The recent loss of pollinating insects and out-crossing plants in agricultural landscapes has raised concern
for the maintenance of ecosystem services. Wild bees have been shown to benefit from garden habitats
in urban and suburban areas. We investigated the effects of distance from garden habitats on wild
bees and seed set of a native out-crossing plant Campanula persicifolia, in intensively managed agricultural
landscapes in Southern Sweden. Bee abundance and species richness, as well as plant seed set, were
higher closer to gardens (140 m). This highlights private gardens as a landscape
wide resource for pollinators but also the lack of sufficient pollination of wild plants in contemporary
agricultural landscapes.