Equivocal Evidence for Colony Level Stress Effects on Bumble Bee Pollination Services

• Published in: Insects (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 11; no. 3; p. 191
• Main Authors: Greenop, Arran, Mica-Hawkyard, Nevine, Walkington, Sarah, Wilby, Andrew, Cook, Samantha M, Pywell, Richard F, Woodcock, Ben A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 18.03.2020; MDPI AG
• Subjects: bumblebees; climate change; heat stress; neonicotinoid; pesticide; pollination ecosystem services; Neonicotinoid; heat stress; pollination ecosystem services; bumblebees; pesticide; climate change

Climate change poses a threat to global food security with extreme heat events causing drought and direct damage to crop plants. However, by altering behavioural or physiological responses of insects, extreme heat events may also affect pollination services on which many crops are dependent. Such ef...