Synergistic effects of non-Apis bees and honey bees for pollination services

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Synergistic effects of non-Apis bees and honey bees for pollination services. / Brittain, Claire; Williams, Neal; Kremen, Claire et al.
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B , Vol. 280, No. 1754, 20122767, 07.03.2013, p. 2012-2767.

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Brittain C, Williams N, Kremen C, Klein AM. Synergistic effects of non-Apis bees and honey bees for pollination services. Proceedings of the Royal Society B . 2013 Mar 7;280(1754):2012-2767. 20122767. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2767

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title = "Synergistic effects of non-Apis bees and honey bees for pollination services",
abstract = "In diverse pollinator communities, interspecific interactions may modify the behaviour and increase the pollination effectiveness of individual species. Because agricultural production reliant on pollination is growing, improving pollination effectiveness could increase crop yield without any increase in agricultural intensity or area. In California almond, a crop highly dependent on honey bee pollination, we explored the foraging behaviour and pollination effectiveness of honey bees in orchards with simple (honey bee only) and diverse (non-Apis bees present) bee communities. In orchards with non-Apis bees, the foraging behaviour of honey bees changed and the pollination effectiveness of a single honey bee visit was greater than in orchards where non-Apis bees were absent. This change translated to a greater proportion of fruit set in these orchards. Our field experiments show that increased pollinator diversity can synergistically increase pollination service, through species interactions that alter the behaviour and resulting functional quality of a dominant pollinator species. These results of functional synergy between species were supported by an additional controlled cage experiment with Osmia lignaria and Apis mellifera. Our findings highlight a largely unexplored facilitative component of the benefit of biodiversity to ecosystem services, and represent a way to improve pollinator-dependent crop yields in a sustainable manner.",
keywords = "Biology, Biodiversity, Blue orchard bee, Ecosystem service, Interspecific interactions, Osmina lignaria, Wild bees, Ecosystems Research",
author = "Claire Brittain and Neal Williams and Claire Kremen and Alexandra-Maria Klein",
year = "2013",
month = mar,
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doi = "10.1098/rspb.2012.2767",
language = "English",
volume = "280",
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journal = "Proceedings of the Royal Society B ",
issn = "1471-2954",
publisher = "Royal Society Publishing",
number = "1754",

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N2 - In diverse pollinator communities, interspecific interactions may modify the behaviour and increase the pollination effectiveness of individual species. Because agricultural production reliant on pollination is growing, improving pollination effectiveness could increase crop yield without any increase in agricultural intensity or area. In California almond, a crop highly dependent on honey bee pollination, we explored the foraging behaviour and pollination effectiveness of honey bees in orchards with simple (honey bee only) and diverse (non-Apis bees present) bee communities. In orchards with non-Apis bees, the foraging behaviour of honey bees changed and the pollination effectiveness of a single honey bee visit was greater than in orchards where non-Apis bees were absent. This change translated to a greater proportion of fruit set in these orchards. Our field experiments show that increased pollinator diversity can synergistically increase pollination service, through species interactions that alter the behaviour and resulting functional quality of a dominant pollinator species. These results of functional synergy between species were supported by an additional controlled cage experiment with Osmia lignaria and Apis mellifera. Our findings highlight a largely unexplored facilitative component of the benefit of biodiversity to ecosystem services, and represent a way to improve pollinator-dependent crop yields in a sustainable manner.

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