Application of ITS2 Metabarcoding to Determine the Provenance of Pollen Collected by Honey Bees in an Agroecosystem

• Published in: Applications in plant sciences Vol. 3; no. 1
• Main Authors: Richardson, Rodney T, Lin, Chia-Hua, Sponsler, Douglas B, Quijia, Juan O, Goodell, Karen, Johnson, Reed M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Botanical Society of America 01.01.2015; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: agroecosystems; Apis mellifera; Application; APPLICATION ARTICLE; bee foraging landscape; Bees; Brassicaceae; expert opinion; field crops; Flowers; Flowers & plants; foraging; Fraxinus; Habitats; honey bee colonies; honey bees; Identification; internal transcribed spacers; landscapes; Microscopy; Nutrition research; Ohio; Oleaceae; palynology; Plant sciences; Pollen; pollen analysis; pollinator ecology; Pollinators; provenance; qualitative analysis; quantitative analysis; Rosaceae; Sapindaceae; spring; Taraxacum officinale; Taxonomy; trees; Ohio; United States > US; Apis mellifera; palynology; bee foraging landscape; pollinator ecology; pollen analysis; Fraxinus

Premise of the study: Melissopalynology, the identification of bee-collected pollen, provides insight into the flowers exploited by foraging bees. Information provided by melissopalynology could guide floral enrichment efforts aimed at supporting pollinators, but it has rarely been used because trad...