An analysis of the energetic reward offered by field bean (Vicia faba ) flowers: Nectar, pollen, and operative force

Oilseed rape (Brassica napus ) as a resource for farmland insect pollinators: quantifying floral traits in conventional varieties and breeding systems

(2017) Jonathan M. Carruthers et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Bee visitation rates to cultivated sunflowers increase with the amount and accessibility of nectar sugars

(2017) R. E. Mallinger et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY

Bumblebee family lineage survival is enhanced in high-quality landscapes

(2017) Claire Carvell et al.   NATURE

Insect pollination reduces yield loss following heat stress in faba bean (Vicia faba L.)

(2016) Jacob Bishop et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Macronutrient ratios in pollen shape bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) foraging strategies and floral preferences

(2016) Anthony D. Vaudo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mutually beneficial pollinator diversity and crop yield outcomes in small and large farms

(2016) L. A. Garibaldi et al.   SCIENCE

Virus Infection of Plants Alters Pollinator Preference: A Payback for Susceptible Hosts?

(2016) Simon C. Groen et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Interactive effect of floral abundance and semi-natural habitats on pollinators in field beans (Vicia faba)

(2015) Geetha K. Nayak et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

How can an understanding of plant–pollinator interactions contribute to global food security?

(2015) Emily J Bailes et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Functional modularity in a forcible flower mechanism: relationships among morphology, biomechanical features and fitness

(2015) Silvina A. Córdoba et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

The Effects of Flower, Floral Display, and Reward Sizes on Bumblebee Foraging Behavior When Pollen Is the Reward and Plants Are Dichogamous

(2015) Johanne Brunet et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Wildlife-friendly farming increases crop yield: evidence for ecological intensification

(2015) Richard F. Pywell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pollen and nectar quality drive the major and minor floral choices of bumble bees

(2014) Laurent Somme et al.   APIDOLOGIE

A crop–pollinator inter-play approach to assessing seed production patterns in faba bean under two pollination environments

(2014) M. J. Suso et al.   EUPHYTICA

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

Avoiding a bad apple: Insect pollination enhances fruit quality and economic value

(2013) M.P.D. Garratt et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

The identity of crop pollinators helps target conservation for improved ecosystem services

(2013) M.P.D. Garratt et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Assessment of Gustatory Responses to Different Sugars in Harnessed and Free-Moving Bumblebee Workers (Bombus terrestris)

(2013) V. Mommaerts et al.   CHEMICAL SENSES

Significant yield benefits from honeybee pollination of faba bean (Vicia faba) assessed at field scale

(2013) Saul A. Cunningham et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Bee pollination improves crop quality, shelf life and commercial value

(2013) B. K. Klatt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Early reproductive benefits of mass-flowering crops to the solitary bee Osmia rufa outbalance post-flowering disadvantages

(2012) Frank Jauker et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Individual lifetime pollen and nectar foraging preferences in bumble bees

(2012) Jessica Hagbery et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Mass-flowering crops enhance wild bee abundance

(2012) Andrea Holzschuh et al.   OECOLOGIA

Flower power: its association with bee power and floral functional morphology in papilionate legumes

(2011) Silvina A. Córdoba et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Selective flower visitation behavior by pollinators in a radish F1 seed production field

(2010) Kiwa Kobayashi et al.   BREEDING SCIENCE

Direct and correlated responses to upward and downward selection for outcrossing in Vicia faba

(2010) María José Suso et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Breeding Technologies to Increase Crop Production in a Changing World

(2010) M. Tester et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

The role of crop-pollinator relationships in breeding for pollinator-friendly legumes: from a breeding perspective

(2009) Reid G. Palmer et al.   EUPHYTICA

The interaction of temperature and sucrose concentration on foraging preferences in bumblebees

(2008) Heather M. Whitney et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Vicia faba germplasm multiplication – floral traits associated with pollen-mediated gene flow under diverse between-plot isolation strategies

(2007) M.J. Suso et al.   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY