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    Diversity and Abundance of Native Bees Foraging On Hedgerow Plants in The Kakamega Farmlands, Western Kenya

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    This document summarizes a study on the diversity and abundance of native bee species foraging on hedgerow plants in western Kenya. The study observed bees visiting flowers across 40 hedgerow plots to record 82 bee species from three families. It found significant variation in bee abundance across different plant species, with Justicia flava recording the highest diversity and number of bee visits. The discussion notes that hedgerows support important bee pollinator species for local crops and expanding their role could provide farmers with pollination services.

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    This document summarizes a study on the diversity and abundance of native bee species foraging on hedgerow plants in western Kenya. The study observed bees visiting flowers across 40 hedgerow plots to record 82 bee species from three families. It found significant variation in bee abundance across different plant species, with Justicia flava recording the highest diversity and number of bee visits. The discussion notes that hedgerows support important bee pollinator species for local crops and expanding their role could provide farmers with pollination services.

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    Nama: Sandi Achmad Aprilianto

    NIM: G34170037

    Diversity and abundance of native bees foraging on hedgerow plants in the


    Kakamega farmlands, western Kenya

    Introduction

     The dependence of human diets on insect pollinated plants is considerable, providing


    about 75% of the pollination service of insect pollinated crops.
     In Kakamega, hedgerows have been found to be necessary for enhancing diversity
    and abundance of bee pollinators.
     This study to assess the diversity of flower-visiting bees and their abundance in the
    hedgerows as well as to document bee forage plants in the hedges.
    Methods

     Study Area
    o The area has rich agricultural soils and receives plenty of rain (over 1500 mm
    per annum) which is well distributed throughout the year with two rainfall
    peaks, one in April / May (long rains) and September / November (short
    rains).
     Sampling
    o Selected 40 hedgerow plots each measuring 50 m long with a minimum of 2m
    width, scattered in the farm landscape.
    o observed bees visiting flowers for about 40 min per hedgerow plot between
    09.00 h and 14.00 h, which is the time bees are most active at Kakamega.
    Results

     82 bee species belonging to three families (Apidae, Megachilidae and Halictidae) and
    24 genera were observed and recorded visiting hedgerow flowers in the study area
     significant difference (P < 0.05) in the number of bee individuals recorded visiting
    hedgerow flowers bordering the five land use systems
     significant (at P = 0.05) variation in bee abundance on flowers of different plants
    within the hedgerows, except for Megachilids.
     Justicia flava recording the highest diversity as well as the highest number of
    individual bee visits
    Discussion

     Bees from the three families found in this study have also been reported as important
    pollinators of various crops grown in Kakamega.
     J. flava, A. gangetica and A. mossambicensis which we found to be important bee
    plants in the farmland have also been reported as such in past studies.
     expanding the role of hedgerows to support bees, which would provide farmers with
    pollination service of their crops.
    Words and phrases that could be usefull in research

     The diversity and abundance of native bees foraging on hedgerow flowers


     Assessment of plant-pollinator interactions in an agricultural-forest mosaic

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