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1 Enhancing wild bees in cities: Practical approaches for gardeners Dr. Scott MacIvor Assistant Professor April 27 th 2017

2 Bees for pollination services

3 Bees for pollination services Insect pollination: Pollen exchange

4 Honey bees?

5 Honey bees? Provincial bylaw: Honey bees are not legal to house 30m from a residential space in Ontario. Promoting honey bees does not improve biodiversity

6 Overview: Bee Families of Toronto (and RI..) Apidae (40+ species) -Honey bees, Bumble bees, Carpenter bees Halictidae (80+ species) -Sweat bees, Green bees Andrenidae (60+ species) -Mining bees Colletidae (50+ species) -Plasterer bees, Cellophane bees Megachilidae (40+ species) - Leaf cutter bees, Mason bees, Wool Carder bees

7 Wild bee lifecycle: Bumble bees

8 Wild bee lifecycle: Solitary bees

9 Overview Forage Nest Nest Material

10 Overview Forage

11 Forage

12 Forage

13 Forage: Reduce bee handling time!

14 Forage: Flowers all season

15 Forage: Vision colour matters!

16 Forage: Nutrition

17 Nesting Nest

18 Nesting: Above ground or below it?

19 Nesting above ground

20 Nesting above ground

21 Nesting above ground

22 Nesting above ground

23 Cut stems long; keep and bundle

24

25 Nesting above ground

26 Nesting below ground

27 Nesting below ground

28 Nesting below ground

29 Nesting below ground

30 Nesting below ground

31 Nesting below ground

32 Nesting below ground -?-PERCENT SAND Cane, 1991

33 Nesting below ground

34 Nesting below ground

35 Nesting below ground

36 Nesting below ground

37 Nesting below ground

38 Nesting below ground

39 Nesting below ground

40 Nesting below ground

41 Bare, open ground, no mulch!

42 Bare, open ground, no mulch! Quistberg et al Quistberg et al. 2016

43 Nesting below ground

44 Nesting below ground

45 Nesting below ground

46 Nesting below ground

47 Nesting below ground

48 Nesting below ground: Toronto

49 Nesting below ground: Toronto

50 Nesting materials Leaves, mud, resins, pebbles to construct brood cells.

51 Nesting materials A B C D E F G H I J K L MacIvor (2016) R Open Sci.

52 Nesting materials MacIvor (2016) R Open Sci.

53 Nesting materials: Plastics? Plastic shopping bag Window caulking MacIvor & Moore (2013)

54 Findings: Nesting resources Introduced bee has broader leaf preference Megachile rotundata PD=2.97 Megachile rotundata pd=2.97 Megachile centunctularis pd=1.51 Megachile pugnata pd=1.22 Megachile centuncularis PD=1.51 Megachile pugnata PD=1.22 Celastrus scandens Euphorbia dentata Securigera varia Lotus corniculatus Robinia pseudoacacia Caragana arborescens Melilotus albus Desmodium canadense Amphicarpaea bracteata Cercis canadensis Carya cordiformis Rubus occidentalis Fragaria virginiana Rosa blanda Rosa virginiana Rosa glauca Rosa multiflora Rosa palustris Crataegus macrosperma Prunus avium Prunus virginiana Rhamnus cathartica Tilia cordata Acer platanoides Acer saccharum Rhus typhina Oenothera biennis Oenothera parviflora Oenothera pilosella Epilobium ciliatum Epilobium parviflorum Lythrum salicaria Ribes hirtellum Vitis riparia Cornus stolonifera Cornus racemosa Artemisia biennis Symphyotrichum novae angliae Solidago canadensis Rudbeckia triloba Helianthus annuus Convolvulus arvensis Ipomoea hederacea Stachys palustris Syringa vulgaris Cynanchum rossicum Chenopodium album Silene vulgaris Fallopia convolvulus Chelidonium majus Setaria viridis MacIvor (2016) R Open Sci

55 Findings: Nesting resources Native bee uses different leaves than introduced bees M. pugnata (Native) Bray Curtis pair-wise distance M. centuncularis M. rotundata * MacIvor (2016) R Open Sci

56 Findings: Nesting resources Native bee uses different leaves than introduced bees All plants selected have antimicrobial properties! M. pugnata (Native) Bray Curtis pair-wise distance M. centuncularis M. rotundata * MacIvor (2016) R Open Sci

57 Re-cap Plant flowers - lots of them Observe bare soil patches; avoid mulch Rockeries and south facing slopes Bundle cut stems; prune woody plants for bees Talk to neighbours and councillors and let them know what you are up to!

58 How to help: Talk to your neighbours!

59 How to help: Talk to your councillors!

60 City Action: Toronto Pesticide Ban

61 City Action: Toronto Pesticide Ban

62

63 Re-cap Forage Nest Nest Material

64 @jscottmacivor Thank you. Questions?

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