CSI Pollen: Diversity of honey bee collected pollen studied by citizen scientists
Robert Brodschneider
(1)
,
Elfriede Kalcher-Sommersguter
(1)
,
Sabrina Kuchling
(2)
,
Vincent Dietemann
(3, 4)
,
Alison Gray
(5)
,
Janko Božič
(6)
,
Andrejs Briedis
(7)
,
Norman Carreck
(8, 9)
,
Robert Chlebo
(10)
,
Karl Crailsheim
(1)
,
Mary Frances Coffey
(11)
,
Bjørn Dahle
(12)
,
Amelia Virginia González-Porto
(13)
,
Janja Filipi
(14)
,
Dirk de Graaf
(15)
,
Fani Hatjina
(16)
,
Pavlos Ioannidis
(16)
,
Nicoleta Ion
(17)
,
Asger Søgaard Jørgensen
(18)
,
Preben Kristiansen
(19)
,
Antoine Lecocq
(20)
,
Jean-François Odoux
(21, 22)
,
Asli Özkirim
(23)
,
Magnus Peterson
(5)
,
Blaž Podrižnik
(6)
,
Slađan Rašić
(24)
,
Gina Retschnig
(25)
,
Aygün Schiesser
(23)
,
Simone Tosi
(26)
,
Flemming Vejsnæs
(18)
,
Geoffrey Williams
(3, 25, 27)
,
Jozef J.M. van der Steen
(28, 29)
1
University of Applied Sciences [Graz]
2 Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES)
3 Agroscope
4 UNIL - Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne
5 University of Strathclyde [Glasgow]
6 University of Ljubljana
7 Latvian Beekeepers Association
8 Carreck Consultancy Ltd
9 University of Sussex
10 ITT - Institute of Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry
11 Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine [Dublin]
12 Norwegian Beekeepers Association
13 Centro Agrario de Marchamalo [Espagne]
14 University of Zadar
15 UGENT - Universiteit Gent = Ghent University
16 HAO Demeter - Hellenic Agricultural Organization Demeter
17 BRDI - Beekeeping Research and Development Institute [Roumanie]
18 Dänish Beekeepers Association
19 Apinordica AB [Suède]
20 UCPH - University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet
21 EVA - Ecophysiologie Végétale, Agronomie et Nutritions NCS
22 APIS - Abeilles, Paysages, Interactions et Systèmes de culture
23 Hacettepe University = Hacettepe Üniversitesi
24 Educons University [Serbie]
25 UNIBE - Universität Bern / University of Bern
26 UNITO - Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin
27 AU - Auburn University
28 WUR - Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
29 Alveus AB Consutancy
2 Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES)
3 Agroscope
4 UNIL - Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne
5 University of Strathclyde [Glasgow]
6 University of Ljubljana
7 Latvian Beekeepers Association
8 Carreck Consultancy Ltd
9 University of Sussex
10 ITT - Institute of Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry
11 Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine [Dublin]
12 Norwegian Beekeepers Association
13 Centro Agrario de Marchamalo [Espagne]
14 University of Zadar
15 UGENT - Universiteit Gent = Ghent University
16 HAO Demeter - Hellenic Agricultural Organization Demeter
17 BRDI - Beekeeping Research and Development Institute [Roumanie]
18 Dänish Beekeepers Association
19 Apinordica AB [Suède]
20 UCPH - University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet
21 EVA - Ecophysiologie Végétale, Agronomie et Nutritions NCS
22 APIS - Abeilles, Paysages, Interactions et Systèmes de culture
23 Hacettepe University = Hacettepe Üniversitesi
24 Educons University [Serbie]
25 UNIBE - Universität Bern / University of Bern
26 UNITO - Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin
27 AU - Auburn University
28 WUR - Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
29 Alveus AB Consutancy
Robert Brodschneider
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1181037
- ORCID : 0000-0002-2535-0280
Vincent Dietemann
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1181038
- ORCID : 0000-0002-0791-9939
Alison Gray
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1181039
- ORCID : 0000-0002-6273-0637
Norman Carreck
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1181040
- ORCID : 0000-0001-7779-9736
Dirk de Graaf
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1181042
- ORCID : 0000-0001-8817-0781
Fani Hatjina
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1181043
- ORCID : 0000-0001-6506-5874
Preben Kristiansen
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1181044
- ORCID : 0000-0001-6718-2214
Antoine Lecocq
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1181045
- ORCID : 0000-0002-8013-0221
Jean-François Odoux
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1181046
- ORCID : 0000-0002-6264-4376
Gina Retschnig
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1181047
- ORCID : 0000-0001-6249-9853
Aygün Schiesser
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1181048
- ORCID : 0000-0002-1480-892X
Simone Tosi
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1181049
- ORCID : 0000-0001-8193-016X
Geoffrey Williams
- Fonction : Auteur
Résumé
A diverse supply of pollen is an important factor for honey bee health, but information about the pollen diversity available to colonies at the landscape scale is largely missing. In this COLOSS study, beekeeper citizen scientists sampled and analyzed the diversity of pollen collected by honey bee colonies. As a simple measure of diversity, beekeepers determined the number of colors found in pollen samples that were collected in a coordinated and standardized way. Altogether, 750 beekeepers from 28 different regions from 24 countries participated in the two-year study and collected and analyzed almost 18,000 pollen samples. Pollen samples contained approximately six different colors in total throughout the sampling period, of which four colors were abundant. We ran generalized linear mixed models to test for possible effects of diverse factors such as collection, i.e., whether a minimum amount of pollen was collected or not, and habitat type on the number of colors found in pollen samples. To identify habitat effects on pollen diversity, beekeepers’ descriptions of the surrounding landscape and CORINE land cover classes were investigated in two different models, which both showed that both the total number and the rare number of colors in pollen samples were positively affected by ‘urban’ habitats or ‘artificial surfaces’, respectively. This citizen science study underlines the importance of the habitat for pollen diversity for bees and suggests higher diversity in urban areas.
