Despite being among the most extensively studied bees worldwide, we are only at the dawn of understanding the intricate universe of bumblebees. Excellent overview of bumblebees from @LChittka et al in Current biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
A fascinating paper with important implications for pollinator conservation 🪰
Ghisbain et al. give an overview of the behavior, biogeography, conservation, ecology
and evolution of bumblebees.
We need much more semi-natural habitat (6-37%, depending on species group) in agricultural landscapes to effectively conserve pollinators. Large collaborative synthesis study looking at 59 studies in 1250 landscapes from 19 countries now published in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
An amazing team effort by everyone on the Micro-Poll Project! Sujan Sapkota, Naomi Saville, Alyssa Cirtwill, Sushil Baral, Kedar Devkota, Daya Ram-Bhusal, Santosh Giri, Helen Harris-Fry, Deepak Joshi, Susanne Kortsch, Sam Myers, Tomas Roslin, Matt Smith & Jane Memmott
