Global invasions of the western honeybee (Apis mellifera) and the consequences for biodiversity

By R. Moritz, S. Härtel, P. Neumann. 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Insect Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Citations in the corpus

• Changes in wild bee fauna of a grassland in Brazil reveal negative effects associated with growing urbanization during the last 40 years (2013, background): “Nevertheless, no studies have yet concluded that feral honeybees cause extinction of native bees (MORITZ et al. 2005) with a few exceptions, such as on islands (KATO et al. 1999, KATO & KAWAKITA 2004).”
• Ecological effects and management of invasive alien Vespidae (2011, background): “…V. vulgaris and V. pensylvanica are opportunistic generalist predators that also feed on dead carrion and on sugary substances such as mature fruit and honeydew (Akre and MacDonald 1986; Harris and Oliver 1993; Kasper et al. 2004; Moller et al. 1991a; Sackmann et al. 2000; Wilson et al. 2009).”
• Ecological effects of invasive alien insects (2008, background): “…on the ecological effect of invasive alien insects have been published on particular taxa, such as ants (Holway et al. 2002), bees (Goulson 2003; Moritz et al. 2005) and mosquitoes (Juliano and Lounibos 2005), for specific regions, such as the Galapagos Islands (Causton et al. 2006), or for…”
• Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being (2016, unknown): “A notable example is the worldwide translocation of the western honeybee ( A. mellifera ) for its hive products and crop pollination services 90 .”
• Conserving diversity and vitality for honey bee breeding (2010, background): “…sizes and densities of European honey bee populations have been reported to be comparatively small, making the task of conserving small endemic populations as potential breeding stock for future generations more difficult, and increasingly urgent (Moritz et al., 2005; Moritz et al., 2007).”
• The influence of genetic origin and its interaction with environmental effects on the survival of Apis mellifera L. colonies in Europe (2014, background): “Although honey bees, in contrast to other livestock, are only semi-domesticated, their populations in Europe have nonetheless been seriously affected by human activities (Moritz et al., 2005).”
• Can commercially imported bumble bees out‐compete their native conspecifics? (2006, background): “the UK). While we know little about the risks posed by introducing non-native subspecies, negative impacts have been associated with the introduction of non-native honey bee subspecies (Schneider, Hoffman & Smith 2004; Moritz, Hartel & Neumann 2005 ), geographically isolated plant populations (Kell”
• The size of wild honeybee populations (Apis mellifera) and its implications for the conservation of honeybees (2007, unknown): “Clearly, we would expect the strongest competition to be between wild and managed honeybee colonies and indeed all well documented examples of honeybee invasions are about the competition within the genus Apis (Moritz et al. 2005).”