Research Article

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

Table 6

List of bee species recorded in different habitats around flower farms from 2010 to 2012 (data include relative abundance of the species over the five rounds of data collection conducted on five transect from 2010 to 2012. The abundance is the average visitation frequency (number of bee-visits/20 min) of observations/100–500 flowers/25 m2). The data are means of data collected in transects set in farmlands and in grasslands habitats.

Name of the flower farmBee species recorded around Relative abundance (%)
( individuals)

FidugaApis mellifera adansonii (Linnaeus,  1758)14.08
FidugaMeliponula ferruginea (Lepeletier, 1836)10.90
FidugaNomia brevipes (Friese, 1914)9.03
FidugaLassioglossum kampalense (Cockerell, 1945)6.92
FidugaScrapter armatipes (Friese, 1913)5.62
FidugaCeratina rufigastra (Cockerell, 1937)5.13
FidugaHalictus jucundus (Smith, 1853)4.98
FidugaApis mellifera scutellata (Latreille, 1804)3.69
FidugaCeratina whiteheadi (Eardley and Daly, 2007)3.47
FidugaPseudoheriades moricei (Friese, 1897)3.19
FidugaPatellapis flavorufa (Cockerell, 1937)3.11
FidugaMegachile torrida (Smith, 1853)2.64
FidugaMegachile rufipennis (Fabricius, 1793)2.48
FidugaAnthophora armata (Friese, 1905)2.30
FidugaXylocopa inconstans (Smith, 1874)2.09
FidugaCtenoplectra ugandica (Cockerell, 1944)2.03
FidugaScrapter flavipes (Friese, 1925)1.95
FidugaScrapter flavostictus (Cockerell, 1934)1.55
FidugaBraunsapis angolensis (Cockerell, 1933)1.49
FidugaMegachile rufiventris (Guérin-Méneville, 1834)1.37
FidugaXylocopa caffra (Linnaeus, 1767)1.37
FidugaCeratina tanganyicensis (Strand, 1911)1.19
FidugaAmegilla calens (Lepeletier, 1841)1.18
FidugaNomia bouyssoui (Vachal, 1903)1.14
FidugaPatellapis neavei (Cockerell, 1946)1.12
FidugaAmegilla velutina (Friese, 1909)1.02
FidugaTetraloniella braunsiana (Friese, 1905)0.77
FidugaNomia atripes (Friese, 1909)0.68
FidugaTetralonia macrognatha (Gerstäcker, 1870)0.60
FidugaTetralonia caudata (Friese, 1905)0.59
FidugaLipotriches dentipes (Friese, 1930)0.57
FidugaMegachile acraensis (Friese, 1903) 0.52
FidugaLasioglossum ugandicum (Cockerell, 1937)0.43
FidugaPatellapis vittata (Smith, 1853)0.42
FidugaLithurgus rufipes (Smith, 1853)0.39

Name of the flower farmBee species recorded around Relative abundance (%)
( individuals)

Mairye Estates Apis mellifera adansonii (Linnaeus, 1758)22.30
Mairye Estates Meliponula ferruginea (Lepeletier, 1836)19.84
Mairye Estates Apis mellifera scutellata (Latreille, 1804)8.67
Mairye Estates Halictus jucundus (Smith, 1853)4.44
Mairye Estates Ceratina braunsi (Eardley and Daly, 2007)4.25
Mairye Estates Amegilla calens (Lepeletier, 1841)4.17
Mairye Estates Patellapis terminalis (Smith, 1853)4.17
Mairye Estates Patellapis schultzei (Friese, 1909)4.12
Mairye Estates Lithurgus pullatus (Vachal, 1903)3.75
Mairye Estates Braunsapis angolensis (Cockerell, 1933)3.24
Mairye Estates Nomia bouyssoui (Vachal, 1903)3.21
Mairye Estates Lassioglossum kampalense (Cockerell, 1945)2.60
Mairye Estates Nomia rozeni (Pauly, 2000)1.79
Mairye Estates Xylocopa caffra (Linnaeus, 1767)1.57
Mairye Estates Tetraloniella junodi (Friese, 1909)1.35
Mairye Estates Allodape friesei (Strand, 1915)1.28
Mairye Estates Nomia lutea (Warncke, 1976)1.23
Mairye Estates Scrapter algoensis (Friese, 1925)1.20
Mairye Estates Megachile hopilitis (Vachal, 1903)1.01
Mairye Estates Tetralonia caudata (Friese, 1905)1.01
Mairye Estates Stenoheriades braunsi (Cockerell, 1932)0.91
Mairye Estates Megachile torrida (Smith, 1853)0.78
Mairye Estates Meliponula nebulata (Smith, 1854)0.71
Mairye Estates Megachile rufipennis (Fabricius, 1793)0.79
Mairye Estates Ctenoplectra armata (Magretti, 1895)0.64
Mairye Estates Amegilla acraensis (Fabricius, 1793)0.61
Mairye Estates Thyreus bouyssoui (Vachal, 1903)0.59

Name of the flower farmBee species recorded around Relative abundance (%)
( individuals)

PearlApis mellifera adansonii (Linnaeus, 1758)23.67
PearlApis mellifera scutellata (Latreille, 1804)10.64
PearlCeratina tanganyicensis (Strand, 1911)8.58
PearlCeratina rufigastra (Cockerell, 1937)4.12
PearlNomia senticosa (Vachal, 1897)5.75
PearlNomia theryi (Gribodo, 1894)5.43
PearlCeratina lineola (Vachal, 1903)3.33
PearlHalictus jucundus (Smith, 1853)2.57
PearlHalictus niveocinctulus (Cockerell, 1940)2.24
PearlAmegilla velutina (Friese, 1909)2.20
PearlLasioglossum aethiopicum (Cameron, 1905)2.00
PearlMeliponula ferruginea (Lepeletier, 1836)1.80
PearlBraunsapis angolensis (Cockerell, 1933)1.79
PearlAnthophora armata (Friese, 1905)1.73
PearlMegachile rufiventris (Guérin-Méneville, 1834)1.68
PearlNomia bouyssoui (Vachal, 1903)1.55
PearlBraunsapis facialis (Gerstäcker, 1857) 1.39
PearlMegachile junodi (Friese, 1904)1.18
PearlPatellapis vittata (Smith, 1853)1.18
PearlMegachile felina (Gerstäcker, 1857)1.15
PearlMegachile eurymera (Smith, 1864) 1.03
PearlLipotriches digitata (Friese, 1909)1.02
PearlAndrena africana (Friese, 1909)1.01
PearlPatellapis disposita (Cameron, 1905)0.99
PearlAllodape stellarum (Cockerell, 1916)0.96
PearlAfromelecta bicuspis (Stadelmann, 1898)0.95
PearlMegachile niveofasciata (Friese, 1904)0.79
PearlAmegilla acraensis (Fabricius, 1793)0.77
PearlThyreus somalicus (Strand, 1911)0.73
PearlMegachile rufipennis (Fabricius, 1793)0.70
PearlLithurgus rufipes (Smith, 1853)0.67
PearlMacrogalea candida (Smith, 1879)0.63
PearlMegachile nasalis (Smith, 1879)0.63
PearlHalictus obscurifrons (Cockerell, 1945)0.59
PearlLipotriches tanganyicensis (Strand, 1913)0.59
PearlMelitta whiteheadi (Eardley, 2006)0.58
PearlPlebeiella lendliana (Friese, 1900)0.51
PearlMelitta arrogans (Smith, 1879)0.31
PearlAmegilla niveata (Friese, 1905)0.27
PearlMelitta danae (Eardley, 2006)0.27
PearlMegachile natalica (Cockerell, 1920)0.26
PearlAmegilla rufipes (Lepeletier, 1841)0.26
PearlPlebeina hildebrandti (Friese, 1900) 0.23
PearlAllodape friesei (Strand, 1915)0.23
PearlCtenoplectra terminalis (Smith, 1879)0.20
PearlCeratina viridis (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)0.18
PearlNomia rozeni (Pauly, 2000)0.18
PearlTetralonia macrognatha (Gerstäcker, 1870)0.18
PearlXylocopa caffra (Linnaeus, 1767)0.18
PearlMegachile torrida (Smith, 1853)0.11

Name of the flower farmBee species recorded around Relative abundance (%)
( individuals)

WagagaiApis mellifera adansonii (Linnaeus, 1758)37.25
WagagaiApis mellifera scutellata (Latreille, 1804)15.76
WagagaiHalictus orientalis (Lepeletier, 1841)9.59
WagagaiMeliponula ferruginea (Lepeletier, 1836)6.63
WagagaiHypotrigona gribodoi (Magretti, 1884)8.23
WagagaiBraunsapis bouyssoui (Vachal, 1903)3.04
WagagaiCeratina tanganyicensis (Strand, 1911)2.63
WagagaiNomia atripes (Friese, 1909)1.89
WagagaiAllodape friesei (Strand, 1915)1.88
WagagaiAllodape ceratinoides (Gribodo, 1884) 1.81
WagagaiAllodapula acutigera (Cockerell, 1936)1.78
WagagaiBraunsapis angolensis (Cockerell, 1933)1.70
WagagaiNomia bouyssoui (Vachal, 1903)1.51
WagagaiTetralonia caudata (Friese, 1905)0.84
WagagaiMegachile eurymera (Smith, 1864) 0.74
WagagaiPatellapis disposita (Cameron, 1905)0.64
WagagaiMegachile rufipes (Fabricius, 1781)0.63
WagagaiScrapter whiteheadi (Eardley, 1996)0.64
WagagaiThyreus neavei (Cockerell, 1933)0.55
WagagaiMacrogalea candida (Smith, 1879)0.54
WagagaiLasioglossum ugandicum (Cockerell, 1937)0.45
WagagaiAmegilla calens (Lepeletier, 1841)0.40
WagagaiTetralonia macrognatha (Gerstäcker, 1870)0.31
WagagaiMegachile rufipennis (Fabricius, 1793)0.30
WagagaiXylocopa inconstans (Smith, 1874)0.25