Advances and knowledge gaps on climate change impacts on honey bees and beekeeping : A systematic review

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The Western honey bee Apis mellifera is a managed species that provides diverse hive products and contributing to wild plant pollination, as well as being a critical component of crop pollination systems worldwide. High mortality rates have been reported in different continents attributed to different factors, including pesticides, pests, diseases, and lack of floral resources. Furthermore, climate change has been identified as a potential driver negatively impacting pollinators, but it is still unclear how it could affect honey bee populations. In this context, we carried out a systematic review to synthesize the effects of climate change on honey bees and beekeeping activities. A total of 90 articles were identified, providing insight into potential impacts (negative, neutral, and positive) on honey bees and beekeeping. Interest in climate change's impact on honey bees has increased in the last decade, with studies mainly focusing on honey bee individuals, using empirical and experimental approaches, and performed at short-spatial (<10 km) and temporal (<5 years) scales. Moreover, environmental analyses were mainly based on short-term data (weather) and concentrated on only a few countries. Environmental variables such as temperature, precipitation, and wind were widely studied and had generalized negative effects on different biological and ecological aspects of honey bees. Food reserves, plant-pollinator networks, mortality, gene expression, and metabolism were negatively impacted. Knowledge gaps included a lack of studies at the apiary and beekeeper level, a limited number of predictive and perception studies, poor representation of large-spatial and mid-term scales, a lack of climate analysis, and a poor understanding of the potential impacts of pests and diseases. Finally, climate change's impacts on global beekeeping are still an emergent issue. This is mainly due to their diverse effects on honey bees and the potential necessity of implementing adaptation measures to sustain this activity under complex environmental scenarios.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Global change biology - 30(2024), 3 vom: 13. März, Seite e17219

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zapata-Hernández, Germán [VerfasserIn]
Gajardo-Rojas, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Calderón-Seguel, Matías [VerfasserIn]
Muñoz, Ariel A [VerfasserIn]
Yáñez, Karen P [VerfasserIn]
Requier, Fabrice [VerfasserIn]
Fontúrbel, Francisco E [VerfasserIn]
Ormeño-Arriagada, Pablo I [VerfasserIn]
Arrieta, Héctor [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adaptations
Apis mellifera
Beekeeping
Global warming
Honey production
Journal Article
Negative impacts
Pesticides
Pests and diseases
Systematic Review
Temperature
Weather and climate

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.03.2024

Date Revised 08.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/gcb.17219

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369405994