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Bait traps remain attractive to euglossine bees even after two weeks: a report from Brazilian Atlantic forest

ABSTRACT

Bait traps are effective and commonly used method in the studies of orchid bees. Important questions in the context of this method, including those related to bait dispersion, how long baits remain attractive, the distance from which males are supposed to be attracted to lures and so on, are still open subjects. Data on the attractiveness of bait traps that have remained in the field during two weeks in a large Atlantic forest preserve are presented. Four main results emerge from the data: (i) the abundance of specimens collected per day decreased in all the attractants as the traps were left on the field; (ii) despite this decrease, the absolute number of individuals collected after eight and fifteen days is remarkably, mostly in eugenol and vanillin baits; (iii) the vast majority of species, 22 of 25, was already collected on the first sample day; (iv) a consistent variation in the relative abundance of individuals collected in each scent as collections were made. We urge that bait traps should not be left in the field beyond what is strictly necessary since there is a real possibility of collecting a significant number of individuals as these traps remain available.

Keywords:
Euglossina; Euglossini; Orchid bee; Survey; Assessment

Orchid bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossina) have been regarded as an effective model for studying several ecological questions (e.g. Nemésio and Silveira, 2006Nemésio, A., Silveira, F.A., 2006. Edge effects on the orchid-bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae) at a large remnant of Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil. Neotrop. Entomol. 35, 313-323.). One of the main reasons behind this practice is the possibility of attracting euglossine males to synthetic compounds that mimic the resources they gather from natural sources (Dodson et al., 1969Dodson, C.H., Dressler, R.L., Hills, H.G., Williams, N.H., 1969. Biologically active compounds in orchid fragrances. Science 164, 1243-1249.). It seems crystal clear there is an overall methodology for collecting orchid bees, but a simple analysis of papers presenting local surveys of euglossine bees reveals that the way attractants are used is quite variable from one study to another, regarding, for instance, the number of used scents, the selected scents, the distance baits are placed from the ground and apart each other, if baits are offered in traps or hung for direct capture by insect nets and so on (Nemésio, 2012Nemésio, A., 2012. Methodological concerns and challenges in ecological studies with orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina). Biosci. J. 28, 118-135.; Faria et al., 2015Faria, L.R.R., Sydney, N.V., Gonçalves, R.B., 2015. How Brazilian researchers have been sampling orchid bees? In: Aguiar, A.J.C., Gonçalves, R.B.G., Ramos, K.S. (Orgs.), Ensaios sobre as abelhas da região Neotropical: homenagem aos 80 anos de Danuncia Urban. Editora UFPR, Curitiba, pp. 307–346.).

Bait trapping euglossine bees is itself a rather controversial issue. Active sampling (i.e. sampling euglossine bees through insect nets) is regarded to collect significantly more bee species than passive sampling (through bait traps) and leads to significantly different species composition (Nemésio and Vasconcelos, 2014Nemésio, A., Vasconcelos, H.L., 2014. Effectiveness of two sampling protocols to survey orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Neotropics. J. Insect Conserv. 18, 197-202.). On the other hand, it is undeniable that this latter method increases per capita sampling effort, particularly when large areas or many sites are surveyed simultaneously (Mattozo et al., 2011Mattozo, V.C., Faria, L.R.R., Melo, G.A.R., 2011. Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the coastal forests of southern Brazil: diversity, efficiency of sampling methods and comparison with other Atlantic forest surveys. Pap. Avulsos Zool. 51, 505-515.) and/or when robust sampling designs are required in terms of replication (Sydney and Gonçalves, 2015Sydney, N.V., Gonçalves, R.B., 2015. Is the capture success of orchid bees (Hymenoptera Apoidea) influenced by different baited trap designs? A case study from southern Brazil. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 59, 32-36.).

In studies where bait traps are employed for attracting males, for instance, these traps are sometimes offered to bees during a given period of a single day (e.g. Bezerra and Martins, 2001Bezerra, C.P., Martins, C.F., 2001. Diversidade de Euglossinae (Hymenoptera, Apidae) em dois fragmentos de Mata Atlântica localizados na região urbana de João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil. Rev. Bras. Zool. 18, 823-835.; Ramalho et al., 2009Ramalho, A.V., Gaglianone, M.C., Oliveira, M.L., 2009. Comunidades de abelhas Euglossina (Hymenoptera Apidae) em fragmentos de Mata Atlântica no Sudeste do Brasil. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 53, 95-101.), or traps are left in the field overnight (e.g. Botsch et al., 2017Botsch, J.C., Walter, S.T., Karubian, J., González, N., Dobbs, E.K., Brosi, B.J., 2017. Impacts of forest fragmentation on orchid bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) communities in the Chocó biodiversity hotspot of northwest Ecuador. J. Insect Conserv. 21, 633-643.; Coswosk et al., 2018Coswosk, J.A., Ferreira, R.A., Soares, E.D.G., Faria, L.R.R., 2018. Responses of euglossine bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae Euglossina) to an edge-forest gradient in a large Tabuleiro Forest remnant in eastern Brazil. Neotrop. Entomol. 47, 447-456.) and even longer (e.g. 3–4 days; Storck-Tonon et al., 2009Storck-Tonon, D., Morato, E.F., Oliveira, M.L., 2009. Fauna de Euglossina (Hymenoptera: Apidae) da Amazônia Sul-Ocidental, Acre Brazil. Acta Amaz. 39, 693-706.; Knoll and Penatti, 2012Knoll, F.R.N., Penatti, N.C., 2012. Habitat fragmentation effects on the orchid bee communities in remnant forests of southeastern Brazil. Neotrop. Entomol. 41, 355-365.). Replenishing of chemicals on the baits is also a common concern in euglossine assessments (see e.g. Sofia and Suzuki, 2004Sofia, S.H., Suzuki, K.M., 2004. Comunidades de machos de abelhas Euglossina (Hymenoptera: Apidae) em fragmentos florestais no sul do Brasil. Neotrop. Entomol. 33, 693-702.; Nemésio and Silveira, 2006Nemésio, A., Silveira, F.A., 2006. Edge effects on the orchid-bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae) at a large remnant of Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil. Neotrop. Entomol. 35, 313-323.; Silveira et al., 2011Silveira, G.C., Nascimento, A.M., Sofia, S.H., Augusto, S.C., 2011. Diversity of the euglossine bee community (Hymenoptera Apidae) of an Atlantic Forest remnant in southeastern Brazil. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 55, 109-115.). This practice is regarded to be a way of trying to ensure that compounds with different volatility profiles could be evenly available to males (e.g. Uehara-Prado and Garófalo, 2006Uehara-Prado, M., Garófalo, C.A., 2006. Small-scale elevational variation in the abundance of Eufriesea violacea (Blanchard) (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Neotrop. Entomol. 35, 446-451.), since alcohol-based scents would disperse faster than oil-based scents (see Nemésio, 2012Nemésio, A., 2012. Methodological concerns and challenges in ecological studies with orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina). Biosci. J. 28, 118-135.). Nemésio (2012)Nemésio, A., 2012. Methodological concerns and challenges in ecological studies with orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina). Biosci. J. 28, 118-135. presented and extensively discussed some methodological concerns in ecological studies with orchid bees, including those related to bait dispersion, distance from which males are supposed to be attracted to lures and so on. The main conclusion one can draw from the vast controversy presented by Nemésio (2012)Nemésio, A., 2012. Methodological concerns and challenges in ecological studies with orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina). Biosci. J. 28, 118-135. is that we do not entirely understand how baits work. In particular, one key aspect has to do with the duration of the attractiveness of these baits to males or how long bait traps should be offered to bees for sufficient sample, although a suggestion that this period may be as long as multiple weeks was given by Roubik (1993)Roubik, D.W., 1993. Tropical pollinators in the canopy and understory: field data and theory for stratum "preferences". J. Insect Behav. 6, 659-673.. However, two relevant questions should be stressed: (i) Roubik (1993)Roubik, D.W., 1993. Tropical pollinators in the canopy and understory: field data and theory for stratum "preferences". J. Insect Behav. 6, 659-673. presented information only on the attractiveness of cineole, while we present data on seven compounds; and, moreover, (ii) Roubik (1993)Roubik, D.W., 1993. Tropical pollinators in the canopy and understory: field data and theory for stratum "preferences". J. Insect Behav. 6, 659-673. reported the use of 8–15 mL of cineole per trap, while we just utilized cotton swabs soaked with a given aromatic compound (see methods below).

This short communication aims at presenting some general data on the attractiveness of bait traps that were left in the field during two weeks in a large Atlantic forest preserve.

Fieldwork was carried out at Reserva Natural Vale (RNV), a large remnant of Brazilian Atlantic forest, encompassing ca. 22,700 ha in the municipalities of Linhares, Jaguaré and Sooretama (19º06' –19º18' S and 39º45–40º19' W), northern Espírito Santo state, Brazil (Lopes and Mello-Silva, 2014Lopes, J.C., Mello-Silva, R., 2014. Annonaceae da Reserva Natural Vale, Linhares, Espírito Santo. Rodriguésia 65, 599-635.). Reserva Natural Vale, together with Reserva Biológica Sooretama (ca. 24,000 ha), are by far recognized (Amorim, 1984Amorim, H.B., 1984. Florestas nativas dos estados do Rio de Janeiro e Espírito Santo. Inventário Florestal Nacional. Instituto Brasileiro do Desenvolvimento Florestal-IBDF, Brasília.) as the last Tabuleiro forest massif in northern Espírito Santo (reviewed by Silva, 2014Silva, A.G., 2014. A importância da Reserva Natural Vale para a conservação das florestas tropicais nativas do Norte do Espírito Santo Brasil. Natureza Online 12, 206-211.). Among the four natural vegetation types found in the region, Mata Alta (tall forest), which presents a thick canopy layer reaching up to 40 m, occupies ca. 70% of the total area of the Reserva Natural Vale (Peixoto et al., 2008Peixoto, A.L., Silva, I.M., Pereira, O.J., Simonelli, M., Jesus, R.M., Rolim, S.G., 2008. Tabuleiro forests north of the Rio Doce: their representation in the Vale do Rio Doce Natural Reserve, Espírito Santo Brazil. In: Thomas, W.W. (Ed.), The Atlantic Coastal Forest of Northeastern Brazil. The New York Botanical Garden Press, New York, pp. 319–350.). Baits were installed in this physiognomy.

A total of 175 bait traps (35 traps for each of the following seven attractants: benzyl acetate, β-ionone, eucalyptol, eugenol, methyl salicylate, methyl trans-cinnamate and vanillin) was offered to bees along an edge-interior transect within the fragment. Complete description of bait traps and experimental design may be found elsewhere (Coswosk et al., 2018Coswosk, J.A., Ferreira, R.A., Soares, E.D.G., Faria, L.R.R., 2018. Responses of euglossine bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae Euglossina) to an edge-forest gradient in a large Tabuleiro Forest remnant in eastern Brazil. Neotrop. Entomol. 47, 447-456.). It is important to highlight that attractants were not replenished after the traps were placed in the field. Traps were installed in early December 2012, and samples were carried out one (sample 1), eight (sample 2) and fifteen (sample 3) days after their installation. In this way, sample 2 was carried out seven days after sample 1 and sample 3 was carried out seven days after sample 2 (fourteen days after sample 1). Bees lured were gently removed from traps, transferred to 70% ethanol, and pinned. Males were identified with help of taxonomic keys (Rebêlo and Moure, 1996Rebêlo, J.M.M., Moure, J.S., 1996 [1995]. As espécies de Euglossa Latreille do nordeste de São Paulo (Apidae, Euglossinae). Rev. Bras. Zool. 12, 445-466.; Faria and Melo, 2007Faria, L.R.R., Melo, G.A.R., 2007. Species of Euglossa (Glossura) in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, with taxonomic notes on Euglossa stellfeldi Moure (Hymenoptera Apidae, Euglossina). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 51, 275-284., 2012Faria, L.R.R., Melo, G.A.R., 2012. Species of Euglossa of the analis group in the Atlantic forest (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Zoologia 29, 349-374.; Nemésio, 2009Nemésio, A., 2009. Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Zootaxa 2041, 1-242.) and by comparison with specimens previously identified. Taxonomy follows Moure et al. (2012)Moure, J.S., Melo, G.A.R., Faria, L.R.R., 2012. Euglossini Latreille, 1802. In: Moure, J.S., Urban, D., Melo, G.A.R. (Eds.), Catalogue of Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Neotropical Region – Online Version. , http://www.moure.cria.org.br/catalogue (accessed 10.02.18).
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. All the individuals are deposited in the "Coleção Zoológica Norte Capixaba" (CZNC), Centro Universitário Norte do Espírito Santo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, São Mateus, Brazil.

A total of 3114 males of 25 species was collected at the three moments (sample 1: 683; sample 2: 1648; and sample 3: 783 specimens) (Table 1). Four main results are highlighted: (i) the abundance of specimens collected per day (sample 1: the absolute number of individuals collected after the first day; sample 2 and 3: the number of individuals divided by the seven days between samples 1 and 2 and samples 2 and 3) decreased in all the attractants as the traps were left on the field (Fig. 1A); (ii) despite this decrease, the absolute number of individuals collected after eight and fifteen days is remarkable, mostly in eugenol and vanillin baits (Fig. 1B); (iii) the vast majority of species, 22 of 25, was already collected on the first sample (Fig. 1C); (iv) there is a notable variation in the relative abundance of individuals collected in each scent as the collections were made (Fig. 1D).

Table 1
Abundance of euglossine species collected in seven different attractants over three consecutive samples (one, eight and fifteen days) at the Reserve Natural Vale, northern Espírito Santo state, Brazil (BA: benzyl acetate; BI: β-ionone; EC: eucalyptol; EG: eugenol; MC: methyl trans-cinnamate; MS: methyl salicylate; VN: vanillin).

Fig. 1
Variation in the number of individuals and species collected in RNV according to the attractive bait and each performed sample. a: abundance of specimens collected per day in each sample; b: absolute number of specimens collected in each sample; c: accumulated number of species after samples (a–c: sample 1, black; sample 2, gray; sample 3, white; BA: benzyl acetate; BI: β-ionone; EC: eucalyptol; EG: eugenol; MC: methyl trans-cinnamate; MS: methyl salicylate; VN: vanillin; T: total per sample); d: relative abundance of specimens collected in each scent (EC, black; EG, dark gray; VN, gray; BI, light gray; BA+MC+MS: white; numbers refer sequentially to first, second and third collections).

Regarding the decrease in attractiveness of the compounds, what could be inferred by the decline in the number of males collected per day, the abrupt drop in eucalyptol attractiveness after the first sample is remarkable. This compound is the most employed by orchid bee researchers, at least in Brazil (Faria et al., 2015Faria, L.R.R., Sydney, N.V., Gonçalves, R.B., 2015. How Brazilian researchers have been sampling orchid bees? In: Aguiar, A.J.C., Gonçalves, R.B.G., Ramos, K.S. (Orgs.), Ensaios sobre as abelhas da região Neotropical: homenagem aos 80 anos de Danuncia Urban. Editora UFPR, Curitiba, pp. 307–346.), and is regarded to be the most attractive compound with respect to the number of species collected (Rebêlo, 2001Rebêlo, J.M.M., 2001. História natural das euglossíneas. As abelhas das orquídeas. Lithograf, São Luís.). The evidence presented here supports the statement that using eucalyptol baited traps for a long period of time, without replenishment, seems to be ineffective since it is a highly volatile compound. On the other hand, the decrease was much less pronounced in eugenol and vanillin baits, two other widely used compounds (Faria et al., 2015Faria, L.R.R., Sydney, N.V., Gonçalves, R.B., 2015. How Brazilian researchers have been sampling orchid bees? In: Aguiar, A.J.C., Gonçalves, R.B.G., Ramos, K.S. (Orgs.), Ensaios sobre as abelhas da região Neotropical: homenagem aos 80 anos de Danuncia Urban. Editora UFPR, Curitiba, pp. 307–346.), that keep attracting a reasonable number of males per day even after two weeks. In the specific case of vanillin, this bait becomes more attractive as alcohol evaporates and the compound crystallizes, so that bait replenishment would not be desirable at first (Coswosk, pers. obs.).

These two baits could then be employed in sampling designs where the availability of bait traps in the field for long periods is useful, for instance in studies where population sizes of focal species that are known to be attract to these compounds are estimated. Intensive sampling schemes for some rare species could also be settled, improving the chances of collecting them. Some rare orchid bees of seasonal genus Eufriesea, for instance, are known to be attracted to eugenol and vanillin baits (e.g. Eufriesea brasilianorum (Friese, 1899), see Nemésio, 2009Nemésio, A., 2009. Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Zootaxa 2041, 1-242.).

These decisions should obviously consider the risk of collecting several specimens of the most abundant species and should be defined in a cost-effective context. After all, we have to keep in mind that the number of bees collected in samples 2 and 3 (2431 specimens) is quite high. When we consider that the decline of populations of forest dependent euglossine species is a real matter (e.g. Nemésio, 2013Nemésio, A., 2013. Are orchid bees at risk? First comparative survey suggests declining populations of forest dependent species. Braz. J. Biol. 73, 367-374.), with the possibility of becoming even worse (Faleiro et al., 2018Faleiro, F.V., Nemésio, A., Loyola, R., 2018. Climate change likely to reduce orchid bee abundance even in climatic suitable sites. Glob. Change Biol. 24, 2272-2283.), and that data on the conservation status of a large number of species is deficient (see Nemésio, 2009Nemésio, A., 2009. Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Zootaxa 2041, 1-242.), we really should consider the real need of collecting and sacrificing euglossine males (see Nemésio, 2012Nemésio, A., 2012. Methodological concerns and challenges in ecological studies with orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina). Biosci. J. 28, 118-135.).

The results presented here also give support to the statement that most euglossine species are expected to be inventoried in the first sampling days. Some studies suggest that short-term intensive sampling has been demonstrated to be useful in characterizing the local faunas of Euglossina, both in Atlantic areas where a large regional species pool is found (e.g. Nemésio, 2010Nemésio, A., 2010. The orchid-bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of a forest remnant in northeastern Brazil, with new geographic records and an identification key to the known species of the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 2656, 55-66.) and in Cerrado, where euglossine richness is not that high (e.g. Tosta et al., 2017Tosta, T.H.A., Silveira, G.C., Schiavini, I., Sofia, S.H., Augusto, S.C., 2017. Using short-term surveys and mark-recapture to estimate diversity and population size of orchid bees in forest formations of the Brazilian savanna. J. Nat. Hist. 51, 391-403.). However, it should be stressed that the results presented here, and also by Nemésio (2010)Nemésio, A., 2010. The orchid-bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of a forest remnant in northeastern Brazil, with new geographic records and an identification key to the known species of the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 2656, 55-66. and Tosta et al. (2017)Tosta, T.H.A., Silveira, G.C., Schiavini, I., Sofia, S.H., Augusto, S.C., 2017. Using short-term surveys and mark-recapture to estimate diversity and population size of orchid bees in forest formations of the Brazilian savanna. J. Nat. Hist. 51, 391-403. were obtained during the rainy season. As suggested by Nemésio (2016)Nemésio, A., 2016. Orchid bees (Hymenoptera Apidae) from the Brazilian savanna-like ‘Cerrado’: how to adequately survey under low population densities, North-West. J. Zool. 12, 230-238., rapid inventories should be carried out during the rainy season when the overall community composition, including those in the highly seasonal genus Eufriesea, are likely to be sampled. Obviously, an assessment aims at collecting the entire local fauna, so the lack of records for three species in the first day matters. When it is assumed that surveying all species is a virtually impossible task (e.g. Nilsson et al., 2001Nilsson, S.G., Hedin, J., Niklasson, M., 2001. Biodiversity and its assessment in Boreal and Nemoral forests. Scand. J. Forest Res. 3, 10-26.) and that all sampling methods have inherent and usually unknown sampling biases that favor the detection of some species but not others (Gotelli and Colwell, 2011Gotelli, N.J., Colwell, R.K., 2011. Estimating species richness. In: Magurran, A.E., McGill, B.J. (Eds.), Biological Diversity: Frontiers in Measuring Biodiversity. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 39–54.), the fact that 22 of 25 species were sampled in just one day is outstanding.

The availability of data on euglossine richness and composition from long-term studies is a bottleneck for conducting extensive comparative studies, e.g. on biogeography (e.g. Aguiar et al., 2014Aguiar, W.M., Melo, G.A.R., Gaglianone, M.C., 2014. Does forest phisiognomy affect the structure of orchid bee (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini) communities? A study in the Atlantic forest of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Sociobiology 61, 68-77.) of these bees. As the results of short-term assessments appear increasingly robust, data associated with orchid bee distribution and seasonality will greatly increase and comparative studies on euglossine assemblages will surely thrive.

Finally, even considering the results presented here come from a region where euglossine bees are abundant and speciose, we urge that bait traps should not be left in the field beyond what is strictly necessary, even in places where orchid bees are not that speciose and/or abundant, since there is a real possibility of collecting a significant number of individuals as these traps remain available to males.

Acknowledgments

We are indebted to Maria Cecília Martins Kierulff for giving us all the support within her reach during the fieldwork at Reserva Natural Vale. We also acknowledge Vale and Reserva Natural Vale administration for providing the permission to perform this study and for all the facilities during the fieldwork. CEUNES/UFES is acknowledged for providing transport during a field trip. Frederico Falcão Salles (UFES) is acknowledged for all his help with fieldwork. We acknowledge Antonio José Camillo de Aguiar (UnB) for important discussions on field collection of orchid bees. We thank SISBIO/ICMBio for the collecting permit (#21803).

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    Jan-Mar 2019

History

  • Received
    13 July 2018
  • Accepted
    3 Nov 2018
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