Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
Spring 2022
Abstract
Why it matters.
Pollination services provided by native bees are an important natural process, providing ~150 billion dollars globally in agricultural gains.
A bee’s body size is a trait that is an important indicator of the nutritional environment. A loss of habitat results in a loss of rich nutritional environments as flowers and resource become more fragmented and scarcer.
It has been discovered that a bee’s body size is a determinant of their foraging range. The smaller the bee, the less distance they can travel for food, therefor, the more susceptible they are to habitat loss and resource limitation.
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Recommended Citation
Lamb, Anthony; Barley, Tristan; and Dolezal, Adam, "Polinators in Peril - Are Illinois Native Bees Getting Smaller?" (2022). PRECS student projects. 84.
https://spark.parkland.edu/precs_student/84
Comments
Research featured in this poster has been conducted in cooperation with the Department of Entomology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.