Overplaying the role of honey bees as pollinators: a comment on Aebi and Neumann (2011)

Jeff Ollerton, Victoria Price, W. Scott Armbruster, Jane Memmott, Stella Watts, Nickolas M. Waser, Orjan Totland, Dave Goulson, Ruben Alarcon, Jane C. Stout, Sam Tarrant

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Abstract

In a recent letter to TREE, Alexandre Aebi and Peter Neumann propose a novel approach to researching the wide-scale losses of honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in the Northern hemisphere. We recognise the importance of understanding the causes of colony collapse for honey production and for a subset of the agricultural industry. However, we fundamentally question the authors’ starting assertion that honey bees ‘are essential pollinators for the maintenance of natural biodiversity and agriculture’
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)141-142
JournalTrends in Ecology & Evolution
Volume27
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2012

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