Article: Effects of landscape structure and climate seasonality on pollen intake by honeybees in Neotropical highland agroecosystems
Agricultural and forest entomology. 2021 Nov., v. 23, no. 4
2021
Abstract: Pollen is the main protein source for honeybee brood and so colony development relies heavily on the availability of pollen in the environment. Intensification of agriculture and climate seasonality are known to alter honeybee pollen intake in temperate ... ...
Abstract | Pollen is the main protein source for honeybee brood and so colony development relies heavily on the availability of pollen in the environment. Intensification of agriculture and climate seasonality are known to alter honeybee pollen intake in temperate regions through changes in resource availability; however, little is known about how honeybees respond to such environmental factors in tropical regions. Pollen collected by honeybees was sampled from apiaries in a Neotropical highland region of Colombia. Pollen species were identified and the effects of landscape diversity, forest area and mean monthly precipitation on the pollen intake by honeybees were evaluated for all pollen species together and pollen species segregated according to forest and anthropic areas. Honeybees were found to be much more associated with anthropic than forest pollen species regardless of landscape structure or precipitation. However, pollen intake from all species and forest species responded positively to landscape diversity and forest area. Precipitation was found not to be related to the overall amount and overall richness of pollen collected by honeybees. Nonetheless, overall pollen diversity was negatively affected by precipitation in less diverse landscapes, whereas anthropic pollen diversity was negatively affected by precipitation in more forested landscapes. |
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Keywords | Neotropics ; agroecosystems ; atmospheric precipitation ; entomology ; forests ; honey bee brood ; honey bees ; landscapes ; pollen ; protein sources ; Colombia |
Language | English |
Dates of publication | 2021-11 |
Size | p. 452-462. |
Publishing place | Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
Document type | Article |
Note | JOURNAL ARTICLE |
ZDB-ID | 1444210-3 |
ISSN | 1461-9563 ; 1461-9555 |
ISSN (online) | 1461-9563 |
ISSN | 1461-9555 |
DOI | 10.1111/afe.12446 |
Database | NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA) |
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