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Pike & Rittschof pointing out that "only ∼13% of resource competition studies evaluated fitness effects of A. mellifera on wild bees" and call it a research gap. Not surprising! It's a real challenge to look at fitness, particularly for rare species, which might be the most vulnerable.
August 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Pike & Rittschof pointing out that "only ∼13% of resource competition studies evaluated fitness effects of A. mellifera on wild bees" and call it a research gap. Not surprising! It's a real challenge to look at fitness, particularly for rare species, which might be the most vulnerable.
In another study, my colleagues at the @jki-research.bsky.social could show that there are multiple factors driving this drift of pesticides to adjacent vegetation. They used sowing of pesticide-treated seeds as an example of pesticide application doi.org/10.1007/s113...
In another study, my colleagues at the @jki-research.bsky.social could show that there are multiple factors driving this drift of pesticides to adjacent vegetation. They used sowing of pesticide-treated seeds as an example of pesticide application doi.org/10.1007/s113...