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These references about work by Graham Pyke in Australia might be of
interest:<br><br>
Pyke, G. H. (1990). "Apiarists versus scientists: a
bittersweet case." <u>Australian Natural History</u> <b>23</b>:
386-392.<br>
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</dl>Pyke, G. H. and L. Balzer (1985). "The effect of the introduced
honey bee on Australian native bees."<br>
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series of small studies correlating native bee and Apis numbers over
various scales, and a few small manipulations adding Apis colonies or
removing Apis from certain plants, mostly yield results consistent with
competition, with native bees being expelled. Also evidence for Apis
constancy, and for failure to pollinate some species visited based on
morphology and behavior, but without knowledge of whether there
originally was an effective native pollinator that was displaced<br><br>
</dl>Sugden, E. A. and G. H. Pyke (1991). "Effects of honey bees on
colonies of <i>Exoneura asimillimia</i>, an Australian native bee."
<u>Australian Journal of Ecology</u> <b>16</b>: 171-181.<br>
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</dl>At 01:20 PM 3/16/2012, Victoria MacPhail wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I am interested in the members
of this list's responses to the question, "should honeybee colonies
be allowed in conservation/protected areas"? I.e. While
honeybees can certainly fly from their colonies on private land into a
conservation area, should beekeepers be allowed to place their colonies
directly into the conservation area?<br><br>
A few of my initial thoughts:<br>
against<br>
- honeybees are non-native; generally we try to avoid introducing
non-native species into conservation areas<br>
- honeybees may out-compete native bees/pollinators, thus they may
negatively affecting the native/local pollinators and the native/local
plants seed-set<br>
- introduced species (incl. honeybees) may potentially spread
diseases<br><br>
for<br>
- honeybees may already be present in the conservation area if there are
beekeepers with hives nearby<br>
- beekeepers would be able to have a pesticide-free and undisturbed
location for their bees<br>
- if near a public trail/info centre, could use them as an opportunity
for educating the public about all pollinators<br><br>
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Any other thoughts/discussion?<br><br>
Victoria MacPhail<br>
Guelph, Ontario<br>
<a href="mailto:vmacphail@gmail.com">vmacphail@gmail.com</a><br>
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