Trap nest preference of solitary bees in fragments of the Baturité massif, Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Guimarães-Brasil, M. O.; Brasil, Daniel F; Filho, Alípio José de Souza Pacheco; Silva, Cláudia Inês da; Freitas, Breno Magalhães

doi:10.1590/0001-3765202020180558

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“…McCallum et al (2018) found that nest occupation was significantly affected by nest design, with more bees nesting in tubes of milk cartons (71%) than wooden nests. Guimaraes-Brasil et al (2020) found that there was a nesting preference for bamboo internodes by bees to build their nests. Gaston et al (2005) found that bamboo tubes were used in more than materials.…”

Section: Bee Hotelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…infestation rate of mites by 81.8%. Guimaraes-Brasil et al (2020) also stated that bees preferred bamboo internodes for nesting. The color of the nests is also effective in attracting bees, for example, Boff and Friedel (2020) females of Centris analis prefer to nest in painted nests compared to unpainted nests.…”

Section: Bee Hotelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Silva et al (2014) also suggested a minimum volume threshold of approximately 1 L for most local species of stingless bees. Guimaraes-Brasil et al (2020) stated that only nest boxes with a volume of 1.5 liters were occupied. Prange and Nelson (2007) also found that the minimum acceptable nest volume varies geographically.…”

Section: Nest Boxesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How effective are artificial nests in attracting bees? A review

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Background Recent declines in bee populations, along with increasing demand for pollination services in urban, agricultural, and natural environments, have led to strategies to attract wild bees to these areas. One of these strategies is installing artificial nests adjacent to urban gardens and agricultural farms. Bee hotels and nest boxes are among the artificial nests used by gardeners and farmers to attract pollinators. In this paper, we reviewed 50 studies that reported the efficiency of nest boxes and bee hotels in attracting bees. We considered the maximum occupation rate (percentage) as the main index to evaluate the efficiency of artificial nests. Results The maximum occupation rate of bee hotels was higher in farms (averaged 44.1%) than in forests (averaged 30.3%) and urban (averaged 38.3%) environments. In the case of nest boxes, most studies reported efficiencies of less than 20%, with an occupation rate of 16% and 5.5% on average in forest and urban environments respectively. However, our meta-analysis results showed that there was no significant relationship between the occupation rate of the nests and their installation place. Regression analysis also showed that the structural features of bee hotels (length and diameter) and nest boxes (volume and entrance size) did not affect their efficiency in attracting bees. Conclusion Our data showed that the strategy of installing artificial nests to attract pollinators is successful only concerning bee hotels, and the use of nest boxes has not been very successful.

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Section: Bee Hotelsmentioning

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Section: Bee Hotelsmentioning

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Unveiling the trap-nesting bees and wasps’ fauna (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) and associated organisms of the Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marinho

Vivallo

2020

Pap. Avulsos Zool.

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Urban areas, as cities, are frequently overlooked as refuges for the native fauna. However, these places may support several species and house relevant biodiversity contributing to important ecosystemic functions. Wasps and bees (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) are important faunistic elements acting as predators/parasitoids and pollinators, respectively. Therefore, they must be surveyed and inventoried for conservation purposes, especially in cities located in the Atlantic Forest domain, a ravaged Brazilian biome. Accordingly, this study presents a species list of trap-nesting bees and wasps that occurs at the Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. The survey was conducted using the trap-nest method. Three types of trap-nests were offered totalizing 1,038 traps: rubber hose, bamboo cane and plastic straw. The plastic straw traps were the most effective followed by the bamboo cane ones at attracting nesting wasps and bees. Between April/2017 and February/2019, 12 foundress species built nests: Tetrapedia curvitarsis (Apidae) (33 nests), Hylaeus sp. (Colletidae) (6), Auplopus cf. rufipes (Pompilidae) (5), Trypoxylon sp. (Crabronidae) (4), Pachodynerus nasidens (Vespidae) (3), Auplopus cf. brasiliensis (Pompilidae), Megachile benigna and Megachile sp. (Megachilidae), Euglossa pleosticta, Euglossa sp., and Eufriesea sp. (Apidae) and Penepodium sp. (Sphecidae) all with one nest. Also, four natural enemies were recorded: Chaenotetrastichus neotropicalis (Eulophidae), Gasteruption brachychaetum (Gasterupteiidae), Caenochrysis crotonis (Chrysididae) and Amobia sp. (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Most bee nests were restrained to the matrix forest and nearby areas, whereas wasps built their nests predominantly in open areas. Regarding seasonality, bees tended to nest in the summer and early autumn influenced by mean temperature, in contrast of wasps that nested in late autumn, winter and spring, influenced by pluviosity. Besides many rare species, which suggests environmental disturbance, the Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro showed a fairly diverse fauna and shows how forest fragment in cities may harbour important representatives of the native fauna.

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Nesting Traps to Collect Solitary Cavity-Nesting Hymenoptera

Mirwan

2023

MJSc

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The aim of this study to survey the bees species using nesting traps, determine the diameter and material of which the nests were made. This study was conducted at the Researches and experiments Station of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, using nesting traps. Traps were designed with diameters of 5,8,10 mm paper and 5 mm plastic drinking straws(tubes) with 20 cm long), the traps were mounted on trees that surrounding alfalfa field. The results showed that the percentage of occupied nests, were as follows: The paper nests strews 60% of 5 mm, 5% of 8 mm, (zero) of 10 mm, and only 5% of 5 mm plastic strews. Bees identification reveled one species as alfalfa leaf-cutter bee (Megachile rotundata, F: Megachilidae - Hymenoptera).The diameter of the straw was crucial in determining the sexual ratio, straws with 5 mm of diameter as the ratio of males to females was 1♀:1♂, whether paper or plastic strews, while 8 mm was 2♀:1♂.The research recommend reusing the nests made of paper tubes with 5 mm of diameter to collect the largest number of alfalfa leaf-cutter bees to get their benefits in pollinating the alfalfa crop.

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Trap nest preference of solitary bees in fragments of the Baturité massif, Atlantic Forest, Brazil

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References 28 publications

How effective are artificial nests in attracting bees? A review

How effective are artificial nests in attracting bees? A review

Unveiling the trap-nesting bees and wasps’ fauna (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) and associated organisms of the Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Nesting Traps to Collect Solitary Cavity-Nesting Hymenoptera

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