Csi pollen: Diversity of honey bee collected pollen studied by citizen scientists
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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.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Artikelnummer | 987 |
| Tidsskrift | Insects |
| Vol/bind | 12 |
| Udgave nummer | 11 |
| ISSN | 2075-4450 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 2021 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:
Funding: The study design of CSI Pollen was conceived at meetings and workshops organized or supported by COLOSS. The COLOSS (Prevention of honey bee COlony LOSSes) association (http://coloss.org/, accessed on 1 May 2021) is an international, non-profit association based in Bern, Switzerland that is focused on improving the well-being of bees at a global level. Between 2008 and 2012, COLOSS was funded by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) through the COST Action FA0803. COLOSS is now funded by the Ricola Foundation—Nature and Culture, Vetopharma and the Eva Crane Trust. Additional funding for this study was received from: The C B Dennis British Beekeepers Research Trust; The Danish Beekeepers Association; the Devon Apicultural Research Group; Dutch Beekeepers association ABTB/ANI; Edinburgh and Midlothian Beekeepers’ Association; Lochaber Beekeepers’ Association; The Norwegian Beekeepers Association; Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture; Promilleafgiftsfonden Denmark; vegetable seeds firm Rijk Zwaan, Netherlands; project No. 1/0511/15 funded by Slovak Scientific Grant Agency VEGA and the Vinetum Foundation; the Austrian project “Zukunft Biene” (grant number: 100972) funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture; Forestry, Environment and Water Management. Open access funding was provided by the University of Graz.
Funding Information:
The study design of CSI Pollen was conceived at meetings and workshops organized or supported by COLOSS. The COLOSS (Prevention of honey bee COlony LOSSes) association (http://coloss.org/, accessed on 1 May 2021) is an international, non-profit association based in Bern, Switzerland that is focused on improving the well-being of bees at a global level. Between 2008 and 2012, COLOSS was funded by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) through the COST Action FA0803. COLOSS is now funded by the Ricola Foundation?Nature and Culture, Vetopharma and the Eva Crane Trust. Additional funding for this study was received from: The C B Dennis British Beekeepers Research Trust; The Danish Beekeepers Association; the Devon Apicultural Research Group; Dutch Beekeepers association ABTB/ANI; Edinburgh and Midlothian Beekeepers? Association; Lochaber Beekeepers? Association; The Norwegian Beekeepers Association; Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture; Promilleafgiftsfonden Denmark; vegetable seeds firm Rijk Zwaan, Netherlands; project No. 1/0511/15 funded by Slovak Scientific Grant Agency VEGA and the Vinetum Foundation; the Austrian project ?Zukunft Biene? (grant number: 100972) funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture; Forestry, Environment and Water Management. Open access funding was provided by the University of Graz.
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