{"id":31118,"date":"2025-01-08T13:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T19:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/?p=31118"},"modified":"2025-01-08T13:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T19:24:18","slug":"publicacion-del-sinac-en-costa-rica-resalta-aportes-de-estudiante-del-catie-al-estudio-de-las-comunidades-de-abejas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/2025\/01\/08\/publicacion-del-sinac-en-costa-rica-resalta-aportes-de-estudiante-del-catie-al-estudio-de-las-comunidades-de-abejas\/","title":{"rendered":"SINAC Publication in Costa Rica Highlights CATIE Student's Contributions to the Study of Bee Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em><em><em>The study addresses a priority topic of SINAC's 2014-2024 National Research Strategy, focusing on the interaction between human activities and ecosystems and the services they provide.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li><\/ul><p>The results of the master's thesis research by Ecuadorian student Mar\u00eda Fernanda Guanga Guill\u00e9n, titled \u201cEvaluation of Bee Communities in the Main Land Uses of CATIE\u2019s Commercial Farm,\u201d were recently published in the Newsletter of the National Research Program (PNI) of Costa Rica\u2019s National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC).<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2-Trampa-BlueVane.jpg\" alt=\"2.\tTrampa BlueVane, foto por Mar\u00eda Fernanda Guanga Guill\u00e9n.\" class=\"wp-image-31121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2-Trampa-BlueVane.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2-Trampa-BlueVane-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/2-Trampa-BlueVane-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BlueVane trap, photo by Mar\u00eda Fernanda Guanga Guill\u00e9n.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p>Guanga Guill\u00e9n's research addresses a priority topic of SINAC\u2019s 2014-2024 National Research Strategy, focusing on the interaction between human activities and ecosystems and the services they provide. Specifically, the study evaluated the abundance, diversity, and composition of bee communities in five different land uses within CATIE\u2019s commercial farm and its buffer zone.<\/p><p>Mar\u00eda Fernanda Guanga Guill\u00e9n, originally from Ecuador, pursued a scientific master\u2019s degree in Tropical Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation at CATIE from 2022 to 2023.<\/p><p>\u201cConducting research on Costa Rican bees meant a lot for my career as a researcher, as it allowed me to contribute scientific knowledge about the country's bee diversity, which welcomed me to pursue my master\u2019s. Furthermore, it has enabled me to apply that knowledge in my country, Ecuador, to promote research on pollinators and their importance in our ecosystems,\u201d she said.<\/p><p>This study helps close significant information gaps regarding the conservation status of bees in agricultural landscapes and highlights the relevance of academic work conducted at CATIE in generating knowledge to inform national conservation strategies.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/3-Trampa-de-platos-de-colores.jpg\" alt=\"Trampa de platos de colores, foto por Mar\u00eda Fernanda Guanga Guill\u00e9n.\" class=\"wp-image-31123\" style=\"width:530px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/3-Trampa-de-platos-de-colores.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/3-Trampa-de-platos-de-colores-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/3-Trampa-de-platos-de-colores-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colored plate trap, photo by Mar\u00eda Fernanda Guanga Guill\u00e9n.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p><strong>Key Findings<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"467\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-Trigona-fulviventris_Fuente-El-PAN-Programa-de-Abejas-Nativas-del-CINAT.jpg\" alt=\"Trigona fulviventris, fuente El PAN (Programa de Abejas Nativas) del CINAT.\" class=\"wp-image-31124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-Trigona-fulviventris_Fuente-El-PAN-Programa-de-Abejas-Nativas-del-CINAT.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-Trigona-fulviventris_Fuente-El-PAN-Programa-de-Abejas-Nativas-del-CINAT-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/4-Trigona-fulviventris_Fuente-El-PAN-Programa-de-Abejas-Nativas-del-CINAT-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trigona fulviventris, source: The PAN (Native Bees Program) of CINAT.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p>The research revealed that CATIE\u2019s farm, located in the Central Volcanic Range-Talamanca Biological Corridor (CBVCT), hosts significant bee diversity. A total of 1,857 individuals from 57 species were collected, distributed among five families: Apidae, Halictidae, Colletidae, Megachilidae, and Andrenidae. The results indicated that forested areas had the highest abundance of individuals, while transitional land uses such as forest-sugarcane exhibited significant richness and diversity.<\/p><p>These findings underscore that heterogeneous agricultural landscapes, such as those in CATIE\u2019s farm and the CBVCT, can play a key role in conserving diverse bee communities, which in turn contributes to preserving the ecosystem service of pollination. Additionally, the association of species\u2019 functional traits with their presence in different land uses demonstrates that land-use changes impact species differently.<\/p><p><strong>Support and Projection<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/5-Euglossa-heterosticta_Fuente-Museo-Nacional-de-Costa-Rica.jpg\" alt=\"Euglossa heterosticta, fuente Museo Nacional de Costa Rica.\" class=\"wp-image-31125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/5-Euglossa-heterosticta_Fuente-Museo-Nacional-de-Costa-Rica.jpg 418w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/5-Euglossa-heterosticta_Fuente-Museo-Nacional-de-Costa-Rica-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/5-Euglossa-heterosticta_Fuente-Museo-Nacional-de-Costa-Rica-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Euglossa heterosticta, source: National Museum of Costa Rica.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p>Mar\u00eda Fernanda pursued her master\u2019s degree with a scholarship granted by the Canadian government and the \u201cRESTAURacci\u00f3n Latin American Model Forest Network-Costa Rica\u201d project. Her research was supported by several CATIE units, including contributions from Alejandra Mart\u00ednez-Salinas, Diego Delgado, and Adina Chain from the Forests and Biodiversity in Productive Landscapes Unit; Sergio V\u00edlchez Mendoza from the Biostatistics Unit and the Latin American Chair of Ecology in Natural Forest Management; as well as external organizations such as Bee the Change, the Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont, and Mario Gallardo from the Tropical Apicultural Research Center (CINAT) at the National University of Costa Rica.<\/p><p>She is currently working on a manuscript to publish her findings in a peer-reviewed journal to broaden the impact of her research.<\/p><p><strong>National Research Program (PNI) Newsletter<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/6-Megachille_-Fuente-El-PAN-Programa-de-Abejas-Nativas-del-CINAT.jpg\" alt=\"Megachille, fuente El PAN (Programa de Abejas Nativas) del CINAT.\" class=\"wp-image-31126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/6-Megachille_-Fuente-El-PAN-Programa-de-Abejas-Nativas-del-CINAT.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/6-Megachille_-Fuente-El-PAN-Programa-de-Abejas-Nativas-del-CINAT-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Megachile, source: The PAN (Native Bees Program) of CINAT.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p>The article published in SINAC\u2019s newsletter highlights how the transformation of natural landscapes into agricultural ones impacts pollinator communities, which are essential for food security and biodiversity conservation. The research emphasized the importance of forests and land uses such as sugarcane adjacent to forests, which can provide habitat and resources for certain bee species.<\/p><p>By combining active and passive collection methodologies, unique patterns in the composition and diversity of bee communities were identified, underscoring the importance of integrating different land-use types into management and conservation strategies. Finally, the study suggests that landscape heterogeneity is key to maintaining the dynamics and distributions of bee communities, which are critical for sustaining crop productivity and food security.<\/p><p>Interested individuals can access a copy of her thesis through the following link: <a href=\"https:\/\/repositorio.catie.ac.cr\/handle\/11554\/12346\">https:\/\/repositorio.catie.ac.cr\/handle\/11554\/12346<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><p><strong>More information:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<p>Alejandra Mart\u00ednez-Salinas<br>Coordinator<br>Forests and Biodiversity in Productive Landscapes Unit<br>CATIE<br><a href=\"mailto:amartinez@catie.ac.cr\">amartinez@catie.ac.cr<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Mar\u00eda Fernanda Guanga Guill\u00e9n<br>Researcher<br>M\u00e1ster en Manejo y Conservaci\u00f3n de Bosques Tropicales y Biodiversidad<br><a href=\"mailto:maria.guanga@catie.ac.cr\">maria.guanga@catie.ac.cr<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><p><strong> Written by:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<p>Esteban Rodr\u00edguez Zamora<br>Communicator<br>Information Technology and Communication<br>CATIE<br><a href=\"mailto:esteban.rodriguez@catie.ac.cr\">esteban.rodriguez@catie.ac.cr<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los resultados de la investigaci\u00f3n de tesis de maestr\u00eda de la estudiante ecuatoriana Mar\u00eda Fernanda Guanga Guill\u00e9n, titulada \u201cEvaluaci\u00f3n de las comunidades de abejas en los principales usos de la tierra de la finca comercial del CATIE\u201d, fueron recientemente publicados &hellip; <\/p>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":31120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pmpro_default_level":"0","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31118"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31128,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31118\/revisions\/31128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.catie.ac.cr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}