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Uncertainty in thermal tolerances and climatic debt

Devictor V, van Swaay C, Brereton T, Brotons L, Chamberlain D, Heliölä J, Herrando S, Julliard R, Kuussaari M, Lindström Å, Reif J, Roy D, van Strien A, Settele J, Schweiger O, Stefanescu C, Vermouzek Z, van Turnhout C, Wallis de Vries M, Wynhoff I, Jiguet F

2012

Nature Climate Change

http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v2/...

Yes

Mite species inhabiting commercial bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) nests in Polish greenhouses

Rożej E., Witaliński W., Szentgyörgyi H., Wantuch M., Moroń D., Woyciechowski M.

2012

Experimental and Applied Acarology

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P...

Yes

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Organic Farming Improves Pollination Success in Strawberries

Andersson GKS;Rundlof M;Smith HG;

2012

Plos One

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%...

Yes

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Species-Area Relationships Are Controlled by Species Traits

Franzén M, Schweiger O, Betzholtz PE

2012

PLoS ONE

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%...

Yes

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Infectivity of DWV Associated to Flower Pollen: Experimental Evidence of a Horizontal Transmission Route

Mazzei M, Carrozza ML, Luisi E, Forzan M, Giusti M, et al.

2014

PLoS ONE

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%...

Yes

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Predictive markers of honey bee colony collapse

Dainat B, Evans JD, Chen YP, Gauthier L, Neumann P

2012

PLoS ONE

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi/...

Yes

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Museum specimens reveal loss of pollen host plants as key factor driving wild bee decline in the Netherlands.

Scheper, J., Reemer, M., Van Kats, R., Ozinga, W.A., Van der Linden, G.T.J., Schaminée, J.H.J., Siepel, H. & Kleijn, D.

2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA

http://www.pnas.org/content/111/49/17552.a...

Yes

Historical changes in northeastern US bee pollinators related to shared ecological traits

Bartomeus I, Ascher JS, Gibbs J, Danforth BN, Wagner DL, Hedtke SM, Winfree R

2013

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/02/...

Yes

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How Pollination Ecology research can help answer important questions

Biesmeijer, J.C., Sorensen, P.B., Carvalheiro, L.G.

2011

Journal of Pollination Ecology

http://www.pollinationecology.org/articles...

Yes

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A method for under-sampled ecological network data analysis: plant-pollination as case study

Sørensen P.B., Damgaard C.F., Strandberg B., Dupont Y.L., Pedersen M.B., Carvalheiro L.G., Biesmeijer J.C., Olsen J.M., Hagen M., Potts S.G.

2011

Journal of Pollination Ecology

http://www.pollinationecology.org/index.ph...

Yes

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The Bumblebees Scarcity Syndrome: Are heat waves leading to local extinctions of bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus)?

Rasmont P. & Iserbyt S.

2012

Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N. S.)

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/23...

Yes

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Landscapes with wild bee habitats enhance pollination, fruit set and yield of sweet cherry

Holzschuh, A., Dudenhöffer, J.-H., Tscharntke T.

2012

Biological Conservation

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

Late-season mass-flowering red clover increases bumble bee queen and male densities

Maj Rundlöf, Anna S. Persson, Henrik G. Smith, Riccardo Bommarco

2014

Biological Conservation

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

Clinical signs of deformed wing virus infection are predictive markers for honey bee colony losses

Dainat B, Neumann P

2013

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

Spillover of functionally important organisms between managed and natural habitats

Blitzer, E.J., Dormann, C.F., Holzschuh, A., Klein, A.M., Rand, T.A., Tscharntke, T.

2012

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

Achieving production and conservation simultaneously in tropical agricultural landscapes

Renwick A.R., Vickery J.A., Potts S.G., Bolwig S., Nalwanga D., Pomeroy D.E., Mushabe D., Atkinson P.W.

2014

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

Interactive effect of floral abundance and semi-natural habitats on pollinators in field beans

Nayak G.K., Roberts S.P.M., Garratt M., Breeze T., Tscheulin T., Harrison-Cripps J., Vogiatzakis I.N., Stirpe M.T., Potts S.G.

2015

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers

Simon G. Potts, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Claire Kremen, Peter Neumann, Oliver Schweiger, William E. Kunin

2010

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

Back to the future: Apis vs. non-Apis pollination - a response to Ollerton et al.

Aebi A, Vaissière BE, van Engelsdorp D, Delaplane K, Roubik DW, Neumann P

2012

Trends in Ecology & Evolution

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

Ecological intensification: harnessing ecosystem services for food security

Bommarco R., Kleijn D., Potts S.G.

2013

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

Combined effects of global change pressures on animal-mediated pollination

González-Varo J., Biesmeijer J., Bommarco R., Potts S., Schweiger O., Smith H., Steffan-Dewenter I., Szentgyörgyi H., Woyciechowski M., Vilà M.

2013

Trends in Ecology & Evolution

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

A stated preference valuation of the non-market benefits of pollination services in the UK

Breeze T.D., Bailey A.P., Potts S.G. and Balcombe K.G.

2015

Ecological Economics

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

Specialization of mutualistic interaction networks decreases towards tropical latitudes

Schleuning, M., J. Fründ, A-M. Klein, S. Abrahamczyk, R. Alarcón, M. Albrecht, G.K.S. Andersson, S. Bazarian, K. Böhning-Gaese, R. Bommarco, B. Dalsgaard, D.M. Dehling, A. Gotlieb, M. Hagen, Th. Hickler, A. Holzschuh, C.N. Kaiser-Bunbury, H. Kreft, R.J. Morris, B. Sandel, W.J. Sutherland, J-Ch. Svenning, T. Tscharntke, S. Watts, C.N. Weiner, M. Werner, N.M. Williams, C. Winqvist, C.F. Dormann, & N. Blüthgen

2012

Current Biology

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

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Pollination ecology of a plant in its native and introduced areas

Montero-Castaño, A; Vilà, M.and Ortiz-Sánchez, F.J.

2014

Acta Oecologica

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

Landscape context and elevation affect pollinator communities in intensive apple orchards

Marini L. Quaranta M., Fontana P., Biesmeijer J.C., Bommarco R.

2012

Basic and Applied Ecology

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

Maize pollen foraging by honey bees in relation to crop area and landscape contex

Danner N, Härtel S, Steffan-Dewenter I

2014

Basic and Applied Ecology

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

A multilevel analysis on pollination-related policies

Ratamäki, O., Jokinen, P., Sørensen, P., Breeze, T., Potts, S.

2015

Ecosystem Services

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic...

Yes

Wild pollinators enhance fruit set of crops regardless of honey-bee abundance

Garibaldi LA, Steffan-Dewenter I, Winfree R, Aizen MA, Bommarco R, Cunningham SA, Kremen C, Carvalheiro LG, Harder LD, Afik O, Bartomeus I, Benjamin F, Boreux V, Cariveau D, Chacoff NP, Dudenhöffer JH, Freitas BM, Ghazoul J, Greenleaf S,Hipólito J, Holzschuh A, Howlett B, Isaacs R, Javorek SK, Kennedy CM, Krewenka K, Krishnan S, Mandelik Y, Mayfield MM, Motzke I, Munyuli T, Nault BA, Otieno M, Petersen J, Pisanty G, Potts SG, Rader R, Ricketts TH, Rundlöf M, Seymour CL, Schüepp C, Szentgyörgyi H, Taki H, Tscharntke T, Vergara CH, Viana BF, Wanger TC, Westphal C, Williams N, Klein AM

2013

Science

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6127...

Yes

Are Neonicotinoids Killing Bees?

Hopwood J., Vaughan M., Shepherd M., Biddinger D., Mader E., Hoffman Black S., Mazzacano C.

2012

http://www.xerces.org/neonicotinoids-and-b...

No

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The effect of climatic variation on abundance and diversity of bumblebees: a ten years survey in a mountain hotspot

Iserbyt S. & Rasmont P.

2012

Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N. S.)

http://www.zoologie.umh.ac.be/asef/pdf/201...

Yes

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Trait-dependent responses of flower-visiting insects to distance to semi-natural grasslands and landscape heterogeneity

Ekroos, J., Rundlöf, M., Smith, H.G.

2013

Landscape Ecology

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-013-9864-2

Yes

Pollination services in the UK: How important are honeybees?

Breeze, T.D., Bailey, A.P., Balcombe, K.G., Potts, S.G.

2011

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2011.03.020

Yes

Can pollination services, species diversity and conservation be simultaneously promoted by sown wildflower strips on farmland?

Korpela, E.-L., Hyvönen, T., Lindgren, S., Kuussaari, M.

2013

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2013.07.001

Yes

Functional complementarity and specialisation: The role of biodiversity in plant–pollinator interactions

Blüthgen, N., Klein A.

2011

Basic and Applied Ecology

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2010.11.001

Yes

The potential impacts of insecticides on the life-history traits of bees and the consequences for pollination

Brittain, C., Potts, S.G.

2011

Basic and Applied Ecology

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2010.12.004

Yes

Plant–pollinator interactions in changing environments

Klein, A.

2011

Basic and Applied Ecology

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2011.04.006

Yes

Ecological characteristics associated with high mobility in night-active moths

Betzholtz, P.E., Franzén, M.

2013

Basic and applied ecology

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2013.01.004

Yes

Transient peak in moth diversity as a response to organic farming

Jonason, D., Franzén, M., Pettersson, L.B.

2013

Basic and Applied Ecology

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2013.07.003

Yes

Endosymbionts and honey bee colony losses?

Aebi, A., Neumann, P.

2011

Trends in Ecology & Evolution

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2011.06.008

Yes

Expansion of mass-flowering crops leads to transient pollinator dilution and reduced wild plant pollination.

Holzschuh, A., Dormann, C.F., Tscharntke, T., Steffan-Dewenter, I.

2011

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.0268

Yes

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Drastic historic shifts in bumble-bee community composition in Sweden

Bommarco, R., Lundin, O., Smith, H.G., Rundlöf, M.

2012

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.0647

Yes

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When ecosystem services interact: crop pollination benefits depend on the level of pest control

Lundin, O., Smith, H.G., Rundlöf, M., Bommarco, R.

2013

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2243

Yes

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Synergistic effects of non-Apis bees and honey bees for pollination services

Brittain C., Williams N., Kremen C., Klein A.

2013

Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences

https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2767

Yes

514.94KB

Bee pollination improves crop quality, shelf life and commercial value

Klatt, B.K., Holzschuh, A., Westphal, C., Clough, Y., Smit, I., Pawelzik, E., Tscharntke, T.

2013

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2440

Yes

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The impact of over 80 years of land cover changes on bee and wasp pollinator communities in England

Senapathi, D., Carvalheiro, L.G. Biesmeijer, J.C., Dodson, C-A., Evans, R.L., McKerchar, M., Morton, R.D., Moss, E.D., Roberts, S.P.M., Kunin, W.E. & Potts, S.G.

2015

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0294

Yes

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Influence of combined pesticide and parasite exposure on bumblebee colony traits in the laboratory

Fauser-Misslin, A., Sadd, B.M., Neumann, P., Sandrock, C.

2013

Journal of Applied Ecology

https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12188

Yes

Sublethal neonicotinoid insecticide exposure reduces solitary bee reproductive success

Sandrock, C., Tanadini, L.G., Pettis, J.S., Biesmeijer, J.C., Potts, S.G., Neumann, P.

2013

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12041

Yes

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Comparison of pollinators and natural enemies: a meta-analysis of landscape and local effects on abundance and richness in crops

Shackelford G., Steward P.R., Benton T.G., Kunin W.E., Potts S.G., Biesmeijer J.C., Sait S.M.

2013

Biological Reviews

https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12040

Yes

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Environmental factors driving the effectiveness of European agri-environmental measures in mitigating pollinator loss – a meta-analysis

Scheper, J., Holzschuh, A., Kuussaari, M., Potts, S.G., Rundlöf, M., Smith, H.G., Kleijn, D.

2013

Ecology Letters

https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12128

Yes

Survival, reproduction and population growth of the important pollinator bee, Osmia rufa, along gradients of heavy metal pollution

Moroń, D., Szentgyörgyi, H., Grześ, I., Skórka, P., Laskowski, R., Potts, S.G., Woyciechowski, M.

2013

Insect Conservation and Diversity

https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12040

Yes

Ecological impacts of invasive alien plants: a meta-analysis of their effects on species, communities and ecosystems.

Vilà, M., Espinar, J., Hejda, M., Hulme, P., Jarošík, V., Maron, J., Pergl, J., Schaffner, U., Sun, Y., Pyšek, P.

2011

Ecology Letters

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.0...

Yes

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Multiple stressors on biotic interactions: how climate change and alien species interact to affect pollination

Schweiger, O., Biesmeijer, J.C., Bommarco, R., Hickler, T., Hulme, P.E., Klotz, S., Kühn, I., Moora, M., Nielsen, A., Ohlemüller, R., Petanidou, T., Potts, S.G., Pyšek, P., Stout, J.C., Sykes, M.T., Tscheulin, T., Vilà, M., Walther, G.R., Westphal, C., Winter, M., Zobel, M., Settele, J.

2010

Biological Reviews

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.0...

Yes

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Contribution of Pollinator-Mediated Crops to Nutrients in the Human Food Supply

Eilers, E.J., Kremen, C., Greenleaf, S., Garber, A.K., Klein, A.M.

2011

PLoS One

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021363

Yes

243.75KB

Fit-for-purpose: Species distribution model performance depends on evaluation criteria -Dutch hoverflies as a case study

Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Carvalheiro, L.G., Polce, C., van Loon, E.E., Raes, N., Reemer, M., Biesmeijer, J.C.

2013

PloS One

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0063708

Yes

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Population Fluctuations and Synchrony of Grassland Butterflies in Relation to Species Traits

Franzén, M., Nilsson, S.G., Johansson, V., Ranius, T.

2013

PLoS ONE

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078233

Yes

1.1MB

Agricultural Policies Exacerbate Honeybee Pollination Service Supply-Demand Mismatches Across Europe

Breeze TD, Vaissière BE, Bommarco R, Petanidou T, Seraphides N, et al.

2014

PLoS ONE

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082996

Yes

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Spatially-explicit estimation of geographical representation in large-scale species distribution datasets

Kalwij, J.M., Robertson, M.P., Ronk, A., Zobel, M., Pärtel, M.

2014

PLoS ONE

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085306

Yes

12.82MB

Assessing continental-scale risks for generalist and specialist pollinating bee species under climate change

Roberts, S., Potts, S., Biesmeijer, K., Kuhlmann, M., Kunin, B., Ohlemüller, R.

2011

BioRisk

https://doi.org/10.3897/biorisk.6.1325

Yes

1.73MB

Land-use changes, farm management and the decline of butterflies associated with semi-natural grasslands in southern Sweden

Nilsson, S.G., Franzén, M., Pettersson, L.

2013

Nature Conservation

https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation...

Yes

6.25MB

CLIMBER: Climatic niche characteristics of the butterflies in Europe

Schweiger, O., Harpke, A., Wiemers, M., Settele, J.

2014

ZooKeys

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.367.6185

Yes

1.37MB

Contribution of insect pollinators to crop yield and quality varies with agricultural intensification

Bartomeus I, Potts SG, Steffan-Dewenter I, Vaissiere BE, Woyciechowski M et al.

2014

PeerJ

https://peerj.com/articles/328/

Yes

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Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers

Simon G. Potts, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, Claire Kremen, Peter Neumann, Oliver Schweiger, William E. Kunin

2010

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

https://web.archive.org/web/20111019232723...

Yes

Atlas Hymenoptera

Pauly A., Patiny S., Terzo M., Rasmont P., Michez D., Patiny S., Dehon M., Iserbyt S., Roberts SPM, Schweiger O, Franzén M, De Meulemeester T, Tomozei B, Radchenko VG

2011

https://web.archive.org/web/20130922210921...

Yes

A new species for the bee fauna of Italy: Megachile sculpturalis continues its colonization of Europe

Quaranta M., Sommaruga A., Balzarini P., Felicioli A.

2014

Bulletin of Insectology

https://web.archive.org/web/20131020211003...

Yes

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Global honey bee colony disorders and other threats to insect pollinators

Stephane Kluser

2010

UNEP merging issues bulletin

https://web.archive.org/web/20131126053410...

Yes

Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices

Gagic V., Bartomeus I., Jonsson T., Taylor A., Winqvist C., Fischer C., Slade E.M., Steffan-Dewenter I., Emmerson M., Potts S.G., Tscharntke T., Weisser W., Bommarco R.

2015

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

https://web.archive.org/web/20150125064528...

Yes

Insect pollinators: linking research and policy

Vanbergen A. J., Ambrose N., Aston D., Biesmeijer J. C., Bourke A., Breeze T., Brotherton P., Brown M., Chandler D., Clook M., N. Connolly C. N., Costigan P., Coulson M., Cresswell J., Dean R., Dicks L., Felicioli A., Fojt O., Gallai N., Genersch E., Godfray C., Grieg-Gran M., Halstead A., Harding D., Harris B., Hartfield C., Heard M. S., Herren B., Howarth J., Ings T., Kleijn D., Klein A., Kunin W. E., Lewis G., MacEwen A., Maus C., McIntosh L., Millar N. S., Neumann P., Ollerton J., Olschewski R., Osborne J. L., Paxton R. J., Pettis J., Phillipson B., Potts S.G., Pywell R., Rasmont P., Roberts S., Salles J-M., Schweiger O., Sima P., Thompson H., Titera D., Vaissiere B., Van der Sluijs J., Webster S., Wentworth J., Wright G. A.

2012

https://web.archive.org/web/20160326074631...

No

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Cereal Aphids and Their Natural Enemies Responses to Landscape Composition and Agri-Environment Schemes

Wickens, V., Garratt, M., Bailey, A., Potts, S.G.

2013

Aspects of Applied Biology

https://web.archive.org/web/20160405214104...

Yes

Exploring Broad Mitigation Strategies for Pollinators in Agroecosystems

Wickens, J., Roberts, S., Bailey, A., Potts, S.G.

2013

Aspects of Applied Biology

https://web.archive.org/web/20160405214104...

Yes

With that diet, you will go far: trait-based analysis reveals a link between rapid range expansion and a nitrogen-favoured diet

Per-Eric Betzholtz Lars B. Pettersson Nils Ryrholm Markus Franzén

2013

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

https://web.archive.org/web/20160411234131...

Yes

Bumblebees (Bombidae) along pollution gradient - Heavy metal accumulation, species diversity, and Nosema bombi infection level

Szentgyörgyi H., Blinov A.2, Eremeeva N., Luzyanin L., Grześ I. M , Woyciechowski M

2011

Polish Journal of Ecology

https://web.archive.org/web/20160805014118...

Yes

Pollinator Diversity (Hymenoptera and Diptera) in Semi-Natural Habitats in Serbia During Summer

Mudri-Stojnić, S., Andrić, A., Jozan, Z., Vujić, A.

2012

Archives of biological sciences

https://web.archive.org/web/20200212181330...

Yes

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Bees and other pollinators: their value and health in England

DEFRA

2013

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications...

No

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