Do honey bee (Apis mellifera) foragers recruit their nestmates to native forbs in reconstructed prairie habitats?

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dc.contributor.authorCarr-Markell, Morgan K.en
dc.contributor.authorDemler, Cora M.en
dc.contributor.authorCouvillon, Margaret J.en
dc.contributor.authorSchürch, Rogeren
dc.contributor.authorSpivak, Marlaen
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-04T19:27:09Zen
dc.date.available2021-10-04T19:27:09Zen
dc.date.issued2020-02-12en
dc.date.updated2021-10-04T19:27:05Zen
dc.description.abstractHoney bee (Apis mellifera) colonies are valued for the pollination services that they provide. However, colony mortality has increased to unsustainable levels in some countries, including the United States. Landscape conversion to monocrop agriculture likely plays a role in this increased mortality by decreasing the food sources available to honey bees. Many land owners and organizations in the Upper Midwest region of the United States would like to restore/reconstruct native prairie habitats. With increasing public awareness of high bee mortality, many landowners and beekeepers have wondered whether these restored prairies could significantly improve honey bee colony nutrition. Conveniently, honey bees have a unique communication signal called a waggle dance, which indicates the locations of the flower patches that foragers perceive as highly profitable food sources. We used these communication signals to answer two main questions: First, is there any part of the season in which the foraging force of a honey bee colony will devote a large proportion of its recruitment efforts (waggle dances) to flower patches within prairies? Second, will honey bee foragers advertise specific taxa of native prairie flowers as profitable pollen sources? We decoded 1528 waggle dances in colonies located near two large, reconstructed prairies. We also collected pollen loads from a subset of waggle-dancing bees, which we then analyzed to determine the flower taxon advertised. Most dances advertised flower patches outside of reconstructed prairies, but the proportion of dances advertising nectar sources within prairies increased significantly in the late summer/fall at one site. Honey bees advertised seven native prairie taxa as profitable pollen sources, although the three most commonly advertised pollen taxa were non-native. Our results suggest that including certain native prairie flower taxa in reconstructed prairies may increase the chances that colonies will use those prairies as major food sources during the period of greatest colony growth and honey production.en
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dc.format.extent20 page(s)en
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dc.identifierARTN e0228169 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228169en
dc.identifier.eissn1932-6203en
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en
dc.identifier.issue2en
dc.identifier.orcidCouvillon, Margaret [0000-0002-0458-298X]en
dc.identifier.orcidSchuerch, Roger [0000-0001-9075-8912]en
dc.identifier.otherPONE-D-19-26059 (PII)en
dc.identifier.pmid32049993en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/105163en
dc.identifier.volume15en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPLOSen
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dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectland-useen
dc.subjectpollen nutritionen
dc.subjectcoloniesen
dc.subjectstressen
dc.subjectrestorationsen
dc.subjectcommunitiesen
dc.subjectpollinationen
dc.subjectgrasslanden
dc.subjectdiversityen
dc.subjectsurvivalen
dc.subject.meshAnimalsen
dc.subject.meshBeesen
dc.subject.meshPollenen
dc.subject.meshAnimal Communicationen
dc.subject.meshNesting Behavioren
dc.subject.meshGrasslanden
dc.titleDo honey bee (Apis mellifera) foragers recruit their nestmates to native forbs in reconstructed prairie habitats?en
dc.title.serialPLOS ONEen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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dc.type.otherArticleen
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dcterms.dateAccepted2020-01-08en
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pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/Entomologyen
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