{"id":2,"date":"2011-07-21T15:52:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T15:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:37:06","slug":"native-bee-communities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/research\/native-bee-communities","title":{"rendered":"Native Bee Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; width: 100%; margin: 20px 0;\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A-7OtIBn6js?si=WNDMNkGQd5UuFihu\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width: 100%;\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>More than 80% of wild\u00a0and cultivated plant species are benefited by animal-mediated pollination, and there are economic as well as ecological reasons for better understanding how to manage\u00a0landscapes for enhanced pollination services.\u00a0 One aspect of the lab&#8217;s research examines how local and regional land management practices impact the composition of native pollinator communities.\u00a0 We are currently involved in four projects monitoring native bee population and community ecology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Across urban, suburban, and rural agricultural\u00a0<strong>Texas<\/strong> landscapes, we are using pollen analyses and network modeling to examining how wild pollinators\u00a0interact with native and exotic plants across habitat\u00a0types and phenological periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">2)&nbsp; Along the <strong>Panama Canal<\/strong>, within and adjacent to&nbsp;<em>Parque Nacional Soberan\u00eda<\/em>, we&#8217;re examining the composition of native bee communities in abandoned pasture, secondary forests, and older growth forests.&nbsp; We are connecting our pollinator community data&nbsp;with pollen-mediated gene flow studies we are currently conducting on the understory tree, <em>Miconia affinis<\/em> (see more on Landscape Genetics\/Genomics page) to&nbsp;determine the mechanism&nbsp;behind species-specific and intra-specific variation in pollen dispersal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3) In <strong>central California<\/strong>, we are examining native bumble bee community ecology, population genetics, and nutritional ecology across a variety of landscapes, to investigate potential drivers of nest mortality, dispersal limitation, and inbreeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Illustrated Species Lists<\/strong> of the native pollinator communities found in 40+ Texas research sites are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/w3.biosci.utexas.edu\/jha\/landowners-naturalists\/texas-pollinator-guides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pollinator Guides<\/a>&nbsp;webpage (L. 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