ArticleIntegrative and comparative biology2022
Temporal Patterns of Honeybee Foraging in a Diverse Floral Landscape Revealed Using Pollen DNA Metabarcoding of Honey.
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- Of bees and buzz: towards validated NGS-based methods in honey authentication.NPJ science of food · 2026Article
- Authentication of the Botanical Origin of Honey:Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2025Article
- DNA in honey could describe the changes in flower visits and microbe encounters of honey bees over decades.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Spatio-temporal variation in pollen collected by honey bees (Apis mellifera) in rural-urban mosaic landscapes in Northern Europe.PloS one · 2025Article
- Viral Diversity in Mixed Tree Fruit Production Systems Determined through Bee-Mediated Pollen Collection.Viruses · 2024Article
- Foraging of Honeybees from Different Ecological Areas Determined through Melissopalynological Analysis and DNA Metabarcoding.Insects · 2024Article
- The buzz about honey-based biosurveys.npj biodiversity · 2024Review
- Mega-Barcoding Projects: Delivering National DNA Barcoding Initiatives for Plants.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024Article
- A preliminary metabarcoding analysis of Portuguese raw honeys.Archives of microbiology · 2023Article
- Honeybees' foraging choices for nectar and pollen revealed by DNA metabarcoding.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Understanding the plants pollinators use through the year is vital to support pollinator populations and mitigate for declines in floral resources due to habitat loss. DNA metabarcoding allows the temporal picture of nectar and pollen foraging to be examined in detail. Here, we use DNA metabarcoding to examine the forage use of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) within a florally diverse landscape within the UK, documenting the key forage plants used and seasonal progression over two years. The total number of plant taxa detected in the honey was 120, but only 16 of these were found with a high relative read abundance of DNA, across the main foraging months (April-September). Only a small proportion of the available flowering genera in the landscape were used by the honeybees. The greatest relative read abundance came from native or near-native plants, including Rubus spp., Trifolium repens, the Maleae tribe including Crataegus, Malus, and Cotoneaster, and Hedera helix. Tree species were important forage in the spring months, followed by increased use of herbs and shrubs later in the foraging season. Garden habitat increased the taxon richness of native, near-native and horticultural plants found in the honey. Although horticultural plants were rarely found abundantly within the honey samples, they may be important for increasing nutritional diversity of the pollen forage.
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