A citizen science supported study on seasonal diversity and monoflorality of pollen collected by honey bees in Austria

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

(2019) Caitlin Potter et al.   PeerJ

Volumetric expression of palynological spectra for nutritional studies

(2019) Ida Conti et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Health status of honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera) and disease-related risk factors for colony losses in Austria

(2019) Linde Morawetz et al.   PLoS One

Seasonal variation of pollen collected by honey bees (Apis mellifera) in developed areas across four regions in the United States

(2019) Pierre Lau et al.   PLoS One

Quantitative and qualitative assessment of pollen DNA metabarcoding using constructed species mixtures

(2018) Karen L. Bell et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Social bees are fitter in more biodiverse environments

(2018) Benjamin F. Kaluza et al.   Scientific Reports

Quantitative multi‐locus metabarcoding and waggle dance interpretation reveal honey bee spring foraging patterns in Midwest agroecosystems

(2018) Rodney T. Richardson et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

How quantitative is metabarcoding: A meta‐analytical approach

(2018) Philip D. Lamb et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Determining the minimum number of pollen grains needed for accurate honey bee (Apis mellifera) colony pollen pellet analysis

(2017) Pierre Lau et al.   PALYNOLOGY

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

(2017) Natasha de Vere et al.   Scientific Reports

Honey bee-collected pollen in agro-ecosystems reveals diet diversity, diet quality, and pesticide exposure

(2017) Megan J. Colwell et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Honey bee foraging ecology: Season but not landscape diversity shapes the amount and diversity of collected pollen

(2017) Nadja Danner et al.   PLoS One

A ‘Landscape physiology’ approach for assessing bee health highlights the benefits of floral landscape enrichment and semi-natural habitats

(2017) Cédric Alaux et al.   Scientific Reports

Influence of different pollen diets on the development of hypopharyngeal glands and size of acid gland sacs in caged honey bees (Apis mellifera)

(2016) Eslam Omar et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Pollen DNA barcoding: current applications and future prospects

(2016) Karen L. Bell et al.   GENOME

The carry-over effects of pollen shortage decrease the survival of honeybee colonies in farmlands

(2016) Fabrice Requier et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Variations in the Availability of Pollen Resources Affect Honey Bee Health

(2016) Garance Di Pasquale et al.   PLoS One

Weeds for bees? A review

(2015) Vincent Bretagnolle et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Pollen nutrition in honey bees (Apis mellifera): impact on adult health

(2015) Bruna Estefânia Diniz Frias et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Honey bee diet in intensive farmland habitats reveals an unexpectedly high flower richness and a major role of weeds

(2015) Fabrice Requier et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Ranking pollen from bee plants according to their protein contribution to honey bees

(2015) Vasilis Liolios et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

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

(2015) D. Goulson et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

(2014) A. Keller et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

Honeybee nutrition is linked to landscape composition

(2014) Philip Donkersley et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Ivy: an underappreciated key resource to flower-visiting insects in autumn

(2013) Mihail Garbuzov et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Influence of Pollen Nutrition on Honey Bee Health: Do Pollen Quality and Diversity Matter?

(2013) Garance Di Pasquale et al.   PLoS One

Territorial biodiversity and consequences on physico-chemical characteristics of pollen collected by honey bee colonies

(2012) Jean-François Odoux et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Pollen diversity collected by honey bees in the vicinity of Vaccinium spp. crops and its importance for colony development1This article is part of a Special Issue entitled “Pollination biology research in Canada: Perspectives on a mutualism at different scales”.

(2012) Mélissa Girard et al.   Botany

Evaluation of the nutritive value of maize for honey bees

(2011) Nicole Höcherl et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

How many flowering plants are pollinated by animals?

(2011) Jeff Ollerton et al.   OIKOS

Evaluation of the botanical origin of commercial dry bee pollen load batches using pollen analysis: a proposal for technical standardization

(2010) Ortrud M. Barth et al.   ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS

Nutrition and health in honey bees

(2010) Robert Brodschneider et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Diet effects on honeybee immunocompetence

(2010) C. Alaux et al.   Biology Letters

Citizen Science: A Developing Tool for Expanding Science Knowledge and Scientific Literacy

(2009) Rick Bonney et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Pollen sources for honeybees in Israel: Source, periods of shortage, and influence on population growth

(2009) Dorit Avni et al.   ISRAEL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Seasonal variation of collected pollen loads of honeybees (Apis melliferaL.anatoliaca)

(2008) Aycan Bilisik et al.   GRANA