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Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Poster: P-IE, Pollinator Biology and Ecology

The influence of land cover on wild bee communities in pollinator meadows in southern New England

Tuesday, November 11, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Pacific
Location: Exhibit Hall A-A1, OCC
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The ways in which wild bees interact with their environment are complex and varied. Habitat availability for bees is dependent on many factors, including land-use and management, landscape features, soil characteristics, and floral resources. Understanding the influence of land cover on wild bee communities is crucial to improving habitat management strategies. In 2023 and 2024, we surveyed bees at 22 sites across Rhode Island and Connecticut. Using ArcGis Pro 3.1.3 and Python, we examined the land cover composition within 100 m, 500 m, and 1000 m of site boundaries. These buffer distances were chosen to reflect the potential range of foraging distances of different bee species from their nesting locations. We performed multivariate analyses to understand associations between bee populations and the surrounding landscape. Our objectives were to (1) determine if and how the observed bee species are associated with specific land cover categories, (2) identify focal landscape characteristics to be used in further analyses in conjunction with our in situ data, and ultimately, (3) use this important contextual information to improve the establishment and management of planted pollinator meadows.