Our results showed that the foraging behaviour of these bee species is polylectic, as no taxa was found to be more than 70% of the counted grains. Since the study of the collection of meliponine flower resources in the southern region of Mexico have not been studied yet, it is not ...
A survey of bee diversity was conducted using visual attractant traps and timed observations; floral resources were characterized and scored by percentage in bloom. Native bee diversity was found to be correlated with forage plant diversity, most notably with ubiquitous weed plant species. Data on ...
Honey as A Regional Bee Floral Indicator: A palynological assessment Honey is one of the important biotic natural resources and an excellent food supplement. Honey bees not only enhance the production of agricultural and hor... Tidke, J. A,Nagarkar, S. S - 《Journal of the Indian Botanical...
Pollinators whose health is negatively affected by grayanotoxins may experience negative impacts from R.ponticum invasion directly (if they consume R.ponticum nectar) or indirectly (if native floral resources are replaced by R.ponticum ). Our study makes a novel comparison of the effects of a ...
Therefore, pollinator friendly plantings are often used to enrich habitats in bee conservation efforts. As part of these plantings, non‐native plants may provide valuable floral resources, but their effects on native bee communities have not been assessed in direct comparison with native pollinator ...
Spring’s initial floral burst of enthusiasm is slowly being replaced by green leaves and fattening fruits. For those of us with vegetable and pollinator gardens, flowers and fruits are abundant and native wildlife abounds, reveling in the natural bounty we provide for them. Eastern Tiger ...
Increasing floral diversity in vineyards may provide resources for native bees and reduce the negative effects of this habitat fragmentation. Some have theorized that landscape context will determine native bee response to localized, on-farm diversification practices. In this study, native bees were ...
Increasing wildflower patch size, and thus wild bee density, resulted in greater seed set in the sampled wildflowers. These results indicate that wild bees are sensitive to the area and richness of floral resources in patches, even at relatively small scales. Therefore, larger wildflower plantings...
and often-overlookedspeciesof sweat bee,Halictus ligatus. The species is classified as a "generalist," meaning it is known to feed on many kinds of flowers. But no one knew how flexible individuals are in their flower selection, and whether an individual's floral choices varied day-to-day....
However, field margins associated with country roads can provide diverse foristic resources and nesting sites for a variety of pollinators, which can eventually improve pollination and productivity of neighboring pollinator-dependent crops. Here, we evaluated the effect of floral diversity of field ...