Population decline of crop bee pollinators
Bees are the main pollinators in nature, being of fundamental importance of many agricultural crops around the world, causing improvements in the productivity of these crops. The pollination by bees contributes to improving the quality and / or quantity of produced fruits and seeds. However, despite...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Grupo Verde de Agroecologia e Abelhas (GVAA) |
| Repositorio: | Acta Apicola Brasilica |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.gvaa.com.br:article/3623 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.gvaa.com.br/revista/index.php/APB/article/view/3623 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | bees disappearing CCD environmental changes crop pollination desaparecimento das abelhas síndrome do colapso das colônias alterações ambientais polinização agrícola |
| Resumo: | Bees are the main pollinators in nature, being of fundamental importance of many agricultural crops around the world, causing improvements in the productivity of these crops. The pollination by bees contributes to improving the quality and / or quantity of produced fruits and seeds. However, despite all importance, the bees are in the process of disappearing in several parts of the world, mainly in Europe and in some countries in North America. Recent surveys are showing a large decline in native bees and honeybees (Apis mellifera), mainly as a result of environmental changes, that cause severe negative effects on the availability of food for the bees. So, this review aims to reinforce the importance of bees in crop pollination, and warn about the current situation and the population decline of different groups of these important pollinators. |
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