Conserving wild bees for crop pollination: efficiency of bee hotels in Moroccan cherry orchards ( Prunus avium )

Biopesticides and insect pollinators: Detrimental effects, outdated guidelines, and future directions

“…Wild solitary bees represent a widely heterogeneous group of insects belonging to the superfamily Apoidea (Michener, 2000). As already pointed out, they can largely vary in their morphology, body size, phenology, habitat, foraging flight distances, nutritional requirements, and nesting habits, but they invariantly provide crucial ecosystemic services through pollination in both natural landscapes and managed crops (Duchenne et al, 2020;Barraud et al, 2022;Hamroud et al, 2022). Although the conservation status of many of these species remains unknown, a growing number of them is facing a progressive decline over the years (Biesmeijer et al, 2006;Sánchez-Bayo and Wyckhuys, 2019).…”

Mason bees and honey bees synergistically enhance fruit set in sweet cherry orchards

“…Mason bees ( Osmia spp.) have also been used as managed pollinators for many decades, especially for the pollination of rosaceous fruit trees, including cherry (Bosch & Kemp, 2001 , 2002 ; Güler, 2020 ; Hamroud et al, 2022 ; Kornmilch, 2010 ; Krunic et al, 1991 ; Maeta & Kitamura, 1974 ; Torchio, 1976 ).…”