Effects of Pollen Traps on Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Foraging and Brood Rearing During Almond and Prune Pollination

Webster, Thomas C.; Thorp, Robbin W.; Briggs, D. L.; Skinner, John; Parisian, Thomas R.

doi:10.1093/ee/14.6.683

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“…Szabo (1980) showed that both flight activity and colony weight gain correlate with weather factors. Colonies equipped with pollen traps (and therefore having minimal pollen influx) produced significantly less brood than colonies without traps (Webster et al, 1985). Dietz and Stephenson (1975) showed that only colonies with access to a certain amount of fresh pollen are able to perform successful brood rearing; see also Haydak (1935Haydak ( , 1963b.…”

Section: Nursing Of Broodmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Many studies have shown that honey bee colonies regulate their pollen foraging according to the current colony demand (Moeller, 1972). When the colony is in need of pollen, a greater fraction of foragers collects pollen (Barker, 1971;Webster et al, 1985;Rotjan et al, 2002). With higher amounts of unsealed brood (which cause a huge pollen demand), foraging gets intensified (Filmer, 1932;Al-Tikrity et al, 1972), and there is a positive correlation between the amount of stored pollen and the amount of brood that is reared (Allen and Jeffree, 1956).…”

Section: Regulation Of Foragingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Inner nest homeostasis in a changing environment with special emphasis on honey bee brood nursing and pollen supply

2004

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-To reproduce successfully, a honey bee colony has to rear brood efficiently. This requires a fecund queen and depends on the coordinated activities of workers in brood care, in foraging, and in maintaining inner nest homeostasis. Maintaining homeostasis involves thermal regulation of the brood area and providing a steady supply of nutrients, which requires building food reserves during favorable weather so that the brood can be well fed even during times of low nutritional influx. The workforce of adult bees is appropriately divided among the required tasks, and the wax comb itself is spatially organized in a way that saves energy and supports brood nursing. The ability to achieve this homeostasis results from a set of individual behaviors and communication processes performed in parallel by thousands of bees. In this review, we discuss these proximate individual mechanisms that lead to the precise regulation of the complex system that is a honey bee society.Apis mellifera / homeostasis / nursing / pollen / self-organization

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Section: Nursing Of Broodmentioning

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Section: Regulation Of Foragingmentioning

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Inner nest homeostasis in a changing environment with special emphasis on honey bee brood nursing and pollen supply

2004

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“…The colonies for pollen collection were separate from the surveyed colonies because pollen traps can impair honeybee colony biology and behavior [17]. The pollen traps used in the present study could be activated or not.…”

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An assessment of honeybee colony matrices, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) to monitor pesticide presence in continental France

Chauzat

Martel

Cougoule

et al. 2010

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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The frequency of occurrence and relative concentration of 44 pesticides in apicultural (Apis mellifera) matrices collected from five French locations (24 apiaries) were assessed from 2002 to 2005. The number and nature of the pesticides investigated varied with the matrices examined-living honeybees, pollen loads, honey, and beeswax. Pollen loads and beeswax had the highest frequency of pesticide occurrence among the apiary matrices examined in the present study, whereas honey samples had the lowest. The imidacloprid group and the fipronil group were detected in sufficient amounts in all matrices to allow statistical comparisons. Some seasonal variation was shown when residues were identified in pollen loads. Given the results (highest frequency of presence) and practical aspects (easy to collect; matrix with no turnover, unlike with bees that are naturally renewed), pollen loads were the best matrix for assessing the presence of pesticide residues in the environment in our given conditions.

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“…Collection of resources is adjusted according to a colony's immediate need, or increased to provide colonies with the [6,8,9] and the addition of a pollen trap [29] are known to increase pollen foraging rates, and some low-pollen colonies stored pollen in spite of the presence of the pollen trap (pers. obs.).…”

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Removal ofVarroa jacobsoniinfested brood in honey bee colonies with differing pollen stores

Janmaat

Winston

2000

Apidologie

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-The effects of high or low pollen storage on Apis mellifera L. brood removal behavior and Varroa jacobsoni reproduction were examined. High pollen storage colonies removed 49% of the infested larvae compared to 33% removal by the low pollen storage colonies. No difference was found in the proportion of fertile mites between those reared in high or low pollen storage colonies, although mite fertility appeared to decrease from mid to late summer in British Columbia, Canada. These findings indicate that the presence of pollen stores increases the rate of cell removal, and warrants further investigation into colony management as a potential means of V. jacobsoni infestation control.

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Effects of Pollen Traps on Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Foraging and Brood Rearing During Almond and Prune Pollination

Cited by 29 publications

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Inner nest homeostasis in a changing environment with special emphasis on honey bee brood nursing and pollen supply

Inner nest homeostasis in a changing environment with special emphasis on honey bee brood nursing and pollen supply

An assessment of honeybee colony matrices, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) to monitor pesticide presence in continental France

Removal ofVarroa jacobsoniinfested brood in honey bee colonies with differing pollen stores

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