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ArticleJournal of pollination ecology2023

An Evidence-based rationale for a North American commercial bumble bee clean stock certification program.

James P Strange, Sheila R Colla, Laurie Davies Adams, Michelle A Duennes, Elaine C Evans, Laura L Figueroa, David M Lehmann, Heather Moylett, Leif Richardson, Ben M Sadd and 5 more

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Article in Journal of pollination ecology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

James P StrangeDepartment of Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43214.
Sheila R CollaFaculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Toronto, ON, M3J1P3, Canada.
Laurie Davies AdamsPollinator Partnership, 600 Montgomery, Suite 440, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA.
Michelle A DuennesDepartment of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108 USA.
Elaine C EvansDepartment of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA.
Laura L FigueroaDepartment of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA.
David M LehmannCenter for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA), Health and Environmental Effects Assessment Division, Integrated Health Assessment Branch, US - Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, USA.
Heather MoylettUnaffiliated, Garner, North Carolina, 27529, USA.
Leif RichardsonThe Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, 628 NE Broadway, Suite 20, Portland, OR 97232-1324, USA.
Ben M SaddSchool of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA.
James W SmithRetired USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526, USA.
Tamara A SmithUnaffiliated, Minneapolis, MN 55406.
Amber D TripodiUnaffiliated, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27604, USA.
Edward M SpevakCenter for Native Pollinator Conservation, Saint Louis Zoo, One Government Drive, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
David W InouyeDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, and Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, PO Box 519, Crested Butte, CO 81224, USA.

Funding

Intramural EPA EPA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The commercial production and subsequent movement of bumble bees for pollination of agricultural field and greenhouse crops is a growing industry in North America and globally. Concerns have been raised about the impacts of pathogen spillover from managed bees to wild pollinators, including from commercial bumble bees. We recommend development of a program to mitigate disease risk in commercial bumble bee production, which will in turn reduce disease stressors on wild pollinators and other insects. We provide recommendations for the components of a clean stock program with specific best management practices for rearing commercial bumble bees including related products such as wax, pollen, and nesting material.

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Bombusbumble beeclean stockdiseasemanagementparasitepathogen

Identifiers

PMID39749008
PMCPMC11694840

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