Open AccessDiverging landscape impacts on macronutrient status despite overlapping diets in managed (Apis mellifera) and native (Melissodes desponsa) bees
Author(s) -
Christina L. Mogren,
MaríaSoledad Benítez,
Kevin S. McCarter,
Frédéric Boyer,
Jonathan G. Lundgren
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
conservation physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942
H-Index - 37
ISSN - 2051-1434
DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coaa109
Subject(s) - biology , honey bee , pollinator , pollination , ecology , habitat , botany , pollen
We investigated the roles of diet and landscape diversity on the health of two bee species. Both shared many of the same food resources. However, physiological responses to landscape changes were significantly different. Conservation strategies should focus on the size of pollinator plantings and flower diversity to improve bee health.
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