Spatio-temporally decoupled land use influences honey bee health and pollination service delivery dataset
Dates
Publication Date
2017
Start Date
2015-06-01
End Date
2017-02-24
Citation
Matthew Smart, and Clint Otto, 2017, Spatio-temporally decoupled land use influences honey bee health and pollination service delivery dataset: U.S. Geological Survey, https://doi.org/10.5066/F74748TV.
Summary
Land use was quantified within a 4-km radius around 36 apiaries in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota over two years, 2015-16 and 2016-17. The area (hectares) of Ag (corn, soy, small grains), Grass (pasture, grassland, fallow land, wildflowers, shrub land, and hay land), Wetlands (herbaceous and woody), and Bee crops (alfalfa, canola, sunflower) were quantified around each apiary in each year. Within each apiary, the average change in frames of adult bees among all colonies from June to September was calculated. Additionally, the average September Varroa mite infestation rate, the average adult population size during almond pollination, the count of colonies exhibiting queen events in September, and the count of colonies exhibiting [...]
Summary
Land use was quantified within a 4-km radius around 36 apiaries in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota over two years, 2015-16 and 2016-17. The area (hectares) of Ag (corn, soy, small grains), Grass (pasture, grassland, fallow land, wildflowers, shrub land, and hay land), Wetlands (herbaceous and woody), and Bee crops (alfalfa, canola, sunflower) were quantified around each apiary in each year. Within each apiary, the average change in frames of adult bees among all colonies from June to September was calculated. Additionally, the average September Varroa mite infestation rate, the average adult population size during almond pollination, the count of colonies exhibiting queen events in September, and the count of colonies exhibiting disease symptoms (Chalkbrood, American Foulbrood) per apiary were calculated.
These data were collected as part of a large-scale, regional study examining the influence of agricultural land use on the health, productivity, and survival of commercial honey bee colonies in the northern Great Plains.
