Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Science 15 September 1978:
Vol. 201. no. 4360, pp. 1030 - 1032
DOI: 10.1126/science.201.4360.1030
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Articles

Competitive Interactions Between Neotropical Pollinators and Africanized Honey Bees

DAVID W. ROUBIK 1

1 Department of Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045

The Africanized honey bee, a hybrid of European and African honey bees, is thought to displace native pollinators. After experimental introduction of Africanized honey bee hives near flowers, stingless bees became less abundant or harvested-less resource as visitation by Africanized honey bees increased. Shifts in resource use caused by colonizing Africanized honey bees may lead to population decline of Neotropical pollinators.

Submitted on March 15, 1978
Revised on May 30, 1978


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Colored floral organs influence pollinator behavior and pollen transfer in Commelina communis (Commelinaceae).
A. Ushimaru, T. Watanabe, and K. Nakata (2007)
Am. J. Botany 94, 249-258
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Threatened Pollination Systems in Native Flora of the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands.
T. ABE (2006)
Ann. Bot. 98, 317-334
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Plant-pollinator interactions in New Caledonia influenced by introduced honey bees.
M. Kato and A. Kawakita (2004)
Am. J. Botany 91, 1814-1827
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Curve-Fitting.
R. M. HAZEN (1978)
Science 202, 823
   PDF »
Monophyly and extensive extinction of advanced eusocial bees: Insights from an unexpected Eocene diversity.
M. S. Engel (2001)
PNAS 98, 1661-1664
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »


To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)