Do competing honey bees matter? Dynamics and abundance of native bees before and after honey bee invasion

By D. Roubik, H. Wolda. Population Ecology, 2001

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

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Economic valuation of the vulnerability of world agriculture confronted with pollinator decline (2009, background): “For example, in a reverse scenario Roubik & Wolda (2001) found that the arrival of Africanized honey bees in South and Central America resulted in much higher population densities of bees, and this translated into increased coffee production (Roubik, 2002).”
Interest exceeds understanding in public support of bee conservation (2017, background): “For example, wellmeaning individuals, in an effort to “save the bees”, are installing honey bee hives in residential backyards; the unfortunate outcome is competition between the honey bees and native bees in areas where floral resources are scarce (Roubik and Wolda 2001; Thomson 2004; Cane and Tepe”
Changes in wild bee fauna of a grassland in Brazil reveal negative effects associated with growing urbanization during the last 40 years (2013, background): “Potential and real impacts of Apis mellifera on the native bee fauna in the Neotropical region have not been conclusively resolved (e.g., PEDRO & CAMARGO 1991, WILMS & WIECHERS 1997, ROUBIK & WOLDA 2001).”
Assured fitness returns favor sociality in a mass-provisioning sweat bee, Megalopta genalis (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) (2003, background): “genalis are collected at light traps the year round on BCI (Wolda and Roubik 1986; Roubik and Wolda 2001), but they provision nests and reproduce primarily in the dry season and first half of the wet season (for details of their nesting and social biology, see Arneson and Wcislo 2003; W.”
The size of wild honeybee populations (Apis mellifera) and its implications for the conservation of honeybees (2007, unknown): “However, the evidence for such competition is not compelling (Roubik and Wolda 2001; Moritz et al. 2005) and factors other than honeybees seem to have had a much more dramatic impact on global pollinator declines (Roubik 2000; Kevan and Philips 2001).”
Effects of introduced bees on native ecosystems (2003, background): “Monitoring of numbers of native bee species using light traps over many years since the arrival of Africanized bee has not revealed any clear declines in abundance (Wolda & Roubik 1986, Roubik 1991, Roubik & Wolda 2001).”
Collateral effects of beekeeping: Impacts on pollen-nectar resources and wild bee communities (2016, background): “Other 109 studies have measured changes in population abundance and richness of wild bees under 110 different honey bee densities (Forup & Memmott, 2005; Roubik & Wolda, 2001; Roubik, 1978; 111 Steffan-Dewenter & Tscharntke, 2000).”
Impact of introduced honey bees on native pollination interactions of the endemic Echium wildpretii (Boraginaceae) on Tenerife, Canary Islands (2004, background): “In a long-term study, Roubik and Wolda (2001) found no decreases in population size of native insects in the presence of africanised honey bees in a Central American rain forest.”
The effects of human disturbance on a stingless bee community in a tropical rainforest (2004, background): “However, the effects of competition for these resources on population density and community composition have not been examined in detail (Roubik, 1983; Roubik and Wolda, 2001).”
Information flow and organization of stingless bee foraging (2004, unknown): “In Panama, stingless bee populations do not seem affected by African honey bees even 10 years after their arrival (Roubik and Wolda, 2001).”
Drought and the consequences of El Niño in Borneo: a case study of figs (2001, background): “More than a decade’s data from Panama showed no correlation with rainfall and bee abundance, even when ENSO and rainy years were included (Roubik and Wolda 2001), but euglossine bee populations tend to increase following the annual flowering peak and also showed a positive correlation between big…”
Trees, birds and bees in Mauritius: exploitative competition between introduced honey bees and endemic nectarivorous birds? (2002, background): “Sugden & Pyke (1991) and Roubik & Wolda (2001) also reported problems with investigating how changes in availability and amount of floral resources caused by introduced honey bees may affect the reproductive success of native flower-visiting animals.”