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Row crop fields provide mid-summer forage for honey bees.

Mary R Silliman¹, Roger Schürch¹, Sean Malone²

¹Department of Entomology (MC0319) Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia USA.

Ecology and Evolution

|July 5, 2022

Summary

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Honey bees (Apis mellifera) forage locally, with row crops providing significant mid-summer food resources. This suggests agricultural landscapes can support bee nutrition during critical periods.

Keywords:

Apis mellifera foraging ecology peanut foraging row crops waggle dance

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Entomology
Agricultural Science

Background:

Honey bees are vital pollinators facing health challenges from environmental stressors.
Agricultural landscapes, like row crop systems, are crucial for food but can limit bee nutrition due to scarce nectar and pollen.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate honey bee foraging dynamics within a row crop agricultural environment.
To determine the extent to which honey bees utilize row crops for foraging.

Main Methods:

Analysis of 3459 honey bee waggle dances over two foraging seasons (2018-2019).
Mapping and decoding waggle dances to identify communicated food source locations and distances.
Quantifying the proportion of recruitment dances directed towards row crop fields.

Main Results:

Honey bees predominantly recruited nestmates to local food sources (<2 km).
Peak foraging distances were shortest in July (<0.5 km) when row crops were in bloom.
Nearly half of mid-summer recruitment dances (37-50%) indicated row crop fields, with peanut, corn, and cotton being most attractive.

Conclusions:

Row crop fields represent a substantial and often overlooked mid-summer food resource for honey bees.
Agricultural landscapes can potentially support honey bee populations by providing essential nutrition during peak bloom periods.