Is Cut-Flower Industry Promotion by the Government Negatively Affecting Pollinator Biodiversity and Environmental/Human Health in Uganda?

Table 5

Relative abundance of bees (%) per habitat types encountered during transect counts across the surroundings of the 4 flower farms investigated from 2010 to 2012 in Uganda.

(a)

Field types	Land-use types encountered during bee transect counts in croplands	Relative abundance (%)
Cultivated fields	Abandoned bushy gardens	0.1
Cultivated fields	Agroforestry trees + Banana + Beans + Maize + Fruit trees	3.3
Cultivated fields	Banana + Bean + Cassava crops	29.7
Cultivated fields	Banana + Beans + Sweetpotato + Agroforestry trees + Fruit trees	4.8
Cultivated fields	Banana + Cassava + Beans + Maize	0.9
Cultivated fields	Banana + Cassava + Beans + Sweetpotato + Maize + Mango + Avocado	3.3
Cultivated fields	Banana + Cassava + Groundnut + Fruit trees	0.8
Cultivated fields	Banana + Coffee + Beans + Maize + Mango + Avocado	1.7
Cultivated fields	Banana + Egg plant + Tomato + Bean + Sweetpotato	1.6
Cultivated fields	Banana + Groundnut + Casssava + Maize + Agroforestry trees	2.8
Cultivated fields	Banana + Maize + Beans + Sweetpotato + Fruit trees	2.2
Cultivated fields	Coffee + Banana + Cassava + Beans + Fruit trees	2.0
Cultivated fields	Coffee-Banana-Cassava-Beans–Fruit trees-Agroforestry trees	7.1
Cultivated fields	Coffee + Banana + Cassava + Groundnut + Maize + Fruit trees	0.5
Cultivated fields	Fruits orchards + Homegardens	1.2
Cultivated fields	Communal grazing fields	1.3
Cultivated fields	Field margins	9.3
Cultivated fields	Hedgerows (established in farmlands)	6.8
Cultivated fields	Swampy crops (Egg plant + Pumpkin + Watermelon + Tomato, etc.)	6.4
Cultivated fields	Herbaceous young fallows	15.8

Chi-square test: 𝜒²=179.61, 𝑁=100, DF=19, 𝑃<0.0001.

(b)

Field types	Semi-natural habitat types encountered during transect-counts of bees in grasslands/rangelands	Relative abundance (%)
Uncultivated fields	Edge of natural wetlands (various plant species mixed)	0.22
Uncultivated fields	Forest fallow (Vernonia sp.)	1.70
Uncultivated fields	Forest fallows	1.00
Uncultivated fields	Forested-swampy habitats	2.21
Uncultivated fields	Grassy fallows	1.50
Uncultivated fields	Hedgerows (established rangelands)	4.42
Uncultivated fields	Herbaceous/shrubby grasslands	1.43
Uncultivated fields	Lake Victoria-edge vegetation (various species)	5.88
Uncultivated fields	Lantana camara-Erlangeya tomentosa old fallows	0.83
Uncultivated fields	Lantana camara-Erythrina sp. hedges on roadsides	10.07
Uncultivated fields	Natural forest remnant patches	0.44
Uncultivated fields	Old fallows (Lantana camara-Cassia sp.-Maesa lancelota)	1.12
Uncultivated fields	Paddocking fenced grazing plots (with live fences)	12.64
Uncultivated fields	Reclaimed wetlands (with crops + natural vegetations)	0.99
Uncultivated fields	Shrubby old fallows	25.29
Uncultivated fields	Swampy habitat vegetation (various plant species mixed)	3.66
Uncultivated fields	Unfenced grazing plots	19.97
Uncultivated fields	Unreclaimed-papyrus swampy habitats	4.60
Uncultivated fields	Woodlands (Euphorbia sp.)	0.15
Uncultivated fields	Woodlots (Eucalyptus-Pine)	0.46
Uncultivated fields	Woodlots (native and exotic species mixed)	1.42

Chi-square test: 𝜒²=195.43, 𝑁=100, DF=20, 𝑃<0.0001.