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The Research of Wild Bees and Honeybee (Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758) in the Selected Localities of Protected Area Štiavnica Hills, Slovakia in 2007 and Research of their Ethology Done between 2002 And 2007

Zdeněk ŠAFAŘÍK

Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Nám. T.G. Masaryka 5555, 76001 Zlín, Czech Republic; [email protected]

Bulletin UASVM Animal Science and Biotechnologies 71(1) / 2014, 27-35 Print ISSN 1843-5262; Electronic ISSN 1843-536X

Abstract

Research of wild bees and honeybee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) was realized in the selected localities of Banská Štiavnica, Banská Belá, Banský Studenec and Beluj surroundings in the Protected Area (CHKO) the Štiavnica Hills in 2007. They were 7 different localities under study with the aim to specify the qualitative and quantitative composition of the representatives of Hymenoptera order. We wanted to broaden knowledge about entomofauna of the studied localities of the protected Area (CHKO). Locality N1 is non-cut meadow south-east of Banská Štiavnica, locality N2 –desolate orchard in Kysihýbel, locality N3 –forest and deforested places with area 80x80 metres, locality N4 –surrounding of the Jasenica water reservoir at the south-west border of the village Banská Belá, locality N5 –re-cultivated dump of mud to the west of Banská Belá and locality N6 – cut meadow in the village Beluj and in its surroundings. Locality N7 –rocky spur in Kysihýbel. During our study we specified 18 species of Hymenoptera (Apidae).

Keywords

Hymenoptera, Apidae, bee, Bombidae, Štiavnica Hills, Slovakia, localities
Northern part of The Protected Area (CHKO) the Štiavnica Hills, which is the object of this research work is less examined in comparison with the warmer localities of the protected area situated farther to the south. That is the reason why our research is directed especially to these localities.

INTRODUCTION

More research workers investigated Hymenoptera: Apidae on the territory of The Protected Area (CHKO) the Štiavnica Hills, for example Beláková (1986), Smetana (1986a, b) and Beláková, Smetana (1996).
The decisive part of these researches was realized in the frame of XXI st Camp of nature protectors, which took place in 1985 in Počúvadlo. It was Smetana who dedicated mostly especially to

research of Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Bombidae.

In this protected area Šafařík researched Apis mellifera from the view of its behavior in the period of swarming in the locality of the village Beluj, 17 kilometers Southwest of Banská Štiavnica. The

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The qualitative and quantitative research

of Hymenoptera: Apidae was realized in chosen

localities in the surroundings of Banská Štiavnica, Banská Belá, Banský Studenec and Beluj in the Protected Area (CHKO) the Štiavnica Hills in 2006 in 6 different localities with the aim to find the species presenting Hymenoptera. We wanted to

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ŠAFAŘÍK enlarge knowledge about enthomofauna of the of f icinale–11 sort, Cirsium vulgare–9 sort, Rubus

searched localities in CHKO. idaeus–9 sort, Cirsium eriophorum–8 sort, Lotus
The research of Hymenoptera was carried out corniculatus–7 sort, Cirsium arvense–6 sort,

destructive methods of individual bee catching Taraxacum of f icinale–6 sort, Ajuga reptans–5 into entomological net in the chosen localities sort, Galeobdolon montandonum–5 sort, Mentha of the cadastral territories of Banská Štiavnica, longifolia–5 sort, Hypericum perforatum–4 geBanská Belá, Banský Studenec and Beluj in the nera, Pulmonaria of f icinalis–4 genera, Trifolium period March-September 2006.

alpestre–4 genera, Solidago virgaurea–4 genera,

We have chosen the following biotopes: Trifolium pratense–3 genera, Jacea pratensis–3 meadow (1, 6), deserted orchard (2) edge of the genera, Sarothamnus scoparius–3 genera, Veronica forest (3), artificial water reservoir (4) and re- chamaedrys–3 genera, Vicia cracca–3 genera, cultivated dump of mud. We realized subject re- Lychnis f los–cuculi–2 genera, Trifolium repens–2 search of Hymenoptera in accordance with the genera, Melampyrum nemorosum–2 genera, decision of the Regional department of envi- Robinia pseudoacacia–2 genera, Symphytum ronment in Banská Bystrica No. 2006/00726-Fi, § tuberosum–2 genera. 56, paragraph 1 in legal code of Slovakian law No. 543/2002 based on the „Protection of nature and search done in 2007 we found that: 334 individuals

landscape“. were recorded on Rubus idaeus, 201 on Trifolium

According to the results of quantitative re-
We have used the key by Pavelka and Smetana repens, 123 on Symphytum of f icinale, 110 on
(2003) to determine bumblebees and other Cirsium vulgare, 78 on Taraxacum of f icinale, species we determined in accordance to Kratochvíl 68 on Cirsium eriophorum, 63 on Mentha (1957). Terminology of found out species is done longifolia, 57 on Echium vulgare, 47 on Hypericum after Přidal (2004).

Examined locality № 1 is uncut meadow in Cirsium arvense, 34 on Lotus corniculatus, 23 on

surrounding of Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia. Pulmonaria of f icinalis, 16 on Solidago virgaurea,

perforatum, 36 on Lamium maculatum, 34 on

Locality № 2 is deserted orchard in the forest 15 on Veronica chamaedrys, 13 on Trifolium area Kysihýbel, Banská Štiavnica with apple trees, pratense, 12 on Jacea pratensis, 9 on Galeobdolon plum trees, cherry trees and others.

Locality № 3 is forest area and deforested alpestre, 5 on Vicia cracca, 4 on Melampyrum places in Kysihýbel, Banská Štiavnica. nemorosum, 3 on Sarothamnus scoparius, 3 on montandonum, 8 on Ajuga reptans, 5 on Trifolium

Locality № 4 in surrounding of Banská Robinia pseudoacacia, 2 on Lychnis f los–cuculi, 2
Belá presents non-forest communites spread on Symphytum tuberosum. on the slope near water reservoir with the dominance of mid-high and high-grass and herbs the following plants as stated below: Asperula

convenient for feeding, for forage. cynanchica, Betonica of f icinalis, Caltha palustris,

Just by one wild bee species were visiting

Locality № 5 near Banská Belá is characterized Coronilla cook, Crataegus monogyny, Eryngium by high-stalked grass and meadow apophyts that campestre, Knautia arvensis, Lathyrus pratensis,

prefer luminous and tropical conditions on the Lathyru s s ylvestris, Melilotu s o f f icinalis, Ononi s s pin-

stands.

wasp, Polygala vulgaris, Sinapis arvensis, Solanum
Examined locality № 6 is situated in Beluj 430 dulcamara, Steris viscaria, Tanacetum vulgare,

m above sea level. It is the regularly cut meadow Thymus pulegioides, Verbascum phlomoides and with high-grass-herbal community.

Viola canina.

  • During the research we were focused on
  • Locality № 7 is rocky spur in Kysihýbel,

Banská Štiavnica with southern orientation the ethology of the wild surviving bees, as well.

  • the basalt flow.
  • Activity of the wild bees according to our results

was influenced by several factors. One of them was a cold wind, when we have recorded only the minimal activity of wild bees in the course of our research on the May 2, 2007. Another factor affecting the bees’ activity was light rain. For instance we did not observe any wild bees species

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

At the researched localities in 2007 we state a survey of plants (45 sorts) visited by the individual bee species: Echium vulgare–1

sort, Lamium maculatum–11 sort, Symphytum

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in the course of our research on May 6, 2007 therefore we see the relevance of rainy weather.
On July 7, 2007 we found four bumblebee nests, which were dug up with the above-
Influence of the windy weather on the mentioned wild beasts. Apparently, the two activity of the wild bees can be confirmed underground nests of Bombus terrestris, one nest by our findings from the observations on May of Bombus hortorum and Bombus pratorum, were 9, 2007, when we had strong windy weather discovered. In the Bombus hortorum’s nest as the recorded no activity on the meadow under the material covering the bottom was used moss and Nova Strelnica (Locality N1) –at the open air space in the case of the Bombus pratorum were used the

  • of the objective locality.
  • needles. From these by wild beasts devastated

However at the edge site of a meadow habitat nests we observed the working up bumblebees near the waterside growth of a stream, where and in the case of the Bombus terrestris the two the wind does not reach such intensity as on the individuals were recorded, in Bombus hortorum open-air area, we recorded eight bumblebee three and in Bombus pratorum ten individuals. In species. Based on these findings we have come the second nest we found three dead bumblebees. to the following conclusions: the strong wind Another activities of the bumblebees were not acts as an negative factor on the activity of a wild recorded in the time of our research.

  • bees and that in the conditions of one habitat we
  • Our ethological research of the European

concluded that meteorological conditions affect honeybee (Apis mellifera) in the conditions of their activity. Accordingly the urban environment stationary bee house in Beluj, Slovakia (Banska is also suitable for the occurrence of the wild bees, Stiavnica district), were supplemented or widen because the external temperature in the urban the observations of the European honeybee in area is higher than the temperature in a non- their natural environment –in the nature, it means urban area. For example at housing development at the localities chosen, where we paid attention Drienova in Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia we have also to that species. The honeybee dominance currently recorded several bumblebee species. in the natural environment was very apparent

For instance we have recorded on Echium vulgare  almost at the all examined localities.

and Vicia cracca nine bumblebee species on June 6, 2007.
In the natural conditions the main activity of the honeybee was pollen and nectar gathering.
The activity recorded in bumblebees during Concerning bumblebees´ trophic behavior we can the unfavorable meteorological conditions was state, that the bumblebees have not been visiting recorded for example in Bombus lapidarius, while all recorded sorts of plants at the researched area, the activity in another bumblebees and the other but just those stated in the tables below. From that researched species was not recorded. During the fact the bumblebees´ preference of the plant sorts direct observations of interactions among the is quite obvious. Accordingly is needed to add that wild bees and their living plants we have recorded not the entire wild bee species found, manifested behavior displays and way of the food acquisition. their trophic behavior.

  • One from the common ways of the food
  • Some split of species found did not manifest

acquisition by bumblebees was their short visit of the trophic behavior for instance the individuals

the plant sort -Rhinanthus alectorolophus. Bombus were just gallivant along or if need be only the

terrestris carried out twenty interactions in five short plant visits were taken, however all data minutes what we recorded on locality 1, on 11, together create a survey which we state in this June 2006. Bombus terrestris gradually visited all paper. Correlation of the wild bees behavior to of the one-plant flowers during the mentioned the height of atmospheric air temperature and its time period and subsequently got off for the influence on the bees behavior we can characterize next flourishing plants. During the research we as the straight dependence.

  • recorded also several bumblebee nests that have
  • Consequently we can say that with the in-

been annihilated by European Badger (Meles crease of the external atmospheric temperature meles), Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) or by the Wild Boar the bees´ activity is increasing, as well. The sa(Sus scrofa). Based on the presence of the dead me correlation holds also for the sun attitude.

  • individuals the bumblebee nests were identified.
  • Whereby the sunbeams and the earth striking on

radiance from the sun higher activity, in this way

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ŠAFAŘÍK the bumblebees and also bee species individuals´ activity is considerably higher, as well.
The same correlation is obvious also for the activities of the European honeybee (Apis melli- fera) and its behavior on the landing boards.

Table 1. Ecological indices localities 1-3

  • Locality 1:
  • Locality 2:
  • Locality 3:

  • Pi
  • Pi²
  • Pi ln Pi
  • Pi
  • Pi²
  • Pi ln Pi
  • Pi
  • Pi²
  • Pi ln Pi

0.486 0.071 0.007 0.010 0.075 0.007 0.014 0.017 0.201 0.003 0.031 0.014 0.003 0.003
0.2362 0.0051 0.0001 0.0001 0.0056 0.0001 0.0002 0.0003 0.0400 0.0000 0.0001 0.0002 0.0000 0.0000
– 0.351 – 0.188 – 0.034 –0.047 –0.194 –0.034 –0.058 –0.069 –0.322 –0.019 –0.107 –0.058 –0.019 –0.019
0.677 0.092 0.009 0.012 0.040 0.003 0.012 0.049 0.021 0.015
0.4583 0.0084 0.0001 0.0002 0.0016 0.0000 0.0002 0.0024 0.0005 0.0002
–0.264 –0.219 –0.043 –0.054 –0.128 –0.014 –0.054 –0.148 –0.082 –0.064
0.364 0.193 0.011 0.080 0.045 0.034 0.034 0.114 0.045 0.080
0.1322 0.0373 0.0001 0.0063 0.0021 0.0012 0.0012 0.0130 0.0021 0.0063
–0.368 –0.318 –0.051 –0.201 –0.141 –0.115 –0.115 –0.247 –0.141 –0.201

0.058 1.032

  • 0.003
  • –0.165

  • 1.519
  • 0.2880
  • 0.930
  • 0.4719
  • 1.070
  • 1.000
  • 0.2018
  • 1.898

Table 2. Diversity indices and similarity index localities 1-3

  • S=15
  • S=12
  • S=10

N=294 D=3.43 E=0.23 H=1.52 J=0.62
N=328 D=2.10 E=0.17 H=1.07 J=0.51
N=88 D=4.96 E=0.50 H=1.90 J=0.83

Table 3. Ecological indices localities 4-6

  • Locality 4:
  • Locality 5:

Pi²

Locality 6:

  • Pi² Pi ln Pi
  • Pi
  • Pi²
  • Pi ln Pi
  • Pi
  • Pi ln Pi
  • Pi

0.472 0.2225 0.094 0.0089 0.208 0.0430 0.151 0.0228 0.076 0.0570
–0.354 –0.223 –0.326 –0.285 –0.195
0.887 0.7870 0.001 0.0000 0.027 0.0007 0.028 0.0008 0.003 0.0000 0.004 0.0000 0.025 0.0064 0.003 0.0000 0.003 0.0000 0.003 0.0000 0.017 0.0003
–0.106 –0.009 –0.097 –0.100 –0.016 –0.022 –0.093 –0.016 –0.016 –0.016 –0.070
0.537 0.2880 0.122 0.0150 0.024 0.0006 0.024 0.0006 0.128 0.0164 0.043 0.0019 0.012 0.0001 0.079 0.0062 0.031 0.0009
–0.334 –0.257 –0.091 –0.091 –0.263 –0.135 –0.053 –0.201 –0.106

  • 1.001 0.3542
  • 1.383
  • 1.001 0.7952
  • 0.561
  • 1.000 0.3297
  • 1.531

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Table 4. Diversity indices and similarity index localities 4-6

  • S=5
  • S=11
  • S=9

  • N=53
  • N=752

D=1.26 E=0.11 H=0.56 J=0.24
N=164 D=3.04 E=0.34 H=1.53 J=0.70
D=2.82 E=0.56 H=1.38 J=0.86

Table 5. Ecological indices locality 7

Locality 7:

  • Pi
  • Pi2
  • Pi ln Pi

0.036 0.0013 –0.121 0.071 0.0050 –0.188 0.036 0.0013 –0.121 0.429 0.1840 –0.363 0.179 0.0320 –0.308 0.036 0.0013 –0.121 0.036 0.0013 –0.121
S=8 N=28 D=3.88 E=0.48 H=1.65 J=0.79

  • 0.179 0.032
  • –0.308

  • 1.002 0.2582
  • 1.651

Table 6. Diversity indices and similarity index localities 1-6

  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.

14

  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.

SN

D

E

HJ

  • 14
  • 11
  • 10
  • 13
  • 8

667 123 428 306 1165 124 4.20 5.34 4.76 3.78 2.12 3.31 0.30 0.49 0.34 0.38 0.16 0.41 1.96 2.01 1.83 1.65 1.15 1.55 0.74 0.84 0.69 0.72 0.45 0.75

In research continued in the year 2007 the interval 36–59 %, wind speed was moving from 2 quantitative representation of component indivi- to 4 m/s and the length of sunshine varied from dual sorts at the seven localities (1–7) as following 2.6 to 13.3 hours. During the research time of bees

(Tab. 7):

we have recorded two rainy days during the bees
1. According to the results of the research swarm mood – June 5 and June 15, 2002, with the focused on the swarming activities done in total amount of rainfall 5.6 and 9.2 mm.

  • 2002, the following fact is ensuing: the bees
  • 2. European honeybee (Apis mellifera) is after

swarming mood seems to be most intensive the debouching able to place also the empty hives in the second decade of May, at the end of the third what we prove by evidence, that we recorded the decade of May and in the first half of June 2002. occupation of the four empty hives with the bee We have recorded in the time from May 14 to the frames in the bee house on June 1, 2002.

  • June 15, 2002 globally nine swarms. The average
  • 3. In 2003 the 6 swarms we had recorded

air temperature during the bee swarming activity in the interval May 15 to June 16, what is about was 20.1°C, average air humidity came to 50 %, the 3 swarms less in comparison to the 2002. The average wind speed reached the rate 2.8 m/s and bee swarms flied out in temperature interval the average length of the sunshine was 10.5 hours, 10.6–22.2°C, the relative air humidity was moving and the temperature variances varied between between 30 and 49 %, the wind speed was from 16.7 and 25.3°C, relative air humidity varied in 2 to 4 m/s and sunshine length from 5.0 to 7.5

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Table 7. Qualitative and quantitative survey of figured out species of wild bees and honeybee at examined localities in 2007

1.
143
21

59

22

17
9

2.
222

30

16 13 22

7

3. 32

17

3
4.

0

5.

667
20
0

6. 88

20

21
4

7. 0

N
1152
133

119
71

64

37

32

29

21 11

9

P

Apis mellifera

164.57
19.00 17.00 10.14
9.14 5.29 4.57

4.14

3.00 1.57 1.29

1.14

1.00 0.43 0.29 0.29 0.14 0.14

Bombus terrestris Bombus pascuorum Bombus lapidarius Bombus pratorum Bombus hortorum Bombus ruderarius Bombus bohemicus Bombus hypnorum Bombus lucorum Bombus soroeensis Bombus humilis

25
8

0

12

  • 0
  • 0

11

0

21

  • 0
  • 7

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    Preslia 88: 77–112, 2016 77 Symphytum tuberosum complex in central Europe: cytogeography, morphology, ecology and taxonomy Symphytum tuberosum ve střední Evropě – cytogeografie, morfologie, ekologie a taxonomie LucieKobrlová1,MichalHroneš1,PetrKoutecký2, Milan Š t e c h2 & Bohumil T r á v n í č e k1 1Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic, e-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]; 2Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1760, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic, email: [email protected], [email protected] Kobrlová L., Hroneš M., Koutecký P., Štech M. & Trávníček B. (2016): Symphytum tuberosum complex in central Europe: cytogeography, morphology, ecology and taxonomy. – Preslia 88: 77–112. The Symphytum tuberosum complex is a highly polyploid and taxonomically intriguing group. At least eight ploidy levels were recorded previously within this complex. Based on flow cytometric screening of 271 central-European populations, two dominant ploidy levels were revealed: tetraploid (2n = 4x = 32) and widespread dodecaploid (2n = 12x = 96). The tetraploid cytotype is mainly distributed along the southern and south-western margins of the West Carpathians where they abut the Pannonian basin, and found only in Slovakia, the Czech Republic (south-eastern Moravia) and Hungary; our findings represent the first records of this ploidy level for the latter two countries. In contrast, the dodecaploid cytotype occurs throughout the whole area studied. In addition to their geographic distributions, differences between the cytotypes in morphology and habitat requirements were detected using a multivariate morphometric analysis and analysis of a phytosociological database, respectively.
  • Integrative Taxonomy of an Arctic Bumblebee Species Complex

    Integrative Taxonomy of an Arctic Bumblebee Species Complex

    Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2019, XX, 1–23. With 7 figures. applyparastyle “fig//caption/p[1]” parastyle “FigCapt” Integrative taxonomy of an arctic bumblebee species Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz041/5557776 by guest on 31 August 2019 complex highlights a new cryptic species (Apidae: Bombus) BAPTISTE MARTINET1*, THOMAS LECOCQ1,2, NICOLAS BRASERO1, MAXENCE GERARD1, KLÁRA URBANOVÁ4, IRENA VALTEROVÁ3,4, JAN OVE GJERSHAUG5, DENIS MICHEZ1 and PIERRE RASMONT1 1University of Mons, Research Institute of Biosciences, Laboratory of Zoology, Place du Parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium 2Université de Lorraine, INRA, URAFPA, F-54000 Nancy, France 3Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Flemingovo nám 2, CZ-166 10 Prague, Czech Republic 4Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Department of Sustainable Technologies, Kamýcká 129, CZ-165 21 Prague, Czech Republic 5Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, PO Box 5685 Sluppen, NO-7485 Trondheim, Norway Received 21 November 2017; revised 12 February 2019; accepted for publication 24 April 2019 Bumblebees have been the focus of much research, but the taxonomy of many species groups is still unclear, especially for circumpolar species. Delimiting species based on multisource datasets provides a solution to overcome current systematic issues of closely related populations. Here, we use an integrative taxonomic approach based on new genetic and eco-chemical datasets to resolve the taxonomic status of Bombus lapponicus and Bombus sylvicola. Our results support the conspecific status of B. lapponicus and B. sylvicola and that the low gradual divergence around the Arctic Circle between Fennoscandia and Alaska does not imply speciation in this species complex.
  • BSBI News 123

    BSBI News 123

    BSBI News April 2013 No. 123 Edited by Trevor James & Gwynn Ellis ISSN 0309-930X Eric Clement botanising at Thorney Island in October 2011. Photo G. Hounsome © 2011 (see p. 66) Spartina patens in saltmarsh on the east side of Thorney Island. Photo G. Hounsome © 2012 (see p. 66) Frankenia laevis (Sea-heath) growing over roadside kerb, Helmsley-Kirbymoorside road, North Yorks. Photo N.A. Thompson © 2009 (see p. 48) Paul Green (acting Welsh Officer) at The Carex ×gaudiniana Glen Shee, Cairnwell, Raven, Co. Wexford. Photo O. Martin © 2008 v.c.92. Photo M. Wilcox © 2012 (see p. 28) (see p. 86) Alchemilla wichurae, Teesdale, showing 45° angle of main veins. Photo M. Lynes © 2012 (see p. 25) Pentaglottis sempervirens, Kirkcaldy, Fife (v.c.85). Photo G. Ballantyne © 2012 (see p. 64) CONTENTS Important Notices Changing status and ecology of Blysmus rufus From The President.....................................I. Bonner 2 (Saltmarsh Flat-sedge) in South Lancashire (v.c.59) Notes from the Editors....................T. James & G. Ellis 2 ...........................................................P.H. Smith 55 Notes...........................................................................3–63 Aliens.................................................................... 64–67 Eleocharis mitracarpa Steud., not a British plant Malling Toadflax population in Oxfordshire ...........................................................F.J. Roberts 3 ........................................A. Baket & G. Southon 64 Eleocharis: problems with the Flora Europaea account
  • Species List

    Species List

    1 of 40 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 21/01/2021 Species List Group Taxon Common Name Earliest Latest Records acarine Brevipalpus oncidii 2019 2019 1 acarine Eriophyes leiosoma 1994 1994 1 acarine Eriophyes tiliae 2011 2011 1 acarine Eriophyes tiliae subsp. tiliae 1994 1994 1 acarine Hydrachnidae 2015 2015 1 amphibian Lissotriton helveticus Palmate Newt 2018 2018 1 amphibian Rana temporaria Common Frog 1963 2018 7 annelid Aporrectodea caliginosa s.l. Grey Worm 2017 2017 1 annelid Eisenia fetida Brandling 1987 1988 2 annelid Hirudinea Leech 2018 2018 1 annelid Lumbricus terrestris Common Earthworm 2017 2017 1 annelid Oligochaeta 2015 2015 1 annelid Stylaria lacustris 1995 1995 1 annelid Tubifex 1994 1994 1 bird Acanthis cabaret Lesser Redpoll 1998 2020 1 bird Accipiter nisus Sparrowhawk 1894 2020 7 bird Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper 1894 1901 1 bird Aegithalos caudatus Long-tailed Tit 1966 2020 16 bird Alauda arvensis Skylark 1894 1901 1 bird Alcedo atthis Kingfisher 1883 2020 31 bird Anas platyrhynchos Mallard 1894 2020 30 bird Anthus pratensis Meadow Pipit 1894 1901 1 bird Apus apus Swift 1894 1998 4 bird Ardea cinerea Grey Heron 1966 2020 11 bird Aythya ferina Pochard 1982 1982 1 bird Aythya fuligula Tufted Duck 1966 2020 2 bird Bombycilla garrulus Waxwing 1966 2020 15 bird Carduelis carduelis Goldfinch 1894 2020 14 bird Certhia familiaris Treecreeper 1894 2017 4 bird Chloris chloris Greenfinch 1894 2020 12 bird Chroicocephalus ridibundus Black-headed Gull 1894 2020 5 bird Cinclus cinclus Dipper 1966 2020 9 bird Coloeus monedula Jackdaw 1894 2020 3 bird Columba livia Feral Pigeon 1966 2020 31 bird Columba oenas Stock Dove 2019 2020 6 2 of 40 Glasgow Botanic Gardens 21/01/2021 Species List Group Taxon Common Name Earliest Latest Records bird Columba palumbus Woodpigeon 1894 2020 29 bird Corvus corone agg.
  • Forward to the North: Two Euro-Mediterranean Bumblebee Species Now Cross the Arctic Circle

    Forward to the North: Two Euro-Mediterranean Bumblebee Species Now Cross the Arctic Circle

    Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) International Journal of Entomology ISSN: 0037-9271 (Print) 2168-6351 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tase20 Forward to the north: two Euro-Mediterranean bumblebee species now cross the Arctic Circle Baptiste Martinet, Pierre Rasmont, Björn Cederberg, Dimitri Evrard, Frode Ødegaard, Juho Paukkunen & Thomas Lecocq To cite this article: Baptiste Martinet, Pierre Rasmont, Björn Cederberg, Dimitri Evrard, Frode Ødegaard, Juho Paukkunen & Thomas Lecocq (2015) Forward to the north: two Euro-Mediterranean bumblebee species now cross the Arctic Circle, Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.), 51:4, 303-309 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2015.1118357 Published online: 18 Dec 2015. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 210 View related articles View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=tase20 Download by: [Universite De Mons-Hainaut] Date: 27 June 2016, At: 08:09 Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.), 2015 Vol. 51, No. 4, 303–309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2015.1118357 Forward to the north: two Euro-Mediterranean bumblebee species now cross the Arctic Circle Baptiste Martineta*, Pierre Rasmonta, Björn Cederbergb, Dimitri Evrarda, Frode Ødegaardc, Juho Paukkunend & Thomas Lecocqa aLaboratory of Zoology, Research Institute of Biosciences, University of Mons, Place du Parc 20, 7000 Mons, Belgium; bSwedish Species Information Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7007, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden; cDepartment of Terrestrial Ecology, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research – NINA, PO Box 5685, Sluppen, NO-7485 Trondheim, Norway; dFinnish Museum of Natural History, Zoology Unit, University of Helsinki, PO Box 17, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland (Received 18 February 2015; accepted 6 November 2015) Summary.
  • BHS Guidelines for Site Selection May 2018

    BHS Guidelines for Site Selection May 2018

    These Guidelines have been subject to revision since their original publication. The pages covering the revised sections have been inserted into this document. Lancashire County Heritage Sites Scheme Biological Heritage Sites Guidelines for Site Selection Errata Page Guideline Error 34 Po1 Entries in Table 4. For U and V have been swapped (V appears before U). 43 Ff3 Add: Stellaria palustris Marsh Stitchwort 44 Ff3 Persicaria minor Small Water-pepper should read: Persicaria minor Small Water-pepper 44 Ff3 Plantanthera bifolia Lesser Butterfly-orchid should read: Plantanthera bifolia Lesser Butterfly-orchid 45 Ff4(a) Rhinanthus minor ssp. stenophyllusa Yellow-rattle should read: Rhinanthus minor ssp. stenophyllus a Yellow-rattle 46 Ff4b Polstichum setiferum should read Polystichum setiferum 51 Li6 The species listed under Application should form part of the Guideline. The Application text should read “All sites with six or more of the species listed above recorded since 1987 should be included.“ 60 Ma3 Delete the first sentence of the Justification which refers to water vole. 70 Am1a Guideline should read “...”good” or “exceptional” population...”. 71 Am2 Application reads: “...amphibians not included in (see Guideline Am1a or Am1b), as defined in Table 7.” Should read: “...amphibians (not included in Guideline Am1a or Am1b), as defined in Table 7.” 80 Mo4 Zenobiella Subrufescens now Perforatella subrufescens 82 In2 Add Hydroporus longicornis. 22/1/01 Lancashire County Heritage Sites Scheme Biological Heritage Sites Guidelines for Site
  • The Cephalic Labial Gland Secretions of Two Socially Parasitic Bumblebees

    The Cephalic Labial Gland Secretions of Two Socially Parasitic Bumblebees

    Insect Science (2018) 25, 75–86, DOI 10.1111/1744-7917.12408 ORIGINAL ARTICLE The cephalic labial gland secretions of two socially parasitic bumblebees Bombus hyperboreus (Alpinobombus) and Bombus inexspectatus (Thoracobombus) question their inquiline strategy Nicolas Brasero1, Baptiste Martinet1, Thomas Lecocq1,2, Patrick Lhomme3, Paolo Biella4,5, Irena Valterova´ 6,Klara´ Urbanova´ 6,7, Maurizio Cornalba8, Heather Hines3 and Pierre Rasmont1 1Laboratory of Zoology, Research institute of Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium; 2Research Unit Animal and Functionalities of Animal Products (URAFPA), University of Lorraine—INRA, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy,` France; 3Department of Biology, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA; 4Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, University of South Bohemia, Ceskˇ e´ Budejovice,ˇ Czech Republic; 5Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Institute of Entomology, Ceskˇ e´ Budejovice,ˇ Czech Republic; 6Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic; 7Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Department of Sustainable Technologies, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic and 8Department of Mathematics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy Abstract Social parasitic Hymenopterans have evolved morphological, chemical, and behavioral adaptations to overcome the sophisticated recognition and defense systems of their social host to invade host nests and exploit their worker force. In bumblebees, so- cial parasitism appeared in at least 3 subgenera independently: in the subgenus Psithyrus consisting entirely of parasitic species, in the subgenus Alpinobombus with Bombus hy- perboreus, and in the subgenus Thoracobombus with B. inexspectatus. Cuckoo bumblebee males utilize species-specific cephalic labial gland secretions for mating purposes that can impact their inquiline strategy.
  • Hymenovaria 5

    Hymenovaria 5

    nr. 5, november 2012 Boer, P. & M.P. Berg, 2011. De bruine staafmier, Ponera testacea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), nieuw voor Nederland. - Entomologische Berichten 71 (2): 43-45. Literatuur Brink, T., 2011. De verspreiding van de boommier ( Lasius brunneus ). - Dierplagen 14 (1): 10-13. Cornelissen, B. & A. Visser, 2011. Concurrentie tussen honingbijen en wilde bijen (1). - Bijenhouden 5 (1): 16- 17. Cornelissen, B. & A. Visser, 2011. Concurrentie tussen AcuBieb 2011 honingbijen en wilde bijen (2). - Bijenhouden 5 (2): 16- 17. Corporaal, A. & B. Grutters, 2011. Knipperlichtjes. - De Theo Peeters Levende Natuur 112 (4): 145. Duchateau, M.J., 2011. Bijen en biodiversiteit. - Bijenhouden 5 (9): 3-4. In het jaar 2011 waren er relatief weinig Nederlandse Elfferich, C., 2011. Wolbijen in de betonie. - Natura 108 (3): publicaties over aculeaten. Ik tel er in mijn lijstje deze 16-17. keer slechts 35. Wel werden er diverse nieuwe Grutters, B., A. Corporaal & J. Schaminee, 2011. Het aculeaten voor onze fauna gemeld. Twee bijen nieuw verbond van Kievitsbloemen en hommels. - Natura 108 (3): 6-7. voor onze fauna: Coelioxys afra en Megachile rotundata , de Ibáñez-Justicia, A. & A.J.M. Loomans, 2011. Mapping the goudwesp Pseudomalus triangulifer en de mier Ponera potential occurrence of an invasive species by using testacea waren nieuw voor onze fauna. CLIMEX: case of the Asian hornet ( Vespa velutina Tussen de 100 buitenlandse publicaties die ik hier heb nigrithorax ) in the Netherlands. - Proceedings uitgekozen zien we weer enkele nieuwe Netherlands Entomological Society Meeting 22: 39-46. determinatietabellen. Amiet et al. presenteren hun IVN-Veghel, 2011. Bijen in het Geerbos. - Een bijenverhaal laatste determinatieboek over de Zwitserse bijen.