{"id":668323,"date":"2025-05-10T22:45:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T19:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bees-are-particularly-affected-by-higher-temperatures-and-more-intensive-land-use-new-study-reveals\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T22:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T19:45:19","slug":"bees-are-particularly-affected-by-higher-temperatures-and-more-intensive-land-use-new-study-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bees-are-particularly-affected-by-higher-temperatures-and-more-intensive-land-use-new-study-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Bees are particularly affected by higher temperatures and more intensive land use, new study reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c338b766eb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c338b766eb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bees-are-particularly-affected-by-higher-temperatures-and-more-intensive-land-use-new-study-reveals\/#Bees_are_particularly_affected\" >Bees are particularly affected<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bees-are-particularly-affected-by-higher-temperatures-and-more-intensive-land-use-new-study-reveals\/#Three_key_findings\" >Three key findings<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2025\/bees-are-particularly.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2025\/bees-are-particularly.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Bees wait asleep in an artificial nest made of reed stems for favorable flight conditions. Different species close their nest entrances with clay or plant debris. Credit: Cristina Ganuza\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2025\/bees-are-particularly.jpg\" alt=\"Bees are particularly affected by higher temperatures and more intensive land use\" title=\"Bees wait asleep in an artificial nest made of reed stems for favorable flight conditions. Different species close their nest entrances with clay or plant debris. Credit: Cristina Ganuza\" width=\"800\" height=\"343\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Bees wait asleep in an artificial nest made of reed stems for favorable flight conditions. Different species close their nest entrances with clay or plant debris. Credit: Cristina Ganuza<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The number and diversity of insects is declining worldwide. Some studies suggest that their biomass has almost halved since the 1970s. Among the main reasons for this are habitat loss\u2014for example through agriculture or urbanization\u2014and climate change.<\/p>\n<p>These threats have long been known. What is less well-known is how these global change drivers interact and how their effects can become even more severe that way. For example, insects that have been deprived of their natural habitat could be even more affected by higher temperatures in a new environment.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Julius-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t W\u00fcrzburg (JMU) have investigated precisely this serious interaction at 179 locations throughout Bavaria. The study is part of the LandKlif research cluster, coordinated by Professor Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter within the Bavarian Climate Research Network bayklif.<\/p>\n<p>They published their results in the journal <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/royalsocietypublishing.org\/doi\/10.1098\/rspb.2024.3053\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bees_are_particularly_affected\"><\/span>Bees are particularly affected<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The study shows that insects from different trophic levels react differently to the combination of higher temperatures and more intensive land use. Bees were particularly affected. While populations in forests coped well with the heat, their urban relatives had their numbers reduced by 65%.<\/p>\n<p>Like humans, the animals were not only affected by hot daytime temperatures, but also by the warmer than average nights. Both the number and diversity of bees suffered considerably.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that night-time temperatures have such an impact on diurnal insects is significant. Precisely because average night-time temperatures rise even faster than daytime temperatures,&#8221; explains biologist Dr. Cristina Ganuza.<\/p>\n<p>Although insects higher up in the food chain coped better with the heat, they struggled in open agricultural habitats, for example. &#8220;This can have a negative impact on agricultural production because insects that contribute to natural pest control should be similarly affected,&#8221; Dr. Sarah Redlich continues.<\/p>\n<p>The situation for these insects was better where agricultural land and natural areas were mixed.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Three_key_findings\"><\/span>Three key findings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The researchers summarize their findings in three key points:<\/p>\n<p>Warmer daytime temperatures lead to a higher number and diversity of bees, but only in forests and grasslands, the most natural habitats. Therefore, the preservation and creation of interconnected natural habitats within agricultural and urban areas is of great importance.<\/p>\n<p>Higher night temperatures lead to lower bee richness across all studied habitat types. &#8220;This previously unknown negative effect of warmer nights on insects reveals a new threat that requires further research to uncover the underlying physiological mechanisms,&#8221; explains Steffan-Dewenter.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change and land use interact, but affect insects at lower or higher positions in the food chain in different ways. &#8220;Their different responses could disrupt food webs and important ecosystem functions such as pest control and pollination,&#8221; says Ganuza.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n<p><strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCristina Ganuza et al, Warmer temperatures reinforce negative land-use impacts on bees, but not on higher insect trophic levels, <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s<\/i> (2025). <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2024.3053\" target=\"_blank\">DOI: 10.1098\/rspb.2024.3053<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium mt-4\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProvided by<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJulius-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t W\u00fcrzburg<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-wuerzburg.de\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<use href=\"https:\/\/phys.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBees are particularly affected by higher temperatures and more intensive land use, new study reveals (2025, May 10)<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tretrieved 10 May 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfrom https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2025-05-bees-affected-higher-temperatures-intensive.html\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t This document is subject to copyright. 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