Posted by: Sandy Steinman | September 18, 2025

Island-wide removal of honeybees reveals exploitative trophic competition with strongly declining wild bee populations

ScienceDirect reports

Highlights
•Honeybee temporal removal on a small island increased nectar and pollen availability
•Without honeybees, wild bees increased activity and changed hourly patterns
•Without honeybees, wild bees increased nectar intake and optimized search time
•Wild bee abundance declined ∼80% in 4 years, supporting trophic competition

Read on www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982225002623

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