habitats for flower-visiting aerial insects (pollinators): should we plant native or exotic species?

(2015) Andrew Salisbury et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Where is the UK's pollinator biodiversity? The importance of urban areas for flower-visiting insects

(2015) K. C. R. Baldock et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers

(2015) D. Goulson et al.   SCIENCE

Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents

(2015) J. T. Kerr et al.   SCIENCE

Rank-Based Characterization of Pollen Assemblages Collected by Honey Bees Using a Multi-Locus Metabarcoding Approach

(2015) Rodney T. Richardson et al.   Applications in Plant Sciences

Application of ITS2 Metabarcoding to Determine the Provenance of Pollen Collected by Honey Bees in an Agroecosystem

(2015) Rodney T. Richardson et al.   Applications in Plant Sciences

Using DNA Metabarcoding to Identify the Floral Composition of Honey: A New Tool for Investigating Honey Bee Foraging Preferences

(2015) Jennifer Hawkins et al.   PLoS One

Can DNA-Based Ecosystem Assessments Quantify Species Abundance? Testing Primer Bias and Biomass—Sequence Relationships with an Innovative Metabarcoding Protocol

(2015) Vasco Elbrecht et al.   PLoS One

Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data

(2014) Anthony M. Bolger et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Evaluating the effectiveness of wildflower seed mixes for boosting floral diversity and bumblebee and hoverfly abundance in urban areas

(2014) Lorna M. Blackmore et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Evaluating multiplexed next-generation sequencing as a method in palynology for mixed pollen samples

(2014) A. Keller et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Divergent Rules for Pollen and Nectar Foraging Bumblebees – A Laboratory Study with Artificial Flowers Offering Diluted Nectar Substitute and Pollen Surrogate

(2014) Sabine Konzmann et al.   PLoS One

Decreasing Abundance, Increasing Diversity and Changing Structure of the Wild Bee Community (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) along an Urbanization Gradient

(2014) Laura Fortel et al.   PLoS One

Native plants are the bee’s knees: local and landscape predictors of bee richness and abundance in backyard gardens

(2014) Gabriella L. Pardee et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Plant Pollinator Networks along a Gradient of Urbanisation

(2013) Benoît Geslin et al.   PLoS One

Historical changes in northeastern US bee pollinators related to shared ecological traits

(2013) I. Bartomeus et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

GenBank

(2012) Dennis A. Benson et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

DNA Barcoding the Native Flowering Plants and Conifers of Wales

(2012) Natasha de Vere et al.   PLoS One

The Whereabouts of Flower Visitors: Contrasting Land-Use Preferences Revealed by a Country-Wide Survey Based on Citizen Science

(2012) Nicolas Deguines et al.   PLoS One

The same, but different: pollen foraging in honeybee and bumblebee colonies

(2011) Sara Diana Leonhardt et al.   APIDOLOGIE

FLASH: fast length adjustment of short reads to improve genome assemblies

(2011) T. Magoc et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits

(2011) Lucas A. Garibaldi et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Wild bees along an urban gradient: winners and losers

(2011) Weronika Banaszak-Cibicka et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Changing Bee and Hoverfly Pollinator Assemblages along an Urban-Rural Gradient

(2011) Adam J. Bates et al.   PLoS One

Quantitative Historical Change in Bumblebee (Bombus spp.) Assemblages of Red Clover Fields

(2011) Yoko L. Dupont et al.   PLoS One

A Meta-Analysis of Global Urban Land Expansion

(2011) Karen C. Seto et al.   PLoS One

Patterns of widespread decline in North American bumble bees

(2011) S. A. Cameron et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drastic historic shifts in bumble-bee community composition in Sweden

(2011) R. Bommarco et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pollen amino acids and flower specialisation in solitary bees

(2010) Christiane Natalie Weiner et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Maximum foraging ranges in solitary bees: only few individuals have the capability to cover long foraging distances

(2010) Antonia Zurbuchen et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Declines of managed honey bees and beekeepers in Europe

(2010) Simon G Potts et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Land cover change in Europe between 1950 and 2000 determined employing aerial photography

(2010) F. Gerard et al.   PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

The Global Stock of Domesticated Honey Bees Is Growing Slower Than Agricultural Demand for Pollination

(2009) Marcelo A. Aizen et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Bumble Bees (Bombus spp) along a Gradient of Increasing Urbanization

(2009) Karin Ahrné et al.   PLoS One

Analysis of pollen loads in a wild bee community (Hymenoptera: Apidae) – a method for elucidating habitat use and foraging distances

(2008) Marion Beil et al.   APIDOLOGIE

A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF POLLEN HOST PLANT USE BY STABLE AND DECLINING BUMBLE BEE SPECIES

(2008) David Kleijn et al.   ECOLOGY

Breeding system, pollinator choice and variation in pollen quality in British herbaceous plants

(2008) M. E. Hanley et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Does Pathogen Spillover from Commercially Reared Bumble Bees Threaten Wild Pollinators?

(2008) Michael C. Otterstatter et al.   PLoS One