DOCSLIB.ORG

BELBEES Project Multidisciplinary Assessment of Belgian Wild BEE Decline to Adapt Mitigation Management Policy

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
BELBEES Project Multidisciplinary Assessment of Belgian Wild BEE Decline to Adapt Mitigation Management Policy Project BR/132/A1/BELBEES - Multidisciplinary assessment of BELgian wild BEE decline to adapt mitigation management policy BELBEES Project Multidisciplinary assessment of BELgian wild BEE decline to adapt mitigation management policy Pierre Rasmont (UMONS) – Jean-Luc Boevé (RBINS) – Dirk de Graaf (UGent) – Nicolas Dendoncker (UNamur) – Marc Dufrêne (ULg, Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech) – Guy Smagghe (UGent) Axis 1: Ecosystems, biodiversity and evolution BRAIN-be (Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks) 1 Project BR/132/A1/BELBEES - Multidisciplinary assessment of BELgian wild BEE decline to adapt mitigation management policy NETWORK PROJECT BELBEES Project Multidisciplinary assessment of BELgian wild BEE decline to adapt mitigation management policy Contract - BR/132/A1/BELBEES FINAL REPORT PROMOTORS: Prof. Pierre Rasmont (UMONS, Place du parc 20 B-7000 Mons) Dr. Jean-Luc Boevé (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29 B-1000 Bruxelles) Prof. Dirk C. de Graaf (UGent 1, Krijgslaan 281 B-9000 Gent) Prof. Nicolas Dendoncker (UNamur, Rue de Bruxelles 61 B-5000 Namur) Prof. Marc Dufrêne (ULg, Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech, Passage des Déportés 2 B-5030 Gembloux) Prof. Guy Smagghe (UGent, Coupure Links 653 B-9000 Gent) BRAIN-be (Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks) 2 Project BR/132/A1/BELBEES - Multidisciplinary assessment of BELgian wild BEE decline to adapt mitigation management policy AUTHORS: Rasmont P. (UMONS), Boevé J-L. (RBINS), de Graaf D. C. (UGent), Dendoncker N. (UNamur), Dufrêne M. (ULg, Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech), Smagghe G. (UGent), Albrecht J. (Philipps-Universität Marburg), Albrecht M. (Institute for Sustainability Sciences), Ariza D. (UGent), Beil M. (Technische Universität Darmstadt), Benadi G. (University of Freiburg), Biesmeijer J. C. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, University of Amsterdam), Biesmeijer K. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center), Blüthgen N. (Technische Universität Darmstadt), Böhning-Gaese K. (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre), Braeckman B.P. (UGent), Brasero N. (UMONS), Bruelheide H. (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research), Castro L. (I.E.S. Vega del Turia), Cederberg B. (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), Claeys T. (UGent), Coppée A. (UMONS), Coppée I. (Société royale belge d'Entomologie), De Meulemeester T. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center), De Schutter K. (UGent), Dehling D. M. (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre), Dehon L., Dekoninck W. (RBINS), Dellicour S. (ULB), De Smet L. (UGent), Devalez J. (University Hill), Dormann C. F. (University of Freiburg), Drossart M. (UMONS), Dvorak L. (Municipal museum Mariánské Lázně), Exeler N. (University of Osnabrück), Farwig N. (Philipps-Universität Marburg), Fitzpatrick U. (National Biodiversity Data Centre), Folschweiller M. (UMONS), Fournier D. (ULB), Francis F. (ULg, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech), Franzen M. (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ), Fründ J. (University of Guelph), Ganne M. (UGent), Gérard M. (UMONS), Gonseth Y. (Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune), Haubruge E. (ULg, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech), Hamamtzoglou A. (Hellenic Agricultural Organisation ‘DEMETER’), Harpke A. (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ), Hatjina F. (Hellenic Agricultural Organisation ‘DEMETER’), Hickler T. (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre), Hof C. (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre), Ioannidis P. (Hellenic Agricultural Organisation ‘DEMETER’), Jacquemart A-L. (Catholic University of Louvain), Jacquemin F. (ULg, Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech), Kratochwil A. (University of Osnabrück), Kuhlmann M. (The Natural History Museum of London), Kühn I. (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research), Lecocq T. (UMONS), Maebe K. (UGent), Mahé G., Manino A. (Università di Torino), Marshall L. (UNamur), Martinet B. (UMONS), Meeus I. (UGent), Michez D. (UMONS), Moerman R. (UMONS, ULB), Mudri-Stojnić S. (University of Novi Sad), Nagy Z.T. (RBINS), Neumayer J. (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research – NINA), Noël G. (RBINS), Ødegaard F. (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research – NINA), Paukkunen J.P.T. (Finnish Museum of Natural History), Pauly A. (RBINS), Pawlikowski T. (Nicolaus Copernicus University), Plein M. (The University of Queensland), Potts S. G. (University of Reading), Radchenko V. G. (Institute for Evolutionary Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), Rasplus J.-Y. (INRA), Reemer M. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center/European Invertebrate Survey Kenniscentrum Insecten), Roberts S.P.M. (University of Reading), Rollin O. (ULg, Gembloux Agro Bio-Tech), Schleuning M. (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre), Schoonvaere K. (UGent), Schwabe A. (Technische Universität Darmstadt), Schweiger O. (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ), Settele J. (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research), Smet J. (UMONS), Sonet G. (RBINS), Straka J. (Charles University in Prague), Valterová I. (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic), Vanderhaegen R. (UGent), Vanderplanck M. (UMONS), Vierstraete A. (UGent), Vereecken N.J. (ULB), Violle C. (French National Centre for Scientific Research), Vray S. (UMONS,UNamur), Vujić A. (University of Novi Sad), Weiner C. N. (Technische Universität Darmstadt), Wiemers M. (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research–UFZ), Welk E. (Martin Luther University Halle- Wittenberg) Zambra E (UMONS) BRAIN-be (Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks) 3 Project BR/132/A1/BELBEES - Multidisciplinary assessment of BELgian wild BEE decline to adapt mitigation management policy Published in 2020 by the Belgian Science Policy Avenue Louise 231 Louizalaan 231 B-1050 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32 (0)2 238 34 11 - Fax: +32 (0)2 230 59 12 http://www.belspo.be http://www.belspo.be/brain-be Contact person: Georges Jamart Tel: +32 (0)2 238 36 90 Neither the Belgian Science Policy nor any person acting on behalf of the Belgian Science Policy is responsible for the use which might be made of the following information. The authors are responsible for the content. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without indicating the reference: Rasmont P., Boevé J-L., de Graaf D., Dendoncker N., Dufrêne M., Smagghe G. and collaborators. BELBEES Project: Multidisciplinary assessment of BELgian wild BEE decline to adapt mitigation management policy. Final Report. Brussels: Belgian Science Policy 2018 – 140 p. (BRAIN-be - Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks) BRAIN-be (Belgian Research Action through Interdisciplinary Networks) 4 Project BR/132/A1/BELBEES - Multidisciplinary assessment of BELgian wild BEE decline to adapt mitigation management policy TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS ABSTRACT 8 1. INTRODUCTION 9 2. STATE OF THE ART AND OBJECTIVES 10 3. METHODOLOGY 13 4. SCIENTIFIC RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13 PART I. SCIENTIFIC RESULTS ............................................................................................................... 13 4.1. WP1. Project coordination 4.1.1. WP1. Task 1. Coordination of wild bee database networking ....................................... 13 4.1.2. WP1. Task 2. Project web site and dissemination of information on Internet ....... 13 4.1.3. WP1. Task 3. Follow up committee ............................................................................................ 13 4.1.4. WP1. Task 4. Periodic and final reports ................................................................................... 14 4.2. WP2. Wild bee data collecting, digitization and distribution analyses ..........................14 4.2.1. WP2. Task 1. Identification and digitization of museum collections ........................... 14 4.2.2. WP2. Task 2. Definition of taxonomical tools and taxonomical validation for the network ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15 4.2.3. WP2. Task 3. Selection of species and locations to have a representative dataset ......................................................................................................................................................................... 16 4.2.4. WP2. Task 4. Collection of old samples (specimens, pollens) .................................... 17 4.2.5. WP2. Task 5. Collection of new samples (specimens, pollens) ................................... 18 4.2.6. WP2. Task 6. Trend analyses and IUCN Red List .............................................................. 24 4.3. WP3. Hypothesis testing .............................................................................................26 4.3.1. WP3. Task 1. Hypothesis 1: Food resource depletion ...................................................... 26 4.3.1.1. WP3. Task 1. Subtask. 3.1.1. Using the information about resource preferences by all possible methods: literature, notes from ancient collection, analysis of pollen loads .............................................................................................................26 4.3.1.2. WP3. Task 1. New subtask. Long-term dynamics of bee-plant interaction networks .....................................................................................................................39
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Social Parasite Bumblebee Bombus Hyperboreus Schönherr, 1809 Usurp Nest of Bombus Balteatus Dahlbom, 1832 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Norway
    © Norwegian Journal of Entomology. 5 June 2009 The social parasite bumblebee Bombus hyperboreus Schönherr, 1809 usurp nest of Bombus balteatus Dahlbom, 1832 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Norway JAN OVE GJERSHAUG Gjershaug, J. O. 2009. The social parasite bumblebee Bombus hyperboreus Schönherr, 1809 usurp nest of Bombus balteatus Dahlbom, 1832 (Hymenoptera: , Apidae) in Norway. Norw. J. Entomol. 56, 28– 31. This paper presents the first documented case of nest parasitisme (usurpation) of the bumblebee Bombus balteatus Dahlbom, 1832 by the social parasite bumblebee Bombus hyperboreus Schönherr, 1809. One nest of B. balteatus was found and excavated in Hessdalen in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway in July 2003. The nest contained sexuals of Bombus hyperboreus together with workers of B. balteatus. Key words: bumblebees, Bombus hyperboreus, Bombus balteatus, social parasitism, usurpation Jan Ove Gjershaug, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Tungasletta 2, NO-7485 Trondheim, Norway. E-mail: [email protected] Introduction (Goulson 2003). Bombus hyperboreus (subgenus Alpinobombus Skorikov, 1914) resembles the Social parasitism is well known in bumblebees. Psithyrus bumblebees in having an obligate Late emerging queens sometimes take over dependency on social bumblebees, but differs (usurps) an established nest of others of their own from them in having pollen baskets and in doing species or related species. The usurper attacks pollen collecting. and kill the queen, and enslaves the killed queens daughters (Alford 1975). Usurpation is said to From arctic North America, B. hyperboreus occur only within species of the same subgenus frequently usurps B. polaris Curtis, 1835 (=B. (Hobbs 1965). Thus for example Bombus terrestris arcticus Kirby, 1821) (Milliron & Oliver 1966, (Linnaeus, 1758) will often attempt to usurp its Richards 1973).
    [Show full text]
  • Entertainment-Education in Science Education Available on Mobile Devices Interactive Tasks Allow You to Quickly Verify the Acquired Knowledge
    Entertainment-education in science education the monograph edited by Grzegorz Karwasz & Małgorzata Nodzyńska 1 2 Entertainment-education in science education the monograph edited by Grzegorz Karwasz & Małgorzata Nodzyńska TORUŃ 2017 3 The monograph edited by: Grzegorz Karwasz & Małgorzata Nodzyńska Rewievers: Cover: Ewelina Kobylańska ISBN .......... 4 Introduction Jan Amos Komensky in „Great Didactics” (Amsterdam, 1657) defined didactics not as a mere process of teaching, but as teaching efficient, lasting and pleasant. He wrote (p. 131) “The school itself should be a pleasant place, and attractive to the eye both within and without. […] If this is done, boys will, in all probability, go to school with as much pleasure as to fairs, where they always hope to see and hear something new.” Further (p. 167) Komensky added: “The desire to know and to learn should be excited in boys in every possible manner.” The idea of linking the fun with didactics finds many followers, expressed also in tittles of activities like “Science is Fun” or “Physics is Fun”. In (Karwasz, Kruk, 2012) we defined three complementary aspects of any bit of information (an exhibition object, a film, a lecture): entertainment (“ludico” in Italian), didactics, and science. The first aspect gives an impression to a student/ visitor/ listener: “how funny it is!”. The didactical aspect induces: “How simple it is!” And the aspect of scientific curiosity induces in best students a question: “How complex it is!” These three functions add-up like three basic colors to give a full spectrum of enlightenment. The entertainment function can be performed in different forms – school, extra-school, complementary to school.
    [Show full text]
  • Bumble Bee Surveys in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area of Oregon and Washington
    Bumble Bee Surveys in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area of Oregon and Washington Final report from the Xerces Society to the U.S. Forest Service and Interagency Special Status/Sensitive Species Program (ISSSSP) Agreement L13AC00102, Modification 5 Bombus vosnesenskii on Balsamorhiza sagittata. Photo by Rich Hatfield, the Xerces Society. By Rich Hatfield, Sarina Jepsen, and Scott Black, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation September 2017 1 Table of Contents Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Methods ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 Site Selection ............................................................................................................................................. 6 Site Descriptions (west to east) ................................................................................................................ 7 T14ES27 (USFS) ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Cape Horn (USFS) .................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Bee-Plant Networks: Structure, Dynamics and the Metacommunity Concept
    Ber. d. Reinh.-Tüxen-Ges. 28, 23-40. Hannover 2016 Bee-plant networks: structure, dynamics and the metacommunity concept – Anselm Kratochwil und Sabrina Krausch, Osnabrück – Abstract Wild bees play an important role within pollinator-plant webs. The structure of such net- works is influenced by the regional species pool. After special filtering processes an actual pool will be established. According to the results of model studies these processes can be elu- cidated, especially for dry sandy grassland habitats. After restoration of specific plant com- munities (which had been developed mainly by inoculation of plant material) in a sandy area which was not or hardly populated by bees before the colonization process of bees proceeded very quickly. Foraging and nesting resources are triggering the bee species composition. Dis- persal and genetic bottlenecks seem to play a minor role. Functional aspects (e.g. number of generalists, specialists and cleptoparasites; body-size distributions) of the bee communities show that ecosystem stabilizing factors may be restored rapidly. Higher wild-bee diversity and higher numbers of specialized species were found at drier plots, e.g. communities of Koelerio-Corynephoretea and Festuco-Brometea. Bee-plant webs are highly complex systems and combine elements of nestedness, modularization and gradients. Beside structural com- plexity bee-plant networks can be characterized as dynamic systems. This is shown by using the metacommunity concept. Zusammenfassung: Wildbienen-Pflanzenarten-Netzwerke: Struktur, Dynamik und das Metacommunity-Konzept. Wildbienen spielen eine wichtige Rolle innerhalb von Bestäuber-Pflanzen-Netzwerken. Ihre Struktur wird vom jeweiligen regionalen Artenpool bestimmt. Nach spezifischen Filter- prozessen bildet sich ein aktueller Artenpool.
    [Show full text]
  • Promoting Pollinating Insects in Intensive Agricultural Matrices: Field-Scale Experimental Manipulation of Hay-Meadow Mowing Regimes and Its Effects on Bees
    Promoting Pollinating Insects in Intensive Agricultural Matrices: Field-Scale Experimental Manipulation of Hay-Meadow Mowing Regimes and Its Effects on Bees Pierrick Buri1*, Jean-Yves Humbert1, Raphae¨l Arlettaz1,2 1 Division of Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, 2 Swiss Ornithological Institute, Valais Field Station, Sion, Switzerland Abstract Bees are a key component of biodiversity as they ensure a crucial ecosystem service: pollination. This ecosystem service is nowadays threatened, because bees suffer from agricultural intensification. Yet, bees rarely benefit from the measures established to promote biodiversity in farmland, such as agri-environment schemes (AES). We experimentally tested if the spatio-temporal modification of mowing regimes within extensively managed hay meadows, a widespread AES, can promote bees. We applied a randomized block design, replicated 12 times across the Swiss lowlands, that consisted of three different mowing treatments: 1) first cut not before 15 June (conventional regime for meadows within Swiss AES); 2) first cut not before 15 June, as treatment 1 but with 15% of area left uncut serving as a refuge; 3) first cut not before 15 July. Bees were collected with pan traps, twice during the vegetation season (before and after mowing). Wild bee abundance and species richness significantly increased in meadows where uncut refuges were left, in comparison to meadows without refuges: there was both an immediate (within year) and cumulative (from one year to the following) positive effect of the uncut refuge treatment. An immediate positive effect of delayed mowing was also evidenced in both wild bees and honey bees.
    [Show full text]
  • (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophila) in Serbia
    ZooKeys 1053: 43–105 (2021) A peer-reviewed open-access journal doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1053.67288 RESEARCH ARTICLE https://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Contribution to the knowledge of the bee fauna (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophila) in Serbia Sonja Mudri-Stojnić1, Andrijana Andrić2, Zlata Markov-Ristić1, Aleksandar Đukić3, Ante Vujić1 1 University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia 2 University of Novi Sad, BioSense Institute, Dr Zorana Đinđića 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia 3 Scientific Research Society of Biology and Ecology Students “Josif Pančić”, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia Corresponding author: Sonja Mudri-Stojnić ([email protected]) Academic editor: Thorleif Dörfel | Received 13 April 2021 | Accepted 1 June 2021 | Published 2 August 2021 http://zoobank.org/88717A86-19ED-4E8A-8F1E-9BF0EE60959B Citation: Mudri-Stojnić S, Andrić A, Markov-Ristić Z, Đukić A, Vujić A (2021) Contribution to the knowledge of the bee fauna (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophila) in Serbia. ZooKeys 1053: 43–105. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1053.67288 Abstract The current work represents summarised data on the bee fauna in Serbia from previous publications, collections, and field data in the period from 1890 to 2020. A total of 706 species from all six of the globally widespread bee families is recorded; of the total number of recorded species, 314 have been con- firmed by determination, while 392 species are from published data. Fourteen species, collected in the last three years, are the first published records of these taxa from Serbia:Andrena barbareae (Panzer, 1805), A.
    [Show full text]
  • Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from Central Asia Collected by the Kyushu and Shimane Universities Expeditions
    Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e15050 doi: 10.3897/BDJ.5.e15050 Taxonomic Paper The bee family Halictidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from Central Asia collected by the Kyushu and Shimane Universities Expeditions Ryuki Murao‡, Osamu Tadauchi§, Ryoichi Miyanaga| ‡ Regional Environmental Planning Co., Ltd., Fukuoka, Japan § Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan | Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Matsue, Japan Corresponding author: Ryuki Murao ([email protected]) Academic editor: Matthew Yoder Received: 13 Jul 2017 | Accepted: 09 Oct 2017 | Published: 20 Oct 2017 Citation: Murao R, Tadauchi O, Miyanaga R (2017) The bee family Halictidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) from Central Asia collected by the Kyushu and Shimane Universities Expeditions. Biodiversity Data Journal 5: e15050. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.5.e15050 Abstract Background Central Asia is one of the important centers of bee diversity in the Palearctic Region. However, there is insufficient information for many taxa in the central Asian bee fauna. The Kyushu and Shimane Universities (Japan) Expeditions to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Xinjiang Uyghur of China were conducted in the years 2000 to 2004 and 2012 to 2014. New information Eighty-eight species of the bee family Halictidae Thomson, 1869 are enumerated including new localities in central Asia. Halictus tibialis Walker, 1871, H. persephone Ebmer, 1976, Lasioglossum denislucum (Strand, 1909), L. griseolum (Morawitz, 1872), L. melanopus (Dalla Torre, 1896), L. nitidiusculum (Kirby, 1802), L. sexnotatulum (Nylander, 1852), L. © Murao R et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
    [Show full text]
  • Alaska Natural Heritage Program Conservation Status Report
    Alaska Natural Heritage Program Conservation Status Report Bombus balteatus Dahlbom, 1832 Common Name: High Country Bumble Bee ELCODE: IIHYM24060 Taxonomic Serial No.: 714786 Synonyms: Alpinobombus balteatus Dahlbom, 1832; Bombus kirbyellus Smith, 1854 Taxonomy Notes: Based on molecular analyses, Williams et al. (2015) suggest splitting B. balteatus into two geographically distinct species: B. balteatus for Old World (Europe, Asia) populations, and B. kirbiellus for North American populations. Report last updated – June 8, 2017 Conservation Status G5 S4 ASRS: not yet ranked Occurrences, Range Number of Occurrences: 53; number of museum records: 172 (American Museum of Natural History, Canadian National Collection, U.C. Riverside, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Kansas, University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection, University of Alberta Museums, Koch et al. 2015) AK Range Extent: 1,944,614 km2; 4-km2 grid cells: 56. Occurs from the Arctic and south to Interior and Alaska Range Transition. Scattered occurrences in Seward Peninsula, Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Islands, Kodiak Island, Kenai Peninsula, and Bartlett Bay. North American Distribution: Alaska and Yukon Territory south in British Columbia and southwestern Alberta into the Rocky Mountains. Disjunct population in Sierra Mountains, and the High Arctic across North America. Trends Trends are based on museum voucher collections of all Bombus species. Short-term trends are focus the past two decades (2000’s and 2010s), whereas long-term trends are based on all years. Data originate from museum voucher collections only and are summarized by decade. White bars indicate the number of voucher collections for the species. Grey bars indicate the percent of Bombus balteatus to all Bombus species.
    [Show full text]
  • Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Montana (PDF)
    Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Montana Authors: Amelia C. Dolan, Casey M. Delphia, Kevin M. O'Neill, and Michael A. Ivie This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Annals of the Entomological Society of America following peer review. The version of record for (see citation below) is available online at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saw064. Dolan, Amelia C., Casey M Delphia, Kevin M. O'Neill, and Michael A. Ivie. "Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Montana." Annals of the Entomological Society of America 110, no. 2 (September 2017): 129-144. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/saw064. Made available through Montana State University’s ScholarWorks scholarworks.montana.edu Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Montana Amelia C. Dolan,1 Casey M. Delphia,1,2,3 Kevin M. O’Neill,1,2 and Michael A. Ivie1,4 1Montana Entomology Collection, Montana State University, Marsh Labs, Room 50, 1911 West Lincoln St., Bozeman, MT 59717 ([email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]), 2Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, 3Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, and 4Corresponding author, e-mail: [email protected] Subject Editor: Allen Szalanski Received 10 May 2016; Editorial decision 12 August 2016 Abstract Montana supports a diverse assemblage of bumble bees (Bombus Latreille) due to its size, landscape diversity, and location at the junction of known geographic ranges of North American species. We compiled the first in- ventory of Bombus species in Montana, using records from 25 natural history collections and labs engaged in bee research, collected over the past 125 years, as well as specimens collected specifically for this project dur- ing the summer of 2015.
    [Show full text]
  • A DNA Barcode-Based Survey of Wild Urban Bees in the Loire Valley, France
    www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN A DNA barcode‑based survey of wild urban bees in the Loire Valley, France Irene Villalta1*, Romain Ledet2, Mathilde Baude2, David Genoud3, Christophe Bouget4, Maxime Cornillon5, Sébastien Moreau1, Béatrice Courtial6 & Carlos Lopez‑Vaamonde1,6 The current decline of wild bees puts important ecosystem services such as pollination at risk. Both inventory and monitoring programs are needed to understand the causes of wild bee decline. Efective insect monitoring relies on both mass‑trapping methods coupled with rapid and accurate identifcations. Identifying wild bees using only morphology can be challenging, in particular, specimens from mass‑trapped samples which are often in poor condition. We generated DNA barcodes for 2931 specimens representing 157 species (156 named and one unnamed species) and 28 genera. Automated cluster delineation reveals 172 BINs (Barcodes Index Numbers). A total of 36 species (22.93%) were found in highly urbanized areas. The majority of specimens, representing 96.17% of the species barcoded form reciprocally exclusive groups, allowing their unambiguous identifcation. This includes several closely related species notoriously difcult to identify. A total of 137 species (87.26%) show a “one‑to‑one” match between a named species and the BIN assignment. Fourteen species (8.92%) show deep conspecifc lineages with no apparent morphological diferentiation. Only two species pairs shared the same BIN making their identifcation with DNA barcodes alone uncertain. Therefore, our DNA barcoding reference library allows reliable identifcation by non‑experts for the vast majority of wild bee species in the Loire Valley. Long-term monitoring programs have documented a sharp decline of insects1–5.
    [Show full text]
  • The Biology and External Morphology of Bees
    3?00( The Biology and External Morphology of Bees With a Synopsis of the Genera of Northwestern America Agricultural Experiment Station v" Oregon State University V Corvallis Northwestern America as interpreted for laxonomic synopses. AUTHORS: W. P. Stephen is a professor of entomology at Oregon State University, Corval- lis; and G. E. Bohart and P. F. Torchio are United States Department of Agriculture entomolo- gists stationed at Utah State University, Logan. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: The research on which this bulletin is based was supported in part by National Science Foundation Grants Nos. 3835 and 3657. Since this publication is largely a review and synthesis of published information, the authors are indebted primarily to a host of sci- entists who have recorded their observations of bees. In most cases, they are credited with specific observations and interpretations. However, information deemed to be common knowledge is pre- sented without reference as to source. For a number of items of unpublished information, the generosity of several co-workers is ac- knowledged. They include Jerome G. Rozen, Jr., Charles Osgood, Glenn Hackwell, Elbert Jay- cox, Siavosh Tirgari, and Gordon Hobbs. The authors are also grateful to Dr. Leland Chandler and Dr. Jerome G. Rozen, Jr., for reviewing the manuscript and for many helpful suggestions. Most of the drawings were prepared by Mrs. Thelwyn Koontz. The sources of many of the fig- ures are given at the end of the Literature Cited section on page 130. The cover drawing is by Virginia Taylor. The Biology and External Morphology of Bees ^ Published by the Agricultural Experiment Station and printed by the Department of Printing, Ore- gon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 1969.
    [Show full text]
  • Guide to Bumble Bees of the Western United States
    Bumble Bees of the Western United States By Jonathan Koch James Strange A product of the U.S. Forest Service and the Pollinator Partnership Paul Williams with funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Executive Editor Larry Stritch, Ph.D., USDA Forest Service Cover: Bombus huntii foraging. Photo Leah Lewis Executive and Managing Editor Laurie Davies Adams, The Pollinator Partnership Graphic Design and Art Direction Marguerite Meyer Administration Jennifer Tsang, The Pollinator Partnership IT Production Support Elizabeth Sellers, USGS Alphabetical Quick Reference to Species B. appositus .............110 B. frigidus ..................46 B. rufocinctus ............86 B. balteatus ................22 B. griseocollis ............90 B. sitkensis ................38 B. bifarius ..................78 B. huntii ....................66 B. suckleyi ...............134 B. californicus ..........114 B. insularis ...............126 B. sylvicola .................70 B. caliginosus .............26 B. melanopygus .........62 B. ternarius ................54 B. centralis ................34 B. mixtus ...................58 B. terricola ...............106 B. crotchii ..................82 B. morrisoni ...............94 B. vagans ...................50 B. fernaldae .............130 B. nevadensis .............18 B. vandykei ................30 B. fervidus................118 B. occidentalis .........102 B. vosnesenskii ..........74 B. flavifrons ...............42 B. pensylvanicus subsp. sonorus ....122 B. franklini .................98 2 Bumble Bees of the
    [Show full text]