Data and code accompanying the article Concrete Consequences: "Construction on Prime Honey Bee Habitat Doubles Foraging Distances"

In this study, we decoded and analyzed honey bee waggle dances before (2018-19, n = 382) and after (2022, n = 502) land development took place within the hives' foraging range. While the total area of construction totaled just 1% of the honey bee maximum foraging range, this nearly doubled the average forager flight distance (from 0.69 kilometers to 1.28 kilometers) and energy expenditure per foraging flight (from 7 to 13 Joules). We also find that bees increase (from 2.4% to 8.4%) their use of undisturbed microhabitat within the development.

本研究对蜜蜂摆尾舞（waggle dance）进行了解码与分析，样本采集时段涵盖蜂群觅食范围内开展土地开发前（2018-2019年，样本量n=382）与开发后（2022年，样本量n=502）两个阶段。尽管施工总面积仅占蜜蜂最大觅食范围的1%，但该开发却使觅食蜂的平均飞行距离从0.69千米增至1.28千米，单次觅食飞行的能量消耗从7焦耳升至13焦耳，增幅近乎翻倍。本研究同时发现，蜜蜂在开发区域内对未受干扰微生境的利用占比从2.4%提升至8.4%。