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Investigation of free-living honey bee colonies in Ireland

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dc.contributor.authorBrowne, Keith A.
dc.contributor.authorHassett, Jack
dc.contributor.authorGeary, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorHenriques, Dora
dc.contributor.authorSoland-Reckeweg, Gabriele
dc.contributor.authorFerrari, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorMac Loughlin, Eoin
dc.contributor.authorO’Brien, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorO’Driscoll, Saoirse
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Philip
dc.contributor.authorPinto, M. Alice
dc.contributor.authorMcCormack, Grace P.
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-19T10:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-18T14:49:02Z
dc.date.available2018-01-19T10:00:00Z
dc.date.available2021-03-18T14:49:02Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractApis mellifera mellifera (Linnaeus), the Western European honey bee, is considered extinct in the wild over most of its range due largely to hybridisation and replacement by other subspecies, parasitism by Varroa destructor, habitat loss, and effects from agricultural pesticides. The purity of the subspecies within the managed cohort is also at risk over much of its range. Here, we investigated if honey bee colonies inhabited locations outside of the apiaries. In those we located, we explored how long the colony persisted and we investigated the genotypes of the bees using multiple markers. We show here that unmanaged free-living honey bee colonies are present and widespread in Ireland, inhabiting a mixture of nesting habitats with some colonies persisting naturally and unaided over multiple years. Molecular data including mitochondrial, microsatellite, and SNPs evidence indicate that the free-living population sampled is largely comprised of pure A. m. mellifera. Finally, we discuss the implications of conserving free-living A. m. mellifera in Ireland and its possible role in improving the fitness of the managed population both in Ireland and the rest of its European range.en_EN
dc.description.sponsorshipWe particularly thank the custodians of the free-living honey bee colonies and the Native Irish Honey Bee Society (NIHBS) for their assistance. KAB is a recipient of an Irish Research Council postgraduate fellowship (GOIPG/2015/2767) and a Tony Ryan Postgraduate fellowship. Additional funding was gratefully received from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine [grant number GRGAS 16/GR/09], the Federation of Irish Beekeeping Associations, the Eva Crane Trust [grant number ECTA20160303] and The Native Irish Honey Bee Society. Financial support for DH was provided through the program COMPETE 2020 – POCI (Programa Operacional para a Competividade e Internacionalizac¸~ao) and by Portuguese funds through FCT (Fundac¸~ao para a Ci^encia e a Tecnologia) in the framework of the project BeeHappy (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029871).
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionen_EN
dc.identifier.citationBrowne, Keith A.; Hassett, Jack; Geary, Michael; Moore, Elizabeth; Henriques, Dora; Soland-Reckeweg, Gabriele; Ferrari, Roberto; Mac Loughlin, Eoin; O’Brien, Elizabeth; O’Driscoll, Saoirse; Young, Philip; Pinto, M. Alice; McCormack, Grace P. (2020). Investigation of free-living honey bee colonies in Ireland. Journal of Apicultural Research. ISSN 0021-8839. 60:2, p. 229-240en_EN
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00218839.2020.1837530en_EN
dc.identifier.issn0021-8839
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/22390
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyesen_EN
dc.subjectApis melliferaen_EN
dc.subjectSubspeciesen_EN
dc.subjectVarroa destructoren_EN
dc.subjectWild beesen_EN
dc.subjectFeral beesen_EN
dc.subjectConservationen_EN
dc.subjectMolecular dataen_EN
dc.subjectSurvivalen_EN
dc.titleInvestigation of free-living honey bee colonies in Irelanden_EN
dc.typejournal article
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person.familyNameHenriques
person.familyNamePinto
person.givenNameDora
person.givenNameMaria Alice
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-7530-682X
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