1Interacting stressors underlie pollinator declines; bees feel the squeeze 2Combined stress from parasites, pesticides and lack of flowers drives bee declines 3 4Dave Goulson, Elizabeth Nicholls, Cristina Botas and Ellen L. Rotheray 5 6 7School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QG 8Email: [email protected] 9 10 1 1 2 f11Abstract 12Bees are subject to numerous ... Bee declines driven by combined stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers Dave Goulson, Elizabeth Nicholls, Cristina Botas, Ellen L. Rotheray +3 more Bee declines driven by combined Stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers Goulson, D. Nicholls, E. Botas, C. Rotheray, E.L. If pollination fails, ecosystems are eroded and we will lose reliable sources of many critical foodstuffs. Focusing on the pollination services provided by bees, Goulson et al. review the stresses bees are experiencing from climate change, infectious diseases, and insecticides. We can mitigate some of the stress on bees by improving floral resources and adopting quarantine measures, and by ... Bees are subject to numerous pressures in the modern world. The abundance and diversity of flowers has declined; bees are chronically exposed to cocktails of agrochemicals, and they are simultaneously exposed to novel parasites accidentally spread by humans. Climate change is likely to exacerbate these problems in the future. Stressors do not act in isolation;
The abundance and diversity of flowers has declined, bees are chronically exposed to cocktails of agrochemicals, and they are simultaneously exposed to novel parasites accidentally spread by humans.
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Bee declines driven by combined Stress from parasites, pesticides, and lack of flowers Goulson, D. Nicholls, E. Botas, C. Rotheray, E.L.
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Similarly, wild bee declines and honey bee colony losses are clearly due to multiple, interact-ing and sometimes synergistic factors, and the combination of factors involved no doubt varies in time and space.
