Impact of Beekeeping on the Wild Bee Diversity in Northern Ivory Coast(West Africa)
作者机构:Department of Animal BiologyBiological Sciences UnityUniversity Peleforo Gon CoulibalyBP 1328KorhogoIvory Coast Biosciences UnityDepartment of ZoologyAnimal Biology and EcologyUniversity Felix Houphouët-Boigny22 BP 1611 Abidjan 22Ivory Coast
出 版 物:《Research in Ecology》 (生态学研究(英文))
年 卷 期:2024年第6卷第1期
页 面:6-13页
学科分类:0710[理学-生物学] 071001[理学-植物学] 07[理学]
主 题:Honey bee Apiary Hive Conservation Korhogo
摘 要:In Ivory Coast,beekeeping takes an important place among the major economic *** contributes to improv-ing the population’s livelihoods thanks to its derived products which are honey,propolis,wax and royal ***-ever,the installation of honey bee hives could put pressure on wild bee species,which often live ***,these wild bees are excellent pollinators of cultivated and wild *** study aimed to assess the effect of honey bee hives on the diversity of wild *** methodology approach consisted of capturing bees in three different plots inside the forest fragment of the botanical garden located at the University Peleforo Gon *** first plot was chosen approximately from 10 m to an apiary containing ten *** two other plots were chosen to be 200 m and 400 m from the apiary,*** were captured once a month for three months using pan traps(UV—blue,yellow and white).A total of 17 bee species belonging to three families(Apidae,Megachilidae and Halictidae)were *** furthest plot from the apiary was the most diverse(H’=2.49)and that near the apiary was the least diverse(H’=0.11).Only,two wild bee species,Hypotrigona *** Thrinchostoma petersi,persisted inside the plot nearby the apiary where honey bees were most *** furthest plots from the apiary seem to have the highest diversity of wild *** findings are very relevant because they can be used for the policies of conservation of wild bees and the management of beekeeping activities.