• Bumblebee queen mortality and behaviour along roads with varying traffic and road verges with contrasting flowering plant diversity

This study makes part of the research project GINFRA – green rights-of-way infrastructure for biodiversity and ecosystem services. The aim of the project was to quantify whether linear infrastructure habitats (road verge...

• Species richness of vascular plants, butterflies and bumblebees in linear infrastructure habitats and the historical and present grassland cover in a 2 km buffer surrounding each habitat

This data set comprises the species richness of vascular plants, butterflies and bumblebees in linear infrastructure habitats (road verges and power lines) and the historical and present grassland cover in a 2 km buffer ...

• Supplemental Material for: Comparison of drone ecology and behavior between Apis mellifera mellifera and the hybrid Buckfast in southwestern Sweden.

Most research on the biology of the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) focuses on the worker bees, but knowledge about drones is lacking despite their important role in mating with a virgin queen. Available information a...

• Dataset for "Traffic intensity and vegetation management affect flower-visiting insects and their response to resources in road verges"

This data set comprises the flower density and abundance, richness and evenness of wild bees and butterflies in 37 road verges in Skåne county in southern Sweden, as well as information about the respective road verge wi...

• Data for: Ecological comparison of native (Apis mellifera mellifera) and hybrid (Buckfast) honeybee drones in southwestern Sweden indicates local adaptation.

Honeybee drones’ only known task is to mate with a virgin queen. Apart from their mating behaviour, their ecology has been little studied in comparison to honeybee females. Most previous knowledge is based on direct obse...

• Data for "Plant identity and traits determine pollinator, natural enemy, herbivore and decomposer abundances in flower plantings"

We evaluated 27 candidate plant species for their ability to host functionally important above- and below-ground organisms — pollinators, natural enemies, herbivores, and decomposers — and assessed how the plant traits f...

• Data on the interactive effects of insect pollination, weed removal and fungicide application on bumble bee foraging behaviour and faba bean yield

Insect pollinators provide important crop pollination services but are declining in response to lack of diverse flower resources and exposure to pesticides. Despite increasing evidence that the benefits of insect pollina...

• Data from: Lactic acid bacteria in Swedish honeybees during outbreaks of American Foulbrood

In this study DNA extracted from honeybees was analysed using qPCR for the presence and quantity of different honeybee-specific lactic acid bacteria. The aim was to investigate if presence of the disease American foulbro...