Flaminio Simone, Ranalli Rosa, Zavatta Laura, Galloni Marta, Bortolotti Laura
CREA Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Via di Corticella n. 133, 40128 Bologna, Italy.
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 42, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Insects. 2021 Sep 18;12(9):841. doi: 10.3390/insects12090841.
Bees play a key role in natural and agro-ecosystems and their diversity is worldwide threatened by anthropogenic causes. Despite this, there is little awareness of the existence of the numerous species of wild bees, and the common name "bee" is very often exclusively associated with . Our aim was to create a citizen science project in Italy with the following objectives: (a) raising awareness of the importance and diversity of bees, (b) obtaining data on the biology, ecology and distribution of Italian species, and (c) launching the monitoring of alien bees. The first step of the project was to create a website platform with a section containing informative datasheets of the wild bee families and of the most common bee genera present in Italy, a form to send reports of observed bees and an interactive map with all citizen's reports. During the 2 years of the project 1086 reports were sent by 269 users, with 38 Apoidea genera reported on 190 plant genera; furthermore, 22 reports regarding the alien species arrived. The majority of bees (34 genera) were observed on spontaneous plants, including 115 genera native to Italy. Considering the increasing number of reports and data obtained in these first two years of the project, our objectives seem to be achieved. Future steps will be to outline the profile of beewatchers, to plan activities in a more targeted way, and also to start some sub-projects for conservation purposes.
蜜蜂在自然和农业生态系统中发挥着关键作用，其多样性在全球范围内受到人为因素的威胁。尽管如此，人们对众多野生蜜蜂物种的存在知之甚少，而且“蜜蜂”这个通用名称常常仅与[此处原文缺失相关内容]联系在一起。我们的目标是在意大利开展一个公民科学项目，目标如下：(a) 提高对蜜蜂重要性和多样性的认识；(b) 获取有关意大利蜜蜂物种生物学、生态学和分布的数据；(c) 启动对外来蜜蜂的监测。该项目的第一步是创建一个网站平台，其中有一个部分包含野生蜜蜂科以及意大利境内最常见蜜蜂属的信息数据表、一个用于提交所观察到蜜蜂报告的表格以及一张显示所有公民报告的交互式地图。在该项目的两年时间里，269名用户提交了1086份报告，涉及190种植物上的38个膜翅目属；此外，还收到了22份关于外来物种的报告。大多数蜜蜂（34个属）是在自生植物上被观察到的，其中包括115种意大利本土植物。考虑到在该项目的头两年中报告数量和所获数据不断增加，我们的目标似乎正在实现。未来的步骤将是勾勒蜜蜂观察者的概况、更有针对性地规划活动，以及启动一些出于保护目的的子项目。
