Instant Insights

Chapter 1 - Using data to assess the impact of agriculture on pollinators and pollinator services: Noa Sim³n Delso, BeeLife European Beekeeping Coordination, Belgium; and Walter Haefeker, European Professional Beekeepers Association, Germany

1 Introduction

2 Current data on pollinators

3 Farm data standardization

4 Data standardization in beekeeping

5 Data sharing in farming

6 Data sharing in beekeeping

7 Solutions to data sharing

8 Conclusion

9 Competing interests

10 Where to look for further information

11 References

Chapter 2 - Organic and natural beekeeping, and caring for insect pollinators: Nicola Bradbear, Bees for Development, UK

1 Introduction

2 The need for pollinators

3 Encouraging indigenous pollinators

4 Management of bees

5 Management of honey bees

6 Management of bumblebees

7 Conclusion

8 References

Chapter 3 - Ecological network approaches for promoting pollinators in agriculture: Darren M. Evans and Fredric M. Windsor, Newcastle University, UK

1 Introduction

2 Plantpollinator networks

3 Networks across scales

4 Increasing the completeness of pollination networks

5 Embedding pollination within wider agro-ecosystem networks

6 Next steps for pollination networks

7 Conclusion

8 Where to look for further information

9 Acknowledgements

10 References

Chapter 4 - The role of habitat conservation and restoration in protecting pollinators in agricultural landscapes: Stephen Buchmann, University of Arizona, USA

1 Introduction

2 Bees as pollinators

3 Challenges in habitat restoration

4 Assessing the effectiveness of habitat restoration

5 Case studies

6 Conclusion

7 Where to look for further information

8 References