Checklist of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from small diversified vegetable farms in south-western Montana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over three years (2013-2015), we sampled bees using nets and bowl traps on four diversified vegetable farms in Gallatin County, Montana, USA, as part of a study evaluating the use of wildflower strips for supporting wild bees and crop pollination services on farmlands (Delphia et al. In prep). We document 202 species and morphospecies from 32 genera within five families, of which 25 species represent the first published state records for Montana. This study increases our overall understanding of the distribution of wild bee species associated with agroecosystems of the northern US Rockies, which is important for efforts aimed at conserving bee biodiversity and supporting sustainable crop pollination systems on farmlands.

New information

We provide a species list o

SUBMITTER: Delphia CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6361878 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature