Land use in the Northern Great Plains region of the U.S. influences the survival and productivity of honey bee colonies

Agriculture & Biology

• Great Plains region 100%
• honey bee colonies 75%
• land use 59%
• apiaries 58%
• forage 26%
• honey 18%
• bees 15%
• bee pollen 12%
• beekeepers 11%
• apiculture 11%
• intensive farming 11%
• land management 10%
• roadsides 10%
• conservation programs 10%
• pesticide residues 10%
• USDA 9%
• fallow 9%
• woody plants 9%
• pollinating insects 9%
• hay 8%
• conservation areas 8%
• honey bees 8%
• volunteers 8%
• Angiospermae 7%
• grasslands 7%
• survival rate 7%
• growing season 6%
• pastures 6%
• pollen 6%
• flowering 6%
• summer 5%
• nutrients 5%
• crops 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• honey 81%
• bee 75%
• plain 46%
• productivity 42%
• land use 40%
• forage 24%
• land 12%
• pollen 10%
• apiculture 9%
• fallow land 7%
• pollinator 7%
• intensive agriculture 7%
• pesticide residue 7%
• hay 6%
• survivorship 6%
• flowering 6%
• woody plant 6%
• angiosperm 6%
• site selection 6%
• land management 5%
• pasture 5%
• growing season 5%
• grassland 4%
• sustainability 4%
• crop 3%
• nutrient 3%
• summer 3%
• program 2%