Maximum foraging ranges in solitary bees: only few individuals have the capability to cover long foraging distances

By Antonia Zurbuchen, L. Landert, J. Klaiber, A. Müller, S. Hein, S. Dorn. 2010

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

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Positive responses of flower visiting bees to landscape heterogeneity depend on functional connectivity levels (2017, background): “This distance was based on the average foraging distance of most bees (Zurbuchen et al., 2010).”
Building height matters: nesting activity of bees and wasps on vegetated roofs (2016, background): “This adaptation permits bees to not have to nest too close to foraging resources (Zurbuchen et al. 2010).”
Nesting habitat of ground‐nesting bees: a review (2020, background): “Small bees (smaller than 1 cm long) typically do not forage beyond 100–300 m from their nest (Zurbuchen et al., 2010b).”
Trap nests for bees and wasps to analyse trophic interactions in changing environments—A systematic overview and user guide (2018, background): “Moreover, most trap- nesting bee and wasp species have narrow ecological niches and short foraging distances (Zurbuchen et al., 2010), making them responsive to local environmental properties and changes F IGURE 1 Schematic illustration of trap nests.”
From research to action: Enhancing crop yield through wild pollinators (2014, background): “Assuming a foraging range of 200 m from the nest for small bee species (Zurbuchen et al. 2010b, a), diverse and highquality habitats need to be provided within 13 ha (ie the surface of a 200-m-radius circle). n Costs and benefits of practices Understanding the socioeconomic consequences of…”
An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows (2011, background): “However, preferred foraging ranges are certainly less than this in several species (see, e.g., Peterson and Roitberg 2006, Greenleaf et al. 2007, Zurbuchen et al. 2010).”
Landscape composition and configuration differently affect trap-nesting bees, wasps and their antagonists (2014, background): “This maximum distance was chosen due to flight and foraging distances reported for solitary bees (Gathmann and Tscharntke, 2002; Zurbuchen et al., 2010) and relevant landscape scales in previous studies (Holzschuh et al.”
Conserving Pollinators in North American Forests: A Review (2016, background): “Small solitary bees have limited foraging ranges (Gathmann and Tscharntke 2002; Zurbuchen et al. 2010), so improving management of forest roadsides offers an opportunity to create linear openings that will increase available habitat and could facilitate gene flow throughout the forest.”
Cavity-nest boxes for solitary bees: a century of design and research (2017, background): “Zurbuchen et al. (2010a) studied maximum flight distances using nest boxes and found they are considerably shorter and within dozens of meters of the nest for small bodied species.”
Do sown flower strips boost wild pollinator abundance and pollination services in a spring-flowering crop? A case study from UK cider apple orchards (2017, background): “This distance was considered greater than the 131 average foraging range of most solitary and eusocial bee species found in the study 132 region (Gathmann and Tscharntke 2002; Zurbuchen et al. 2010).”
Pollen transport differs among bees and flies in a human‐modified landscape (2011, background): “The lack of bee records at 400 m is unusual considering bees have been recorded travelling long distances (Beekman & Ratnieks, 2000; Walther-Hellwig & Frankl, 2000; Zurbuchen et al., 2010a,b).”
The relative performance of sampling methods for native bees: an empirical test and review of the literature (2020, background): “To ensure independence and minimize spatial autocorrelation, sites were greater than 1 km apart, which exceeds the average flight range of most bee species (Gathmann and Tscharntke 2002, Greenleaf et al. 2007, Zurbuchen et al. 2010).”
What do we know about the effects of landscape changes on plant–pollinator interaction networks? (2013, positive): “Additionally, bees usual foraging distances, which depend on maximum efﬁciency foraging strategies, are smaller than their maximum measured ﬂight distance, indicating that nearby areas can function as key habitat structures to preserve bee populations (Zurbuchen et al., 2010).”
Pollination services for apple are dependent on diverse wild bee communities (2016, background): “To ensure independence among farms, the minimum distance between sites was 1.9 km, which is greater than the typical foraging distance of most bees (Zurbuchen et al., 2010).”