Mark–recapture experiments reveal foraging behavior and plant fidelity of native bees in plant nurseries.

Mark-recapture experiments reveal foraging behavior and plant fidelity of native bees in plant nurseries Keywords: agroecosystems; California; foraging fidelity; Halictus; native plants; ornamental plants EN agroecosystems California foraging fidelity Halictus native plants ornamental plants 1 4 4 06/04/20 20200601 NES 200601 Understanding the spatial and temporal foraging patterns of pollinators is essential to conserving these organisms in human-modified landscapes, such as agroecosystems (Cranmer et al. [3]). These bees not only foraged in the same general location the next day, but of the 106 recaptured bees, 102 (96.2%) foraged on the same plant species as the previous day despite the broad diversity of plants flowering in nurseries. Although more bees were recaptured on native plants overall, some bees still displayed relatively high rates of fidelity to nonnative plants, though we found no preference for or against any nonnative plant species. [Extracted from the article]