Ten‐a‐day: Bumblebee pollen loads reveal high consistency in foraging breadth among species, sites and seasons
T. P. Timberlake,
N. de Vere,
L. E. Jones
et al.
Abstract:Pollen and nectar are crucial resources for bees but vary greatly among plant species in their quantity, nutritional quality and timing of availability. This makes it challenging to identify an appropriate range of plants to meet the nutritional needs of bees throughout the year, though this information is important in the design of pollinator conservation schemes.
Using DNA metabarcoding of pollen loads, we record the floral resource use of UK farmland bumblebees at different stages of their colony lifecycle… Show more
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