The global stock of domesticated honey bees is growing slower than agricultural demand for pollination.
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Although the primary cause of the accelerating increase of the pollinator dependence of commercial agriculture seems to be economic and political and not biological, the rapid expansion of cultivation of many pollinator-dependent crops has the potential to trigger future pollination problems for both these crops and native species in neighboring areas.About:
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Nocturnal bees as crop pollinators
Guaraci Duran Cordeiro,Rodolfo Liporoni,Carolina A. Caetano,Cristiane Krug,Carlos A. Martínez-Martínez,Herbeson O. J. Martins,Renan Kobal de Oliveira Alves Cardoso,Fernanda Figueiredo de Araujo,Priscila de Cássia Souza Araújo,Reisla Oliveira,Clemens Schlindwein,Eric J. Warrant,Stefan Dötterl,Isabel Alves-dos-Santos +13 more
TL;DR: Nocturnal bees have visual adaptations to cope with low light intensities, and floral scents are a key sensory cue used to find their host flowers as mentioned in this paper, however, knowledge concerning their biology and role as crop pollinators has increased.
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Contribution of insect pollination to nutritional security of minerals and vitamins in Korea.
Sampat Ghosh,Chuleui Jung +1 more
TL;DR: The results demonstrated the importance of pollination for human nutritional security and conservation of insect pollination system for the sustained ecosystem service.
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Ressources pollinifères et mellifères de l'Abeille domestique, Apis Mellifera, en paysage rural du nord-ouest de la France
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare the ressources floristiques disponibles and celles reellement exploitees par les abeilles and present strategies de butinage mises en place dans ce cadre paysager.
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Editorial: Ballroom Biology: Recent Insights into Honey Bee Waggle Dance Communications
TL;DR: The waggle dance is the inspiration behind the nine contributions, spanning from original experimental research to emerging methods, which are presented here in this special Frontiers issue.
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Analysis of the RdRp, intergenic and structural polyprotein regions, and the complete genome sequence of Kashmir bee virus from infected honeybees (Apis mellifera) in Korea
Kondreddy Eswar Reddy,Mi-Sun Yoo,Young-Ha Kim,Nam-Hee Kim,Ha-Na Jung,Le Thi Bich Thao,Mummadireddy Ramya,Huong Thi Thanh Doan,Lien Thi Kim Nguyen,Suk-Chan Jung,Seung-Won Kang +10 more
TL;DR: Genetic recombination and geographical distance may explain the genomic variations between the Korean and reference KBV genotypes.
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Global Transformations: Politics, Economics, and Culture
TL;DR: The Global Transformations (GTL) project as mentioned in this paper is the product of almost a decade's work by a research team (based at the Open University and supported by the ESRC) who have produced what James. N. Rosenau has called the definitive work on globalization.
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Economic valuation of the vulnerability of world agriculture confronted with pollinator decline
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