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Collection and Identification of Pollen from Honey Bee Colonies

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Validating a multi-locus metabarcoding approach for characterizing mixed-pollen samples.

Sydney B Wizenberg¹, Laura R Newburn¹, Mateus Pepinelli¹

¹Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada.

|November 5, 2023

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Pollen metabarcoding effectively characterizes mixed pollen samples, with a multi-locus approach improving accuracy. This advanced technique offers a powerful alternative to traditional methods for studying plant-pollinator interactions.

Keywords:

Melissopalynology Metabarcoding Metagenetic Palynology Pollen Pollination

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Molecular Biology
Botany

Background:

Pollinator-plant interactions are vital for ecosystems but threatened by human activity.
Traditional pollen analysis is time-consuming and limited.
Pollen metabarcoding offers rapid characterization of pollen diversity.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate pollen metabarcoding using ITS2 and rbcL primers.
To compare metabarcoding with traditional melissopalynology.
To validate primers for characterizing mixed pollen samples.

Main Methods:

Analysis of 27 mixed-pollen samples from Canadian agricultural sites.
Comparison of pollen metabarcoding (ITS2, rbcL) with melissopalynology.
Application of a multi-locus approach integrating data from both markers.

Main Results:

Pollen metabarcoding showed good correlation with melissopalynology at the family level.
A multi-locus approach significantly improved correlation at both genus and family levels.
Melissopalynology provided higher species richness estimates, reflecting lower sampling effort.

Conclusions:

Pollen metabarcoding is a viable method for characterizing mixed pollen samples.
A multi-locus approach enhances the quantitative accuracy of pollen metabarcoding.
This technique provides a valuable tool for studying plant-pollinator relationships.