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SUBMITTER: Tanaka K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7653823 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tanaka Keisuke K Nozaki Akinobu A Nakadai Hazuki H Shiwa Yuh Y Shimizu-Kadota Mariko M
BMC research notes 20201110 1
<h4>Objective</h4>Apis mellifera is a species of honeybee that has been introduced around the world as an industrial beekeeping species. Recently, urban beekeeping has attracted attention as a means of ecosystem protection and urban greening. This study aimed to investigate nectar sources of urban beekeeping in Kōtō-ku, Tokyo using pollen DNA metabarcoding.<h4>Results</h4>We extracted DNA from pollen collected by the honeybees of a local urban beekeeping operation. DNA metabarcoding analysis was ...[more]