Alternative pollinator taxa are equally efficient but not as effective as the honeybee in a mass flowering crop

By Romina Rader, B. Howlett, S. Cunningham, David Westcott, L. Newstrom-Lloyd, M. Walker, D. Teulon, W. Edwards. 2009

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

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Larger pollinators deposit more pollen on stigmas across multiple plant species—A meta‐analysis (2020, background): “In practice, the measurement of the single visit pollen deposition resulting from an insect visit necessitates the monitoring of virgin flowers until an insect completes a visit (King et al., 2013; Rader et al., 2009).”
Measuring the economic value of pollination services: principles, evidence and knowledge gaps. (2015, background): “Several recent studies have linked the abundance and diversity of pollinators to their service delivery (Hoehn et al., 2008; Rader et al., 2009), however the effects of substitution and interaction between species have also only been explored in a few specific case studies (e.”
On managing the red mason bee (Osmia bicornis) in apple orchards (2011, positive): “Several native wild bee species have been identified to be capable of replacing or at least supplementing the decreasing number of honeybees (Kremen et al. 2002; Rader et al. 2009).”
Pollination efficiency and foraging behaviour of honey bees and non‐Apis bees to sweet cherry (2019, background): “…studied in a number of crops systems and the parameter is variable between honey bees and non-Apis bees and also among non-Apis bees there are clear differences (Chagnon et al., 1993; Vicens & Bosch, 2000a; Thomson & Goodell, 2001; Javorek et al., 2002; Rader et al., 2009; Martins et al., 2015).”
Pollen transport differs among bees and flies in a human‐modified landscape (2011, background): “…event (i.e. flower age and receptivity Chang & Struckmeyer, 1976; Gonzalez et al., 1995; Cowan et al., 2000; differences in pollinator efficiency Rader et al., 2009), knowledge of the dispersal distances of generalist pollinators in modified systems is crucial for our understanding of the…”
Massively Introduced Managed Species and Their Consequences for Plant–Pollinator Interactions (2017, background): “Even though non-bee insect pollinators play a significant role in crop production, they are less efficient that bees per flower visit (Rader et al., 2009, 2015).”
Pollination efficiency of wild bees and hoverflies provided to oilseed rape (2012, background): “Differences in the ratio of tested hoverfly species might have affected overall pollination effectiveness (Rader et al., 2009) because among-pollinator differences in effectiveness are key drivers of the diversity–function relationship of plant–pollinator interactions (Perfectti et al., 2009).”
Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination (2015, positive): “In addition, non-bee taxa may be more efficient in transferring pollen for some crops under certain conditions (18, 19, 38) and/or carry pollen further distances than some bees (41).”
Pollination services in the UK: how important are honeybees? (2011, background): “As wild pollinator populations often lack the abundance necessary to pollinate intensive, large-scale crop systems and their population dynamics can very strongly between years (e.g. Rader et al, 2009), honeybees are likely to remain an important component of UK pollination services.”
Spatial and temporal variation in pollinator effectiveness: do unmanaged insects provide consistent pollination services to mass flowering crops? (2012, positive): “) (Brassicaceae) in NewZealand is visited bymany insect species that vary in abundance and effectiveness as pollen transfer agents (Rader et al. 2009).”
The winners and losers of land use intensification: pollinator community disassembly is non‐random and alters functional diversity (2014, positive): “…in land use manage- ment (e.g. solitary taxa with non-floral larval food requirements) are important pollination service providers to many New Zealand native plants and some commercial mass flowering crops (Primack, 1983; Newstrom & Robertson, 2005; Rader et al., 2009, 2013b; Howlett, 2012).”
Pollination by wild bees yields larger strawberries than pollination by honey bees (2019, background): “…with measures of single- visit effectiveness (the number of pollen grains, fruit or seeds resulting from a single pollinator visit to a flower) as a measure of pollinator performance (Garibaldi et al., 2013; Greenleaf & Kremen, 2006; Rader et al., 2009; Winfree, Williams, Dushoff, & Kremen, 2007).”