Field margins can provide biological control services to #crops (conservation biological control) by promoting populations of natural enemies of #pests. However, not all field margins are equally useful - a study on cereal #aphids indicates how field margins can be assessed and managed - article in Insects (2023, vol. 14, issue 2, article 153) by by Agnès Salat-Moltó and others - https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020156

#Bee and non-bee #pollinator importance for local #foodsecurity

1/3 pollination studies focus exclusively on bees

Non-bee pollinators can have relatively high importance for local #crops, including nocturnal pollinators

The general decline of non-bee pollinators calls for an urgent #conservation agenda for safeguarding food security

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534722002737

The outcome of #insecticides should be protecting #crops, not killing 100% of the #insects immediately.

#science #biology #agriculture #bees #environment

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-01302-1