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Title: | First large-scale study reveals important losses of managed honey bee and stingless bee colonies in Latin America |
Authors: | Requier, Fabrice Sibaja Leyton, Malena Morales, Carolina L. Garibaldi, Lucas A. Giacobino, Agostina Porrini, Martin Pablo Rosso-Londoño, Juan Manuel Velarde, Rodrigo A. Aignasse, Andrea Aldea-Sánchez, Patricia Allasino, Mariana Laura Arredondo, Daniela Audisio, Carina Bulacio Cagnolo, Natalia Basualdo, Mariana Branchiccela, Belén Calderón, Rafael A. Castelli, Loreley Castilhos, Dayson Contreras Escareño, Francisca Correa-Benítez, Adriana Oliveira da Silva, Fabiana Silva Garnica, Diego de Groot, Grecia Delgado-Cañedo, Andres Fernández-Marín, Hermógenes Freitas, Breno M. Galindo-Cardona, Alberto Garcia, Nancy Garrido, Paula M. Giray, Tugrul Segui Gonçalves, Lionel Landi, Lucas Malusá Gonçalves, Daniel Martinez, Silvia Inés Moja, Pablo Joaquín Molineri, Ana Müller, Pablo Fernando Nogueira, Enrique Pacini, Adriana Palacio, María Alejandra Nates Parra, Guiomar Parra-H, Alejandro Peres Gramacho, Kátia Pérez Castro, Eleazar Soares Pires, Carmen Sílvia Reynaldi, Francisco J. Rodríguez Luis, Anais Rossini, Carmen Sánchez Armijos, Milton Santos, Estela Scannapieco, Alejandra Mendoza Spina, Yamandú Tapia González, José María Vargas Fernández, Andrés Marcelo Felipe Viana, Blandina Vieli, Lorena Yadró García, Carlos Ariel Antúnez, Karina |
Type: | Artículo |
Descriptors: | ABEJAS, POLINIZADORES, POLINIZACION, COLMENAS |
Issue Date: | 2024 |
Abstract: | Over the last quarter century, increasing honey bee colony losses motivated standardized large-scale surveys of managed honey bees (Apis mellifera), particularly in Europe and the United States. Here we present the first large-scale standardized survey of colony losses of managed honey bees and stingless bees across Latin America. Overall, 1736 beekeepers and 165 meliponiculturists participated in the 2-year survey (2016–2017 and 2017–2018). On average, 30.4% of honey bee colonies and 39.6% of stingless bee colonies were lost per year across the region. Summer losses were higher than winter losses in stingless bees (30.9% and 22.2%, respectively) but not in honey bees (18.8% and 20.6%, respectively). Colony loss increased with operation size during the summer in both honey bees and stingless bees and decreased with operation size during the winter in stingless bees. Furthermore, losses differed significantly between countries and across years for both beekeepers and meliponiculturists. Overall, winter losses of honey bee colonies in Latin America (20.6%) position this region between Europe (12.5%) and the United States (40.4%). These results highlight the magnitude of bee colony losses occurring in the region and suggest difficulties in maintaining overall colony health and economic survival for beekeepers and meliponiculturists |
IN: | Scientific Reports, v. 14, nº 1, 2024. -- e10079 |
Citation: | Requier, F, Sibaja Leyton, M, Morales, C, y otros. "First large-scale study reveals important losses of managed honey bee and stingless bee colonies in Latin America". Scientific Reports. [en línea] 2024 v. 14, nº 1, 2024,17 p. |
Geographic coverage: | AMERICA DEL SUR |
Appears in Collections: | Publicaciones académicas y científicas - Facultad de Química |
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