Claim · model-written summary
Honey bee introductions indirectly decrease pollination of Camassia quamash by reducing nectar and pollen availability and by competitively excluding more effective native bees.
- Taxon
- Camassia quamash
Camassia quamashe2
- Treatment
- honey bee introductionse1
- Interactor
- Apis mellifera
Apis melliferae3pollinator - Outcome
- pollinatione1
- Direction
- decreasee1
- Qualifier
- by reducing nectar and pollen availability and competitively excluding visits from more effective native beese1
Verbatim
e1“honey bee introductions indirectly decrease pollination by reducing nectar and pollen availability and competitively excluding visits from more effective native bees”
e2“an ecologically important wildflower, Camassia quamash”
e3“managed honey bees (Apis mellifera)”
Title
Honey bee introductions displace native bees and decrease pollination of a native wildflower
Maureen L. Page; Neal M. Williams Ecology 2022. doi:10.1002/ecy.3939
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Association The direct impact of honey bee visits on Camassia quamash pollination is negligible, and if anything negative.
- Observation Honey bees are ineffective pollinators of Camassia quamash.
- Observation Increasing honey bee visit quantity does not compensate for their inferior visit quality in Camassia quamash pollination.
- Association Increased honey bee visits had a marginally negative, non-significant impact on Camassia quamash seed production.
- Association Honey bee introductions may erode longstanding plant-pollinator mutualisms with negative consequences for plant reproduction.
- Recommendation Hive placements should be coordinated more carefully to protect native Camassia quamash pollination.