Population Genetic Aspects of Pollinator Decline

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Increased genetic differentiation in a specialist versus a generalist bee: implications for conservation (2006, background): “Second, both theoretical arguments (haplodiploidy, nest building, central place foraging, philopatry), and empirical evidence suggest reduced gene flow in bee populations when compared to diploid insects (Packer and Owen 2001).”
Evidence for decline in eastern North American bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with special focus on Bombus affinis Cresson (2008, background): “The combination of haplodiploidy along with their eusocial colony organization (Packer and Owen 2001; Zayed and Packer 2005) and complex habitat requirements makes bumblebees more susceptible to extinction than most other organisms.”
The bumblebees of Sichuan (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini) (2009, background): “…sex-determination mechanism can be disrupted by low heterozygosity within small populations, bumblebees may be at increased extinction risk compared to many organisms (Packer & Owen, 2001; Zayed & Packer, 2005) and may therefore be especially sensitive indicators of environmental change.”