Predation of the invasive Asian hornet affects foraging activity and survival probability of honey bees in Western Europe

Réquier, Fabrice; Rome, Quentin; Chiron, Guillaume; Decante, Damien; Marion, Solène; Ménard, Michel; Müller, Franck; Villemant, Claire; Henry, Mickaël

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“…Yet, areas like the Netherlands have been modelled to be suitable climatically for the species (Ibáñez-Justicia and Loomans 2011) and a fast spread over Great Britain has been predicted (Keeling et al 2017); hence, the occurrence in Hamburg may not be entirely surprising. Due to its potential harm on apiculture (Rome et al 2011, Monceau et al 2014, Requier et al 2019, the species is considered an invasive species with strong impact (European Union 2016). Therefore, the current find needs to be taken seriously, no matter if it is only a single specimen or a member of an established population.…”

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The northernmost record of the Asian hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

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For the first time the Asian hornet Vespa velutina has been found in Hamburg (Northern Germany). So far this is the northernmost occurrence of this originally SE-Asian species in Europe and in the world. It remains unclear whether this is a single accidentally translocated specimen or one of a population already reproducing. The find may suggest that the species will possibly spread much faster than previously anticipated and modelled.

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The northernmost record of the Asian hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Husemann¹,

Sterr²,

Maack³

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“…Henry et al, 2012), invasive predators (e.g. Arca et al, 2014; Requier et al, 2019) and scarcity of floral resources (e.g. Requier, Odoux, Henry & Bretagnolle, 2017).…”

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Measuring ontogenetic shifts in central-place foraging insects: a case study with honey bees

Réquier

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Decourtye³

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13 7 INRAE, UE 1255 APIS "Abeilles paysages interactions et systèmes de culture", Abstract 27 1. Measuring time-activity budgets over the complete individual lifespan is now 28 possible for many animals with the recent advances of life-long individual 29 monitoring devices. Although analyses of changes in the patterns of time-activity 30 budgets have revealed ontogenetic shifts in birds or mammals, no such technique 31has been applied to date on insects. 32 2. We tested an automated breakpoint-based procedure to detect, assess and 33 quantify shifts in the temporal pattern of the flight activities in honey bees. We 34 assumed that the learning and foraging stages of honey bees will differ in several 35 respects, to detect the age at onset of foraging (AOF). 36 3. Using an extensive dataset covering the life-long monitoring of 2,100 individuals, 37 we compared the AOF outputs with the more conventional approaches based on 38 arbitrary thresholds. We further evaluated the robustness of the different methods 39 comparing the foraging time-activity budget allocations between the presumed 40 foragers and confirmed foragers.41 4. We revealed a clear-cut learning-foraging ontogenetic shift that differs in duration, 42 frequency, and time of occurrence of flights. Although AOF appeared to be highly 43 plastic among bees, the breakpoint-based procedure seems better able to detect it 44 than arbitrary threshold-based methods that are unable to deal with inter-individual 45 variation. 46 5. We developed the aof R-package including a broad range of examples with both 47 simulated and empirical dataset to illustrate the simplicity of use of the procedure.48 This simple procedure is generic enough to be derived from any individual life-long 49 monitoring devices recording the time-activity budgets of honey bees, and could 50 3 propose new ecological applications of bio-logging to detect ontogenetic shifts in 51 the behaviour of central-place foraging insects. 52 53

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“…The intense predatory activity of V. v. nigrithorax towards honey bees can generate a decrease in the strength of the honey bees colonies and the subsequent collapse of the family. This is due to the increase in the number of foraging bees which do not come back in their hive with a consequent increase of the overall probability of homing failure and finally with the disruption of colony foraging activities, which leads to complete foraging paralysis [57]. This primarily generates economic damage to the beekeeping sector, as well as a decrease in the number of honey bees in the environment, resulting in a decline in the ecosystem pollination service.…”

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“…Control efforts may implemented against adult hornets or nests. In the first case, the baited traps used for monitoring purposes can be used either for controlling purposes, but traps are at the moment not selective enough to prevent extensive captures of non-target insects, with possible extensive impacts to native species [57,63]. Other types of control techniques are used or tested in Europe: Bucket poisoned baits, passive traps, electric traps, electric harps, badminton rackets, beehive muzzles, nest gunshot, or the use of the hornet workers as poison carriers [40].…”

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Vespa velutina: An Alien Driver of Honey Bee Colony Losses

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Vespa velutina, or Asian yellow-legged hornet, was accidentally introduced from China to other parts of the world: South Korea in 2003, Europe in 2004, and Japan in 2012. V. velutina represents a serious threat to native pollinators. It is known to be a fierce predator of honey bees, but can also hunt wild bees, native wasps, and other flying insects. When V. velutina colonies are developed, many hornets capture foraging bees which are coming back to their hives, causing an increase in homing failure and paralysis of foraging thus leading to colony collapse. The hornets may enter weak beehives to prey on brood and pillage honey. Unlike Apis cerana, Apis mellifera is unable to cope with the predation pressure of V. velutina. Monitoring the spread of an invasive alien species is crucial to plan appropriate management actions and activities to limit the expansion of the species. In addition, an early detection of V. velutina in areas far away from the expansion front allows a rapid response aimed to remove these isolated populations before the settlement of the species. Where V. velutina is now established, control measures to prevent colony losses must be implemented with an integrated pest management approach.

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Predation of the invasive Asian hornet affects foraging activity and survival probability of honey bees in Western Europe

Cited by 79 publications

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The northernmost record of the Asian hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

The northernmost record of the Asian hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Measuring ontogenetic shifts in central-place foraging insects: a case study with honey bees

Vespa velutina: An Alien Driver of Honey Bee Colony Losses

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