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Beebread pollen composition is affected by seasonality and landscape structure.

Gherardo Bogo¹, Sergio Albertazzi², Vittorio Capano²

¹CREA Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Via Di Corticella 133, 40128, Bologna, Italy. gherardo1985@hotmail.com.

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Honey bees

Keywords:

Apis mellifera Agriculture Environmental monitoring Land use Palynology Protein content

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Agriculture
Entomology

Background:

Pollen is vital for honey bee health, providing essential nutrients.
Agroecosystem simplification can reduce pollen availability and diversity.
Understanding landscape impacts on bee foraging is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how landscape characteristics affect honey bee pollen collection patterns.
To assess the relationship between landscape composition and pollen diversity/protein content.
To identify landscape features supporting diverse and nutritious bee diets.

Main Methods:

Collected beebread from 25 apiaries in Northeastern Italy (2021-2022).
Analyzed pollen diversity and protein content.
Related findings to landscape heterogeneity and composition within a 1500m radius.

Main Results:

Identified 138 pollen taxa, with Fabaceae, Rosaceae, and Asteraceae dominant.
Pollen richness was higher in June than March.
Pollen diversity was highest in landscapes with arable land and permanent crops.

Conclusions:

Landscape heterogeneity influences honey bee diet composition.
Homogeneous landscapes may cause bees to forage over larger areas.
Diverse landscapes, particularly those with permanent crops, support higher pollen diversity for bees.