Species richness of wild bees, but not the use of managed honeybees, increases fruit set of a pollinator-dependent crop

By R. Mallinger, Claudio Gratton. 2015

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. S. Potts
2. J. Ollerton
3. L. Garibaldi
4. M. Aizen
5. G. Ballantyne
6. R. Isaacs
7. P. Willmer
8. Richard J. Gill

In Insect Science

1. S. Potts
2. J. Ollerton
3. L. Garibaldi
4. M. Aizen
5. Richard J. Gill
6. A. Campbell
7. T. Breeze
8. P. Willmer

In Plant Science

1. S. Potts
2. J. Ollerton
3. M. Aizen
4. L. Garibaldi
5. John M. Holland
6. P. Willmer
7. R. Isaacs
8. F. Drummond

Citations in the corpus

• Do sown flower strips boost wild pollinator abundance and pollination services in a spring-flowering crop? A case study from UK cider apple orchards (2017, background): “However, 499 previous studies have found honeybees to be ineffective pollinators of apple flowers 500 even at recommended (high) hive densities (Mallinger & Gratton 2015; Martins et al. 501 2015).”
• Semi‐natural habitats mitigate the effects of temperature rise on wild bees (2017, background): “Although domesticated honeybees are often used for pollinating crops such as rape, wild bees have been found to be more efficient pollinators in agricultural landscapes (Garibaldi et al. 2013; Mallinger & Gratton 2015).”
• The impact of honey bee colony quality on crop yield and farmers’ profit in apples and pears (2017, background): “Recent studies have shown that pollination success in apples was significantly more related to wild bee species richness than to honey bee abundance (Mallinger and Gratton 2015; Földesi et al., 2016).”
• Pollination services for apple are dependent on diverse wild bee communities (2016, background): “Recent studies in apple orchards found that wild pollinators alone were able to achieve comparable fruit set levels to orchards with managed honey bees (Mallinger and Gratton, 2014) and that functional diversity can improve pollination services in Canadian orchards (Martins et al.”
• Insights from measuring pollen deposition: quantifying the pre-eminence of bees as flower visitors and effective pollinators (2017, background): “…bumblebees are important for blueberries (Button and Elle 2014) and several wild bees are better than managed honeybees at pollinating apples (Mallinger and Gratton 2015), although it is only a few relatively common solitary bee species that are crucial across crops in general (Kleijn et al.…”
• Pollination reservoirs for wild bee habitat enhancement in cropping systems: a review (2017, background): “…in adjacent crop fields (Albrecht et al. 2007; Barbir et al. 2015; Feltham et al. 2015; Garibaldi et al. 2013; Greenleaf 2005; Hoehn et al. 2008; Klein, Steffan-Dewenter, and Tscharntke 2003; Mallinger and Gratton 2015; Morandin 2005; Morandin and Kremen 2013a; Morandin, Long, and Kremen 2016).”
• Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination (2015, unknown): “mx (14) Mexico Coffea canephora Lowland coffee Smitha.”
• Earlier activity of Drosophila suzukii in high woodland landscapes but relative abundance is unaffected (2016, background): “…WI 53706, USA 5 The Xerces Society, 628 NE Broadway #200, Portland, OR 97232, USA which provide critical pollination services in apple orchards (Mallinger and Gratton 2015) and in predator species such as native ladybird beetles, which provide biocontrol services to surrounding soybean…”
• Relationships between wild bees, hoverflies and pollination success in apple orchards with different landscape contexts (2016, background): “Our results also correspond to the findings of Mallinger and Gratton (2015), who report a similarly significant positive effect of wild bee species richness and no effect of honey bee abundance on apple fruit set.”
• Protecting an ecosystem service: approaches to understanding and mitigating threats to wild insect pollinators (2016, background): “…future pollination deficits (Albrecht et al., 2012; 289 Breeze et al., 2014; Gagic et al., 2015; Garratt et al., 2014b; Hoehn et al., 2008; Isbell et al., 290 2011; Mallinger and Gratton, 2015; Martins et al., 2015; Orford et al., 2015; Winfree et al., 291 2007; but see: Winfree et al., 2015).”