Bait traps remain attractive to euglossine bees even after two weeks: a report from Brazilian Atlantic forest

Coswosk, Judson Albino; Soares, Elaine Della Giustina; Faria, Luiz Roberto Ribeiro

doi:10.1016/j.rbe.2018.11.001

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“…Odor baits were left to attract bees from 7 am to 11 am in all sites at the same time. This method is specific for Euglossini, but is also used for nocturnal bees (e.g., genus Megalopta ), 40,41 which possibly could enhance our species surveying. (ii) Pan traps : Like the odor baits, three disposable plastic plates (yellow, white and red) containing water and three drops of detergent were placed at ground level and approximately 1 m from each other also for 4 h of exposition.…”

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Does a coffee plantation host potential pollinators when it is not flowering? Bee distribution in an agricultural landscape with high biological diversity in the Brazilian Campo Rupestre

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BACKGROUND Natural environments within agricultural landscapes have been recognized as reservoirs of biodiversity and, therefore, providers of fundamental ecosystem services to human beings. Bees are the main providers of pollination and thus contribute to the production of food consumed worldwide. In this work, we evaluated the distribution of bees in an agricultural landscape of coffee plantation before and after coffee flowering. We aimed at understanding how richness, abundance and composition of bee communities vary among the different vegetation types within and around the coffee crops. RESULTS A total of 638 bees were collected – 312 in the dry season and 326 in the rainy season – totaling 85 species. The sampling methods collected different species, which provided complementary sampling. Only Euglossa leucotricha and Eulaema nigrita were recurrent in both seasons and vegetation types. There was no temporal difference in richness or abundance; however, both varied in relation to the vegetation type and were higher in the coffee‐native transition area. Diverging from richness or abundance, the composition of the communities differed regarding season and vegetation types. CONCLUSION We reinforce the importance of maintaining native vegetation in areas surrounding coffee plantations since the crop poorly hosts pollinators when it is not flowering. Natural and semi‐natural areas may act as reservoirs of floral visitors, thus maintaining potential cross‐pollination services available to coffee production. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry

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Does a coffee plantation host potential pollinators when it is not flowering? Bee distribution in an agricultural landscape with high biological diversity in the Brazilian Campo Rupestre

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In euglossine we trust as ecological indicators: a reply to Añino et al. (2019)

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Faria

2021

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Orchid bees have been considered as good ecological indicators of habitat disturbances but recently Añino et al. (2019. Sociobiology, 66: 194-197) highlighted reasons why Euglossini role as indicators should be reevaluated. Despite agreeing with some points raised by them, we present an alternative view for the use of orchid bees as indicators. For us, the main problematic issues are: (i) the authors do not present a clear definition of ecological indicator, including its role as an indirect measure of biota response to disturbed environments; (ii) they do not properly acknowledge the relative good taxonomic status of orchid bees when compared with the remaining bees; (iii) and they do not distinguish the use of particular Euglossini species as indicators in certain circumstances. In spite of some knowledge gaps, we argue that Euglossini is a good candidate to be ecological indicators in tropical forests, maybe the best candidate among all the bees.

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Bait traps remain attractive to euglossine bees even after two weeks: a report from Brazilian Atlantic forest

Cited by 2 publications

References 27 publications

Does a coffee plantation host potential pollinators when it is not flowering? Bee distribution in an agricultural landscape with high biological diversity in the Brazilian Campo Rupestre

Does a coffee plantation host potential pollinators when it is not flowering? Bee distribution in an agricultural landscape with high biological diversity in the Brazilian Campo Rupestre

In euglossine we trust as ecological indicators: a reply to Añino et al. (2019)

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