Various authors & Noa Simón Delso 
Instant Insights: Understanding and conserving pollinators [EPUB ebook] 

• Chapter 1 – Using data to assess the impact of agriculture on pollinators and pollinator services: Noa Simón Delso, Bee Life 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
  
  

Professor Evans is an ecologist and conservationist at Newcastle University, UK using network theory and DNA-metabarcoding to understand the impacts of environmental change on species-interactions and ecosystem functioning.