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Reversing the North American bumblebee decline: Looking at farming practices could be a solution
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Authors
Jimmy Videle 
Abstract
Wild bee declines have been documented worldwide, particularly in bumblebees, with some species in Nort America declining over 90% in the last 20 years. Climate change, land-use change from agriculture, pesticide use, and apiculture are the main drivers. The 2.2-hectare farm La ferme de l’Aube is the research site of a larger 3,082-hectare biodiversity reserve. The study area saw a 340% increase in the bumblebee population from 2018-2024, demonstrating that veganic practices of cultivation including low-till, non-toxic spraying, cultivation of flowering plants that bloom throughout the season, permanent ground cover and re-wilding the adjacent forest and edge could have contributed to the increase.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.32942/X2C61G
Subjects
Life Sciences
Keywords
agriculture, bumblebee, Veganic
Dates
Published: 2024-08-26 18:58
License
CC BY Attribution 4.0 International
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Language:
English
Conflict of interest statement:
none
Data and Code Availability Statement:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232453765
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