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Home » Latest News, Newsroom » DLNR/USFWS JOINT NEWS RELEASE: ENDANGERED HAWAIIAN YELLOW-FACED BEES THREATENED BY INVASIVE ANTS
DLNR/USFWS JOINT NEWS RELEASE: ENDANGERED HAWAIIAN YELLOW-FACED BEES THREATENED BY INVASIVE ANTS
Posted on Jan 28, 2021 in Latest News, Newsroom
(Honolulu) – Researchers with the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Islands Coastal Program (USFWS) have discovered the endangered Hawaiian yellow-faced bee, (
Hylaeus anthracinus) is being threatened by invasive ants. These findings are the subject of a new paper being published in the open-access journal,
NeoBiota.
Invasive species such as ants have adverse, often catastrophic impacts on Hawaiian ecosystems and wildlife, including native insects like Hawaiian yellow-faced bees. This happens by way of direct predation and indirectly via competition. The USFWS Pacific Islands Coastal Program and DLNR are working collaboratively to understa