The potential of Euglossini bees, especially Euglossa, as biological indicators of organic vs non-organic coffee farms was studied in Atenas and San Isidro, Alajuela, Costa Rica using 1.8-cineole as lure.Observations Urological Accessories were made for three days at each of four farms and complemented with data from a year of observations.Orchid bees were in greater abundance in the organic farms (t-Student test).However, lower abundances suggest that an organic farm may be negatively affected by the proximity BOREAL FACE CREAM of non-organic farms, depending on its size and distance.
Orchid bees may be indicators of organic coffee farms.Rev.Biol.Trop.54 (3): 965-969.
Epub 2006 Sept.29.