Evidence of exploitative competition between honey bees and native bees in two California landscapes
Abstract
Human‐mediated species introductions provide real‐time experiments in how communities respond to interspecific competition. For example, managed honey bees Apis mellifera (L.) have been widely introduced outside their native range and may compete with native bees for pollen and nectar. Indeed, multiple studies suggest that honey bees and native bees overlap in their use of floral resources. However, for resource overlap to negatively impact resource collection by native bees, resource availability must also decline, and few studies investigate impacts of honey bee competition on native bee floral visits and floral resource availability simultaneously.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jun 29, 2023
- Source ID
- 10.1111/1365-2656.13973
Entities
People
- Maureen L. Page
- Neal M. Williams
Organizations
- Cornell University
- National Science Foundation