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1997

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a bumblebee mark-reobservation study conducted in a fragmented agricultural landscape, where bumblebee resources (forage, and probably also nest sites) exist mainly on scattered remnants of semi-natural habitat. The results show that reobservations of bumblebees marked while foraging were numerous and in general at short distances (less than 50 m) from where they were marked. In contrast, when bumblebees were marked at the nest, the numbers of reobservations were very low, even though monitoring of nest traffic showed the nest to be very active during reobservation walks. The results indicate that bumblebees do not necessarily forage close to their nest, and that caution is needed if foraging area and nest location are based solely on the observation of foragers