Wild, Native Pollinators Forage in Forest Canopies: Evidence of Canopy Pollen Consumption in Digestive Tracts of Forest Bees

Kass Urban-Mead; Maria van Dyke; Paige Muñiz; Anna Espinoza; Jessica Gillung; Rachel Fordyce; Scott H. McArt; Bryan Danforth

doi:10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-211-paper45

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Wild, Native Pollinators Forage in Forest Canopies: Evidence of Canopy Pollen Consumption in Digestive Tracts of Forest Bees

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Authors:

Kass Urban-Mead, Maria van Dyke, Paige Muñiz, Anna Espinoza, Jessica Gillung, Rachel Fordyce, Scott H. McArt, Bryan Danforth

Year:

2023

Type:

Proceedings - Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-211-paper45

Source:

In: Kern, Christel C.; Dickinson, Yvette L., eds. Proceedings of the first biennial Northern Hardwood Conference 2021: Bridging science and management for the future. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-211. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 220.

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Abstract

The contiguous United States is home to over 4,000 species of native, wild bees in addition to the European honeybee (Apis mellifera). Although a natural area is often positively correlated with increased wild bee diversity, abundance, and species richness, forests have historically been ignored as potential bee habitat due to their dense canopy cover and dominance by wind-pollinated trees.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the first biennial Northern Hardwood Conference 2021: bridging science and management for the future

Citation

Urban-Mead, Kass; van Dyke, Maria; Muñiz, Paige; Espinoza, Anna; Gillung, Jessica; Fordyce, Rachel; McArt, Scott H.; Danforth, Bryan N . 2023. Wild, Native Pollinators Forage in Forest Canopies: Evidence of Canopy Pollen Consumption in Digestive Tracts of Forest Bees. In: Kern, Christel C.; Dickinson, Yvette L., eds. Proceedings of the first biennial Northern Hardwood Conference 2021: Bridging science and management for the future. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-211. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 220. https://doi.org/10.2737/NRS-GTR-P-211-paper45.