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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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