Systematic Review of Honey Bee and Wild Bee Competition, 83 Field Studies

A systematic review of 83 field studies evaluating food competition between managed honey bees and wild bees. The dataset, created by Kristina Gratzer and last updated in April 2026, synthesizes evidence from both native and introduced regions. It reports that 100% of studies assessing floral resource overlap detected it, while direct fitness impacts were examined in only 4.8-12.0% of studies.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the prevalence of floral resource overlap between bee species based on the review of 75 studies.
• Comparing the frequency of direct fitness outcome assessments versus indirect competition indicators across 83 studies.
• Investigating regional differences in survival outcomes between native and introduced honey bee ranges, as suggested by the description.
• Evaluating the statistical independence between studies measuring foraging parameters and those detecting fitness impacts.

Strengths

• The review is based on 83 field studies, providing a substantial evidence base.
• It clearly distinguishes between studies using indirect indicators (82.1%) and direct fitness measures (17.9%).
• Specific statistical results are reported, such as the independence of foraging and fitness studies (p < 0.001).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is small (34.2 KB), indicating limited scope, likely containing summary statistics rather than raw study data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Kristina Gratzer

Collection Method

Systematic review of published field studies.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 11:20:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Studies from both native and introduced regions of honey bees.