Instant Insights: Understanding and Conserving Pollinators

Chapter 1 - Using data to assess the impact of agriculture on pollinators and pollinator services: Noa Simon 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