Greater proportions of semi-natural habitat surrounding fields increased bumble bee and honey bee densities.
Tag - bumble-bee
Erin Zimmerman
Pollination quantity and purity
If you share a pollinator with another plant species in your location, is it a good idea to flower at the same time? You can only use pollen from another plant in the same species. If a bee arrives loaded with another...
Fi Gennu
Robbed, yet replenished: nectar, pollination and reproduction in an alpine plant
Plant-robber-pollinator interactions are studied in an alpine plant, Salvia przewalskii, that is pollinated by long-tongued Bombus religiosus and short-tongued B. friseanus, and robbed by B. friseanus. Ye et al. find...
botanyone
Flow cytometric analysis of bee pollen loads
Kron et al. use flow cytometry to characterize pollen loads from individual bees, using DNA content as a species marker,
Avoidance of interspecific pollen transfer in Pedicularis
Plants surrounded by individuals of other co-flowering species may attract more pollinators but can suffer a reproductive cost from interspecific pollen transfer. Yang et al. compare pollination and reproduction in...
Co-flowering species and pollination interactions
The presence of co-flowering species can alter pollinator foraging behaviour and positively or negatively affect reproductive success of individual species. Liao et al. investigate interactions between Pedicularis...
