Abstract
Environmental changes in New Zealand over the last 200 years such as the intensifi cation of agriculture have nearly eliminated some species of native bees from parts of their historic ranges. Consequently, the reproductive success of native plants reliant on native bees for pollination may be adversely impacted, thereby altering native ecosystems. The potential pollination rate of some introduced crops might also be reduced. Overwintering prepupae of the ground-nesting colletid bee Leioproctus huakiwi Donovan, 2007, were relocated in nests in soil and in artifi cial cells to new nest sites, where they established new populations which expanded by about 8-25 times over three years (and for the two sites together by 12.75 times), showing that large populations can develop rapidly. The two transference methods should be applicable to other species of colletids, indicating that relocation of these bees to new areas for both conservation and economic values is readily achievable.
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