Bombus terrestris, pollinator, invasive and pest: An assessment of problems associated with its widespread introductions for commercial purposes

Massively Introduced Managed Species and Their Consequences for Plant–Pollinator Interactions

“…apples, pears, raspberry and avocado) or other highly valuable crops (e.g. peppers) to replace or supplement honeybee populations (Dafni et al, 2010;Goulson, 2003;Goulson and Hughes, 2015).…”

“…Interactions between pollinator MIMS and wild pollinators can also involve social information (Danchin et al, 2004). Insect pollinators have been shown to use social information to optimize their foraging, either to locate rewarding patches (Baude et al, 2011) or to avoid predation (Dawson and Chittka, 2014).…”

Pollinator Diversity: Distribution, Ecological Function, and Conservation

“…14 Other introduced bees include Bombus terrestris which is now widely considered to be an invasive alien in regions where it is non-native (Dafni et al 2010), and implicated in the regional loss of native Bombus species (Morales et al 2013). It is not just the direct effects of competition that concerns conservationists, but also the diseases that introduced bees can bring that may pass on to native species, e.g.…”

Bombus terrestris chegará ao Brasil? Um estudo preditivo sobre uma invasão em potencial

“…Também se distribui no extremo oeste da Rússia, nas Ilhas Canárias no Atlântico e em países africanos que possuem litoral no mar Mediterrâneo, como o Marrocos, a Turquia, a Algéria e a Tunísia. (Kruger, 1954(Kruger, , 1956Loken, 1973;Pekkarinen et al, 1981;Ne'eman e Dafni, 1999Winter et al, 2006;Dafni et al, 2010).…”

“…Factualmente, suas operárias foram observadas forrageando ou se deslocando sob condições usualmente adversas para outras abelhas, como durante chuva, em dias com ventos fortes e em temperaturas inferiores a 10°C e superiores a 32°C -inclusive, estas características são adversas para Apis mellifera, uma das espécies de abelha com maior distribuição global (Heinrich, 1979;Kuusik et al, 2002;Winter et al, 2006, Coppée, 2010Dafni et al, 2010). …”