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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Csi pollen: Diversity of honey bee collected pollen studied by citizen scientists
Insects, Volume 12, No. 11, Article 987, Year 2021
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A diverse supply of pollen is an important factor for honey bee health, but information about the pollen diversity available to colonies at the landscape scale is largely missing. In this COLOSS study, beekeeper citizen scientists sampled and analyzed the diversity of pollen collected by honey bee colonies. As a simple measure of diversity, beekeepers determined the number of colors found in pollen samples that were collected in a coordinated and standardized way. Altogether, 750 beekeepers from 28 different regions from 24 countries participated in the two-year study and collected and analyzed almost 18,000 pollen samples. Pollen samples contained approximately six different colors in total throughout the sampling period, of which four colors were abundant. We ran generalized linear mixed models to test for possible effects of diverse factors such as collection, i.e., whether a minimum amount of pollen was collected or not, and habitat type on the number of colors found in pollen samples. To identify habitat effects on pollen diversity, beekeepers’ descriptions of the surrounding landscape and CORINE land cover classes were investigated in two different models, which both showed that both the total number and the rare number of colors in pollen samples were positively affected by ‘urban’ habitats or ‘artificial surfaces’, respectively. This citizen science study underlines the importance of the habitat for pollen diversity for bees and suggests higher diversity in urban areas. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Authors & Co-Authors
Brodschneider, Robert
Austria, Graz
Universität Graz
Dietemann, Vincent
Switzerland, Wadenswil
Forschungsanstalt Agroscope Changins-wadenswil
Switzerland, Lausanne
Université de Lausanne Unil
Gray, Alison J.
United Kingdom, Glasgow
University of Strathclyde
Carreck, Norman L.
United Kingdom, Brighton
University of Sussex
Chlebo, Róbert
Slovakia, Nitra
Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
Crailsheim, Karl
Austria, Graz
Universität Graz
Coffey, Mary Frances
Unknown Affiliation
Dahle, Bjørn
Unknown Affiliation
de Graaf, Dirk C.
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Kristiansen, Preben
Unknown Affiliation
Odoux, Jean François
France, Caen
Ecophysiologie Végétale, Agronomie et Nutritions Eva
France, Lusignan
Centre Inrae Nouvelle-aquitaine Poitiers
Özkırım, Aslı
Turkey, Ankara
Hacettepe Üniversitesi
Peterson, Magnus
United Kingdom, Glasgow
University of Strathclyde
Retschnig, Gina
Switzerland, Zurich
Vetsuisse-fakultät
Tosi, Simone
Italy, Turin
Università Degli Studi Di Torino
Vejsnaes, Flemming
Denmark, Soro
Danish Beekeepers Association
Williams, Geoffrey Rhys
Switzerland, Wadenswil
Forschungsanstalt Agroscope Changins-wadenswil
Switzerland, Zurich
Vetsuisse-fakultät
United States, Auburn
Auburn University
Statistics
Citations: 6
Authors: 17
Affiliations: 23
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3390/insects12110987
ISSN:
20754450