{"id":16809,"date":"2022-10-24T11:27:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T16:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.qa.caorda.com\/blog\/?p=16809"},"modified":"2023-04-18T14:15:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T19:15:38","slug":"healthy-bees-are-well-fed-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/healthy-bees-are-well-fed-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy bees are well-fed bees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-6mlw1jd-21810764e393a24463d0026464927d2b main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16809'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf3ik56-1d4f14da311418ba33f33f0f78b5952a\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf3ik56-1d4f14da311418ba33f33f0f78b5952a img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf3ik56-1d4f14da311418ba33f33f0f78b5952a .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ldf3ik56-1d4f14da311418ba33f33f0f78b5952a av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  inner-blog-banner-full-width-img'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-35775 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-35775 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/8f2jigso-1-300x206.jpg' alt='' title='8f2jigso'  height=\"206\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf3ixz1-b51c1ba843d5f75eb61480051b740771\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-ldf3ixz1-b51c1ba843d5f75eb61480051b740771{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-ldf3ixz1-b51c1ba843d5f75eb61480051b740771 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-ldf3ixz1-b51c1ba843d5f75eb61480051b740771 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-ldf3ixz1-b51c1ba843d5f75eb61480051b740771 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_post_metadata'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Healthy bees are well-fed bees<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6f57489-4e443262b8bbac314c4d65bdf93a7331\">\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-6f57489-4e443262b8bbac314c4d65bdf93a7331{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-6f57489-4e443262b8bbac314c4d65bdf93a7331 .av-post-metadata-container-inner{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-6f57489-4e443262b8bbac314c4d65bdf93a7331 av-metadata-container-align-left  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  av-metadata-container-1'><div class='av-post-metadata-container-inner'><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-meta-content\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-published\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-published\">Publi\u00e9 le<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-published-date\" >octobre 24, 2022<\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-author\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-author\">par<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-author-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/author\/mathilde-tissier\/\"  rel=\"author\">Mathilde Tissier<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-category\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-categories\">|<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/species\/bumble-bees\/\" >Les bourdons<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/project\/native-pollinator-initiative\/\" >Initiative pour les pollinisateurs indig\u00e8nes<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/news-and-events\/\" >Actualit\u00e9s et \u00e9v\u00e9nements<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-4ip6k15-395107f8976038d3e980cd0599df75ff main_color avia-section-no-padding avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16809'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3w9hwrt-735a0142740887d7dc4b55371f6099d1\">\n.flex_column.av-3w9hwrt-735a0142740887d7dc4b55371f6099d1{\nbackground-color:#f8fbf4;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3w9hwrt-735a0142740887d7dc4b55371f6099d1 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  light-section first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf3jcqv-7142944172c1a873b728d73a420344ec'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5><em>Canada has over 800 species of wild native bees and these bees are essential to the pollination of many crops, and thus to food security. Sadly, several species\u2019 populations are declining, and an increasing number of species are considered threatened with extinction. Wild bees face many threats, including habitat loss, climate change, pesticide exposure, the transmission of pathogens by domesticated bees (honeybees and commercial bumblebees), and malnutrition.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-3bsd4p5-1d11b092cd8fe9f3ae682b0007a39b6e\">\n#top .flex_column.av-3bsd4p5-1d11b092cd8fe9f3ae682b0007a39b6e{\nmargin-top:20px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_column.av-3bsd4p5-1d11b092cd8fe9f3ae682b0007a39b6e{\nmargin-top:20px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3bsd4p5-1d11b092cd8fe9f3ae682b0007a39b6e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf3jo9d-67280f5730f38b7690e14dba21010618'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>It is important to consider the nutritional and medicinal potential of flowers to help combat malnutrition and improve the health of bees. Unfortunately, plants with a high medicinal potential (i.e., naturally improve their health condition) are often deficient in amino acids that are essential for bees and are crucial for the survival and reproductive success of bumble bee queens.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-33h8ydl-e06136f0d4f1f57168de0327dbc93718 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf3mdfy-731c7717e0bc9b1b530fb1f57e549231\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf3mdfy-731c7717e0bc9b1b530fb1f57e549231 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf3mdfy-731c7717e0bc9b1b530fb1f57e549231 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ldf3mdfy-731c7717e0bc9b1b530fb1f57e549231 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-10  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-35777 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-35777 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Web-photo-4.jpg' alt='' title='Web-photo-4'  height=\"1620\" width=\"1620\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-2cgpdpl-df4949083e64bf93e020210814808e7c av_one_half  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_textblock  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf3mstk-a7a5e3f68d8e036387224766ad44d508\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf3mstk-a7a5e3f68d8e036387224766ad44d508 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf3mstk-a7a5e3f68d8e036387224766ad44d508 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ldf3mstk-a7a5e3f68d8e036387224766ad44d508 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-12  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-35776 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-35776 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Web-photo-2.jpg' alt='' title='Web-photo-2'  height=\"1620\" width=\"1620\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf3pqpy-291aacc0908e18a9e37b46a25335feb5'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Native bees foraging on flowers. A yellow-banded bumble bee gyne (new queen), left, and right, a sweat bee foraging on dwarf sunflower. Photos: Mathilde Tissier<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-3ka5czt-7277d7858d72a313f0a5fab22ee8ac19 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  species-inner-content-intro-wrapper avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16809'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-avgv7t-dd73584f1f59513a1b714d85aa8e3748 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-15  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div'     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf3oziq-e8d3349f2efd99d1cdd2eba2e423f726'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Essentially, no single plant can meet all the needs of an animal. To identify the plants that meet both the nutritional and medicinal needs of bees, we seek to identify plants that when planted together provide great nutrition for bees (i.e., complementary plant associations). We have started a project with over 30 partners, including Wildlife Preservation Canada, to address this question. This project has multiple objectives, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify nutritionally complementary plant associations that improve the health and performance of wild bees;<\/li>\n<li>Identify essential nutrient deficiencies in crop and native plant pollen and identify native plants with medicinal potential;<\/li>\n<li>Survey producers to assess their interests and limitations in implementing favorable plants and associations identified<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To address our first objective, in collaboration with WPC, we collected pollen from a variety of native plants, including red maple, willow species, and targeted wildflowers, to evaluate their nutritional and medicinal value for queens, both during reproduction and hibernation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf3reak-4cb395f7121aa705ca43b0b8819b95b3\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf3reak-4cb395f7121aa705ca43b0b8819b95b3 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf3reak-4cb395f7121aa705ca43b0b8819b95b3 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ldf3reak-4cb395f7121aa705ca43b0b8819b95b3 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-35779 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-35779 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ellen-Richard-scaled-1.jpg' alt='' title='Ellen-Richard-scaled'  height=\"2560\" width=\"1855\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf3s408-0b2dc111d6b3c407e2fc74afc530a54c'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A brown-belted bumble bee colony in WPC\u2019s breeding lab in 2021. Photo: Ellen Richard<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf3shjb-7ab3775611d1eb89285e3e927fd0b4ea'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In 2021 we assessed whether red maple pollen impacts the reproduction of the common eastern bumble bee and the brown-belted bumble bee. We found that queens fed with red maple pollen were 2x more likely to produce workers and 3x more likely to produce males and new queens (\u201cgynes\u201d)! In 2022 we are investigating willow and red maple pollen on WPC\u2019s focal species for conservation breeding, the Special Concern yellow-banded bumble bee, and brown-belted bumble bees. On top of reproduction this year we will also assess whether these diets will decrease the prevalence of harmful parasites (i.e., have medicinal value) and test if late blooming wildflowers increase the chances of new queens hibernating successfully.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldf3tzyb-d472fa630f38ac47e35ce056b8d59bbc\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf3tzyb-d472fa630f38ac47e35ce056b8d59bbc img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ldf3tzyb-d472fa630f38ac47e35ce056b8d59bbc .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ldf3tzyb-d472fa630f38ac47e35ce056b8d59bbc av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-35780 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-35780 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/terricola-TH-2.jpg' alt='' title='terricola-TH-2'  height=\"713\" width=\"1077\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf3ujhl-5e2bc88599c55e66dfd0306385e1df83'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>To address our second objective, in collaboration with agricultural producers, we are using sunflower as a simple method to improve the health of wild bees and commercial bumblebees in different agricultural environments in Quebec: blueberry fields, commercial vegetable greenhouses, and orchards. Sunflower is known as a medicinal plant for bees. Preliminary results highlight that dwarf sunflower is growing very well in a variety of environment and types of soil, attracts a great diversity of pollinators and improves the health of commercial bumble bees (thus reducing the risks of disease transmission to wild bees).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_4'  class='avia-section av-2m3ot2h-d1411d42dbdd0c6c0b433f7e0de42f05 main_color avia-section-no-padding avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16809'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2a338x5-2dde683c924b2a075618b5a77f3d45ac av_one_half  avia-builder-el-23  el_before_av_one_half  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Photo credit : Aur\u00e9lie Demers.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ldf411v0-ecf297432ce7673ea91997756b822d0c'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Above, dwarf sunflowers planted in commercial greenhouses producing tomatoes to improve the health of commercial bumblebees and reduce the risks of disease transmission to wild bees (when workers go out of the greenhouse to forage and interact with wildflowers and bees). Photos: Mathilde Tissier<\/p>\n<p>This project will improve our knowledge of native bee nutritional requirements and allow us to identify plants and associations with high nutritional and medicinal values. By combining this new information to the consideration of the economic and social reality of agricultural producers, we will be able to identify relevant and science-based solutions for the conservation of bumblebees in Canadian farmlands.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_5'  class='avia-section av-6zm57t-0bbb591529cee35680499540da1e6444 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-33  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-last  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-16809'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1qgfv0p-dca3552ad877a44dd207d9a83abfff9e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-34  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  author-section first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-13p34ax-9fe117ab35ceb67688a6af9b74176cf6'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Matilde Tissier<\/h3>\n<p>Mathilde is a scientist interested in the effects of nutrition on the performance of terrestrial animals. 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