Managing West African Bees in the implementation of a first reference collection: Bees caught in three areas of Burkina Faso

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Description

This resource publishes bees from Burkina Faso with the aim of expanding and managing the first reference collection of West African bees. This study, which started in Burkina Faso, is still going on in Côte d'Ivoire and will cover all country of West Africa.

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Coulibaly D, Stein K (2018): Managing West African Bees in the implementation of a first reference collection: Bees caught in three areas of Burkina Faso. v1.0. Station d'Ecologie de Lamto. Dataset/Samplingevent. http://ipt-cotedivoire.gbif.fr/resource?r=managing_west_african_bees_in_the_implementation_of_a_first_reference_collection-bees_caught_in_three_areas_of_burkina_faso&v=1.0

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Keywords

SamplingEvent; Hymenoptera; Bees; Apidae; Halictidae; Colletidae; Megachilidae; West Africa; Reference collection.

Contacts

Drissa Coulibaly
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • User
  • Point Of Contact
principal investigator
Universite Peleforo Gon Coulibaly de Korhogo
BP 1328 Korhogo
Korhogo
Korhogo
CI
00225 07377471
Katharina Stein
  • Originator
University of Rostock
Rostock
DE
Souleymane KONATE
Administrative point of contact
Universite Nangui Abrogoua
25 BP 223 Abidjan 25, Côte d'Ivoire
Abidjan
Abidjan
CI
00225 07676133
KOLO YEO
Administrative point of contact
Universite Nangui Abrogoua/Station d'Ecologie de Lamto
BP 28 N'Douci Cote d'Ivoire
Abidjan
CI
00225 05849545

Geographic Coverage

The Ecology Station of Lamto is an ecological research station located in the center of Côte d’Ivoire. Founded in 1962 by two French scientists, Maxime Lamotte and Jean-Luc Tournier, the station of Lamto is both a geophysical measurement center and a tropical ecological center. It is attached to Nangui Abrogoua University of Abidjan.

Bounding Coordinates South West [6.52, -5.037], North East [6.594, -4.971]

Taxonomic Coverage

The captured bees have been identified from the family to the species. We obtained 4 families of bees(Apidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae, Colletidae).

Order Hymenoptera (Hymenoptera)
Family Apidae (Apidae), Halictidae (Halictidae), Megachilidae (Megachilidae), Colletidae (Colletidae)

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2013-09-30 / 2015-10-30

Project Data

These bees were captured and identified as part of a research project to study bee diversity in the Sudanese savannah areas from Burkina Faso. The objective is to widen the knowledges on West Africa bees which, to date, are still poorly known. 97 species of bees have been identified in 4 families (Apidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae, Colletidae). Bees capture were made in both natural and cultivated areas in order to cover all bee activity areas.

Title Extension and management of the reference collections of bee pollinators in West Africa
Identifier BID-AF2017-0251-SMA
Funding This project is funded by the European Union.
Study Area Description In principle, our study will have to extend later to all regions of West Africa. But, for this project, our study is limited to Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire.

The personnel involved in the project:

Coulibaly Drissa
  • Principal Investigator

Sampling Methods

Four sampling plots of each 5400 m2 (60m x 90m) were chosen in near-natural savannah habitats and in nearby fields of the main cash crops of this area (cotton, sesame) at each study site (Figure 2), resulting in a total number 36 sampling plots. Each sampling plot comprised four sampling blocks (15m x 30m) spaced to 30 m. In each block six traps were installed in a distance of 15 m. In total, we set up 864 traps (24 traps per sampling plot; 288 traps per site). Cotton and sesame fields chosen to capture bees in were located at a maximum distance of 2km from the near-natural savanna sites. (Figure 2). Pantraps were used to sample honey bees and wild bees. UV-bright yellow, white and blue 500ml plastic bowls were placed in the height of ca. 1m above the ground in the savanna sites and fields; filled with salt (NaCl) saturated water and a small drop of detergent (liquid soap) were left out for 72h during each sampling round. Bees were sampled once each month in the savanna plots and every 2 weeks in the fields due to the shorter flowering period of the crops. Specimens of bees were collected, stored in alcohol, and thereafter pinned and identified to genus or species (voucher specimens are held at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels).

Study Extent Sampling was carried out in three different localities of Burkina Faso (Dano, Bontioli and Nazinga). In each locality, we made capture on 4 sites per habitat type (natural savanna, cotton fields and sesame fields).

Method step description:

  1. Four sampling plots of each 5400 m2 (60m x 90m) were chosen in near-natural savannah habitats and in nearby fields of the main cash crops of this area (cotton, sesame) at each study site (Figure 2), resulting in a total number 36 sampling plots. Each sampling plot comprised four sampling blocks (15m x 30m) spaced to 30 m. In each block six traps were installed in a distance of 15 m. In total, we set up 864 traps (24 traps per sampling plot; 288 traps per site). Cotton and sesame fields chosen to capture bees in were located at a maximum distance of 2km from the near-natural savanna sites. (Figure 2). Pantraps were used to sample honey bees and wild bees. UV-bright yellow, white and blue 500ml plastic bowls were placed in the height of ca. 1m above the ground in the savanna sites and fields; filled with salt (NaCl) saturated water and a small drop of detergent (liquid soap) were left out for 72h during each sampling round. Bees were sampled once each month in the savanna plots and every 2 weeks in the fields due to the shorter flowering period of the crops. Specimens of bees were collected, stored in alcohol, and thereafter pinned and identified to genus or species (voucher specimens are held at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels).

Collection Data

Collection Name Reference collection of West Africa bees
Specimen preservation methods Pinned,  Alcohol
Curatorial Units Between 15 and 50 Entomological boxes