From: Martin on 01/03/2002 07:57 AM
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Subject: Feral honey bee refs (Aust.)
For those interested, the following is a selection of a suite of references on
feral honey bee - native flora and fauna impacts in Australia. A more complete
list of recent references is in the recently published Scientific Advisory
Committee (Vict.) Recommendation Report on this item which is available from me
(provide mail address if interested).
Papers
Manning, R. (1997) The Honeybee debate: a critique of scientific studies of
honeybees Apis mellifera and their alleged impact on Australian wildlife.
Vic. Naturalist 114 (1): 13-22.
Paton, D. (2000) Disruption of Bird-Plant Pollination Systems in Southern
Australia. Conservation Biology 14 (5): 1232-1234.
Pyke, G. H. & Blazer, L. (1985) The effects of the introduced honey bee Apis
mellifera on Australian native bees. NSW NP&WS Occasional Paper No. 7.
Pyke, G. H. (1999) The introduced honeybee Apis mellifera and the Precautionary
Principle: reducing the conflict. Australian Zoologist 31: 181-186.
Schwarz, M. P. & Hurst, P. S. (1997) Effects of Introduced Honey Bees on
Australia
's Native Bee Fauna. Vic. Nat. 114 (1): 7-12.
Trainor, R. (1995) Sweet danger: How feral bees compete with hollow-using birds
and mammals. Bird Observer April 1995: 7-9.
Web sites
Exotic honeybees in the Australian bush, Ockham's Razor -
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/stories/s224473.htm
Significance of Honey Bees in the Australian Environment: Setting the Scene -
http://calcite.apana.org.au/fncv/vicnat/trnew.html
Honeybees as a nestbox pest ? http://www.powerup.com.au/~ozbox/bees_honey.htm
cheers
Martin O'Brien
Executive Scientific Officer, Scientific Advisory Committee
Department of Natural Resources and Environment
4/250 Victoria Pde.,
East Melbourne 3002 AUSTRALIA
Tel: 9412 4567 Fax: 9412 4586
(prefixes: Interstate 03 International 613)
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Visit the Flora and Fauna Guarantee section of the
Department of Natural Resources and Environment at:
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/plntanml/native/ffg.htm
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