Assessing the impacts of urban beehives on wild bees using individual, community, and population-level metrics

MacKell, Sarah; Elsayed, Hadil; Colla, Sheila R

Assessing the impacts of urban beehives on wild bees using individual, community, and population-level metrics

dc.contributor.author	MacKell, Sarah
dc.contributor.author	Elsayed, Hadil
dc.contributor.author	Colla, Sheila R
dc.date.accessioned	2023-06-12T22:40:52Z
dc.date.available	2023-06-12T22:40:52Z
dc.date.issued	2023-05-22
dc.description.abstract	Several species of wild bees are in decline globally and the presence of managed honey bees is one of many proposed stressors on wild bee populations. However, there is limited knowledge of the impacts of honey bee hives on wild bees, especially in urban landscapes. We performed a field study to assess the associations between honey bees and wild bees within the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. We measured relative abundance of honey bees, wild bee metrics (abundance, community composition, functional diversity, and body size), and floral resources (floral density and richness); we also calculated impervious surface at 500 m and 1 km for each of our sites. Our main findings were that increasing honey bee abundance was correlated with decreases in wild bee species richness and functional diversity, as well as two wild bee species’ abundances and one wild bee species body size, out of many assessed. This research adds to the growing body of literature aiming to evaluate whether honey bees are a stressor on wild bees in urban landscapes, which will be valuable for informing conservation management practices and future research.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	We thank NSERC, OGS, Entomological Society of Canada, and Enbridge for funding for this research that was awarded to Sarah MacKell.
dc.identifier.citation	MacKell, S., Elsayed, H. & Colla, S. Assessing the impacts of urban beehives on wild bees using individual, community, and population-level metrics. Urban Ecosyst (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01374-4	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01374-4	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10315/41199
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Urban Ecosystems	en_US
dc.rights	This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use (https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/policies/accepted-manuscript-terms), but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01374-4	en_US
dc.subject	Urban ecology	en_US
dc.subject	Apis mellifera	en_US
dc.subject	Wild bees	en_US
dc.subject	Competition	en_US
dc.subject	Canada	en_US
dc.subject	Honey bees	en_US
dc.title	Assessing the impacts of urban beehives on wild bees using individual, community, and population-level metrics	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US