ApidologiePub Date : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01077-5
Diego Gil-Tapetado, Andrea Ferrari, Federico Ronchetti, Carlo Polidori
{"title":"Distribution widening of a ground-nesting social bee across Europe favored by climate change and urban setting","authors":"Diego Gil-Tapetado, Andrea Ferrari, Federico Ronchetti, Carlo Polidori","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01077-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01077-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Climate change and/or land use change were repeatedly reported as important for both range expansion of alien bee species and range shrinking for native bee species. However, environmental changes may also positively affect native species that may expand across contiguous areas to their native ones. Here, we focused on <i>Halictus scabiosae</i> (Rossi, 1790) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), a ground-nesting, primitively eusocial wild bee that has its primary distribution in Western-Southern Europe but that was recently recorded in Eastern-Central Europe. In particular, we studied the range expansion patterns of <i>H. scabiosae</i>, and we hypothesized that previously unsuitable areas may be currently colonized because of environmental changes. In the last 5 years, <i>H. scabiosae</i> moved its densest record areas to North-Eastern Europe, but its ecological niche remained almost unchanged from 1970 to date, suggesting that this bee species is following its preferred conditions (high temperature, high temperature seasonality, and low precipitation seasonality). Potential distribution models revealed high suitability in still unoccupied North-Eastern areas, with urbanization increasingly important as potential stepping stones towards the expansion. The relevant role of urbanization is confirmed by the increase in the number of urban records through time and by the fact that cities with greater population density and greater fragmentation are more likely associated with this species’ occurrence. <i>Halictus scabiosae</i> is thus expanding its range because climate change is producing—and urban environment is offering—suitable conditions in areas previously inadequate for its establishment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13592-024-01077-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141253209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ApidologiePub Date : 2024-05-31DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01074-8
Jesus C. Jacome-García, Victor H. Gonzalez, Diego A. Riaño-Jimenez, Andres F. Herrera-Motta, Jose R. Cure
{"title":"Foraging behavior and the nest architecture of a high-Andean stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) revealed by X-ray computerized tomography","authors":"Jesus C. Jacome-García, Victor H. Gonzalez, Diego A. Riaño-Jimenez, Andres F. Herrera-Motta, Jose R. Cure","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01074-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01074-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) are key pollinators of both cultivated and wild plants in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. While most species are found in lowland to mid-elevations, a few have adapted to high elevations, and their biology remains poorly understood. We assess the foraging pattern of <i>Parapartamona zonata</i> (Smith) in the central Andes of Colombia (2583 m.a.s.l.) and apply computer tomography to visualize and characterize its internal nest architecture. Bees foraged for pollen and nesting materials (resin and/or mud) from sunrise (5:40 h) to sunset (17:45), even at ambient temperatures as low as 11 °C. Foraging varied significantly throughout the day and temperature and sky condition explained 47% of its variance. Differences in the nest architecture, when compared with previous records, suggest that nesting behavior might be variable. These results are discussed in the context of behavioral adaptations in this unique environmental niche.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13592-024-01074-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141196727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ApidologiePub Date : 2024-05-31DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01082-8
Daniel Yudi Miyahara Nakamura, Sheina Koffler, Marco Aurelio Ribeiro Mello, Tiago Mauricio Francoy
{"title":"Resin foraging interactions in stingless bees: an ecological synthesis using multilayer networks","authors":"Daniel Yudi Miyahara Nakamura, Sheina Koffler, Marco Aurelio Ribeiro Mello, Tiago Mauricio Francoy","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01082-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01082-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Stingless bees use resins for nest construction, colony defense, and production of cerumen, propolis, and geopropolis. Despite their importance, resin foraging interactions are neglected in stingless bee ecology, so a synthesis is required to map how much we currently know about this topic. In addition, what kind of networks do those interactions form? The Integrative Hypothesis of Specialization (IHS) may provide a cognitive map to generate predictions and interpret results. Specifically, resin heterogeneity, phylogeny, and geography may create interaction constraints that generate a modular or compound topology in resin foraging networks. Here we systematically reviewed resin foraging interactions with a multilayer network approach accounting for biogeographical structure. A total of 1,037 bee–plant resin foraging interactions were retrieved and Anacardiaceae and Dipterocarpaceae were identified as the most frequently visited plant families worldwide. As deduced from the IHS, we found a modular topology in most cases. A compound topology was only found with a less conservative approach considering all data. In most cases, Mantel tests revealed that interactions, modules, and layers are constrained by phylogeny and geography. Our results suggest that closely related species tend to interact with similar plant genera and from the same biogeographical region. Body size was positively correlated with centrality, indicating that larger bees use highly connected plants. We hope our findings highlight the ecological patterns and drivers that shape resin foraging interactions in stingless bees. Moreover, we discuss methodological recommendations and knowledge gaps, helping to guide future studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141196795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ApidologiePub Date : 2024-05-21DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01075-7
Carlos Martel, Laura Cifuentes, Francisco Cuesta, Philip C. Stevenson, Carolina Tovar
{"title":"Scientific note: Phoretic interaction between Antherophagus (Coleoptera) and Bombus funebris (Hymenoptera), using Chuquiraga jussieui (Asteraceae) as transfer stations in the páramos","authors":"Carlos Martel, Laura Cifuentes, Francisco Cuesta, Philip C. Stevenson, Carolina Tovar","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01075-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01075-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Beetles of the genus <i>Antherophagus</i> are phoretic organisms that inhabit the nests of <i>Bombus</i> species. They migrate and colonize new nests using the same bumblebees as carriers. Although <i>Antherophagus</i> beetles from temperate Europe and North America are known to use some plant species to move between bumblebees, it is unknown which plants are used as transfer stations by neotropical <i>Antherophagus</i>. Here, we report for the first time how phoretic <i>Antherophagus</i> beetles of an undescribed species use the inflorescences of <i>Chuquiraga jussieui</i> to transfer between individuals of <i>Bombus funebris</i> in the páramos of Central Ecuador. Our observations are the highest records (at 4200 m asl) of a phoretic interaction performed so far.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13592-024-01075-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141114645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discovery of the Himalayan giant honey bee, Apis laboriosa, in Thailand: a major range extension","authors":"Itsarapong Voraphab, Nontawat Chatthanabun, Pakorn Nalinrachatakan, Chawatat Thanoosing, Prapun Traiyasut, Chawakorn Kunsete, Sureerat Deowanish, Gard W. Otis, Natapot Warrit","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01069-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01069-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We located nesting Himalayan giant honey bees, <i>Apis laboriosa</i>, in Thailand for the first time, at the summit of Doi Pha Hom Pok, Chiang Mai Province. Preliminary identification of the bees based on the color of thoracic hairs and the abdomen was confirmed by morphological, morphometric, and genetic analyses. Additionally, those analyses confirmed two recent community science observations posted to iNaturalist. We review morphological characters that enable identification of <i>A. laboriosa.</i> Our discovery extends the range of the species southward ca. 240 km from previously documented locations in southern Yunnan Province, China. This discovery suggests that <i>A. laboriosa</i> is likely to occur in other highland regions of northern Thailand, western Laos, and the Shan Hills of eastern Myanmar.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140842286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ApidologiePub Date : 2024-04-29DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01070-y
Mira Boustani, Baptiste Martinet, Denis Michez, Nabil Nemer, Pierre Rasmont
{"title":"Heat resistance variability in the Lebanese bee fauna","authors":"Mira Boustani, Baptiste Martinet, Denis Michez, Nabil Nemer, Pierre Rasmont","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01070-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01070-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Wild bees are facing many environmental challenges that are reshaping their distributions and even causing extinctions. One of the common threats is climate change leading to a higher frequency of extreme climatic events such as heat waves. We focused on the bee fauna of the eastern Mediterranean country of Lebanon and assessed intra- and interspecific variability of the heat stress resistance in correlation with dry body weight, altitude, and collection date. We used the time before heat stupor (THS) at 40 °C in semi-controlled conditions as a proxy for heat resistance. We found significant interspecific differences in heat resistance, and a positive correlation with dry weight in some taxa. At the intraspecific level, there was a significant difference in heat resistance between sexes for some species. Also, dry/fresh weights, altitude, and collection date were correlated to a higher heat resistance in some taxa. In the context of global changes, we argue that we need heat tolerance metrics for a better understanding of bee decline and to enhance conservation measures at regional scale.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140812763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ApidologiePub Date : 2024-04-29DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01072-w
Vera W. Pfeiffer, Saumik Basu, David W. Crowder
{"title":"Patterns of virus coincidence between honey bees and bumble bees in the Pacific Northwest, USA","authors":"Vera W. Pfeiffer, Saumik Basu, David W. Crowder","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01072-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01072-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Many viruses first isolated in honey bees can also infect and circulate in wild bee species. While most common bee viruses are generally less prevalent in wild bees than honey bees, they are occasionally locally common. However, most studies have not assessed prevalence of viruses in honey bees and wild bees at the same sites, making it difficult to determine how viruses may spread across species. We addressed this by surveying the prevalence of six viruses in honey bees and bumble bees at sites across the Pacific Northwest, USA. These data were used to assess covariance in virus prevalence between bee groups across multiple ecotypes and to assess how virus prevalence in bumble bees correlated with prevalence in honey bees. We show deformed wing virus (DWV) and black queen cell virus (BQCV) were more common in honey bees than bumble bees, while Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) was found at similar levels. Prevalence of DWV and IAPV were correlated with landscape context, with both most common at urban sites. However, BQCV prevalence in bumble bees was best predicted by BQCV prevalence in honey bees and by apiary density. Our study provides evidence that several viruses are found in both honey bees and wild bumble bees at the same sites, although prevalence was not necessarily correlated among the two groups. Understanding the prevalence and impacts of bee viruses on both managed and wild bees is key for disease mitigation and pollinator conservation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140812658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ApidologiePub Date : 2024-04-25DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01071-x
William G. Meikle, Milagra Weiss, Daniela Adjaye, Vincent A. Ricigliano
{"title":"Comparative assessment of food consumption, longevity, thermoregulation, and molecular health markers in mite-resistant and Italian honey bee stocks","authors":"William G. Meikle, Milagra Weiss, Daniela Adjaye, Vincent A. Ricigliano","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01071-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01071-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Identifying traits for adaptation to different management and environmental regimes is key to maintaining robust honey bee populations under global climate change. We compared mite-resistant (Pol-line and Russian) and Italian honey bee stocks in variable-temperature cage experiments (200 bees per cage) with respect to food consumption, thermoregulation, gene expression, and lifespan, in 3 experiments over 2 years. The Italian stock bees consumed more syrup and pollen on average than the mite-resistant stocks, but the mite-resistant stocks maintained higher cluster temperatures and had median lifespans 8 days longer, consistent with the increased expression of <i>vitellogenin</i> relative to Italian stock. Model results indicated that, to maintain the same colony size as the mite-resistant stocks, Italian stock colonies would need about 13% more sealed brood to offset reduced worker lifespans. These differences among bee stocks likely influence colony-level productivity and health, and showed the importance of experimental replication.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13592-024-01071-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140658465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nesting behavior of the red dwarf honeybee, Apis florea Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae)","authors":"Solur Krishnamurthy Ramyarani, Narayanappa Nagaraja","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01067-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01067-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><i>Apis florea</i> is an efficient pollinator of both wild and crop plants and produces substantial amounts of honey. Studies on the nesting behavior of <i>A. florea</i> concerning the nature of nesting structures, selection of nest height, and orientation of nests were conducted in selected four districts of South Karnataka, India. The observations showed that <i>A. florea</i> nests were found on herbs, shrubs, small trees, and other natural/man-made structures. Interestingly, they were abundant in shrubs. <i>A. florea</i> colonies were found at varied heights and were in greater numbers at heights of 0–2 m. Despite nests being found in all compass directions, more than 40% of the nests were towards northeast-southwest directions. The present study concludes that <i>A. florea</i> is well adapted to the plains of Karnataka by selecting nests at lower heights and orienting nests towards northeast-southwest directions. Such nest sites would provide suitable habitat for the successful establishment and survival of these dwarf honeybee species.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140636150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ApidologiePub Date : 2024-04-17DOI: 10.1007/s13592-024-01068-6
Santiago Plischuk, Jeffrey H. Skevington, Marina Haramboure, Pablo D. Revainera, Gregorio Fernández de Landa, Silvina Quintana, Carlos E. Lange
{"title":"Parasitoid flies associated with bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in Argentina","authors":"Santiago Plischuk, Jeffrey H. Skevington, Marina Haramboure, Pablo D. Revainera, Gregorio Fernández de Landa, Silvina Quintana, Carlos E. Lange","doi":"10.1007/s13592-024-01068-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13592-024-01068-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Both the identity and prevalence of parasitoid dipterans associated with bumble bees (<i>Bombus</i> spp.) in southern South America are little known. Between 2009 and 2017, a total of 2978 bumble bees were individually collected in 63 localities from 11 provinces of the country. After dissections, the presence of parasitoids was observed in the native bumble bees <i>Bombus pauloensis</i>, <i>B. bellicosus</i>, <i>B. opifex</i>, and <i>B. brasiliensis</i>, plus in the exotic invasive species <i>B. terrestris</i>. A combination of both morphological and molecular analysis based on the COI gene allowed the isolation of two species of <i>Physocephala</i> (Conopidae) and one of <i>Helicobia</i> (Sarcophagidae), expanding their host range and geographic distribution. The second instar larva of <i>Helicobia aurescens</i> is described.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8078,"journal":{"name":"Apidologie","volume":"55 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140614644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}