Neglecting non-bee pollinators may lead to substantial underestimation of competition risk among pollinators.

ABSTRACT: Due to the increasing pressures on bees, many beekeepers currently wish to move their managed livestock of Apis mellifera into little disturbed ecosystems such as protected natural areas. This may, however, exert detrimental competitive effects upon local wild pollinators. While it appears critical for land managers to get an adequate knowledge of this issue for effective wildlife conservation schemes, the frequency of this competition is not clear to date. Based on a systematic literature review of 96 studies, we assessed the frequency of exploitative competition between honey bees and wild pollinators. We found that 78% of the studies highlighted exploitative competition from honey bees to wild pollinators. Importantly, these studies have mostly explored competition with wild bees

SUBMITTER: Requier F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11364274 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature