Gutenberg Open Science: SAD but true: species awareness disparity in bees is a result of bee-less biology lessons in Germany

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Christ, Laura	-
dc.contributor.author	Dreesmann, Daniel C.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-26T10:09:02Z	-
dc.date.available	2022-10-26T10:09:02Z	-
dc.date.issued	2022	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/8187	-
dc.description.abstract	Bee and insect mortality has recently moved to the forefront of current nature conservation debates and experiences intensive media coverage worldwide. In order to understand the complexity, it is necessary to raise awareness of the diversity of bees. This study investigated whether students are aware of the species diversity of bees. We are guided by the concept of ‘plant blindness’ and show that it cannot be assumed that people are only ’plant-blind’. Therefore, we introduce the concept of Species Awareness Disparity (SAD) in bees to describe a phenomenon which can be defined as the failure to appreciate the significance of wild bee species and the inability to distinguish between individual species of the Apidae family. A total of 421 German students in grades 5–7 participated. The majority of students did not associate a diversity of species with the term ‘wild bee’ but rather consider the honeybee as the bee. Only 2.7% (N = 421) of the students were able to correctly identify pictures of wild bees and the honeybee. This highlights the importance of educating students about the identity and nature of bees in their environment so that they become aware of their meaning from both a personal and an ecological perspective.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 491381577	de
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	570 Biowissenschaften	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	570 Life sciences	en_GB
dc.title	SAD but true: species awareness disparity in bees is a result of bee-less biology lessons in Germany	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-8172	-
jgu.type.contenttype	Scientific article	de
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 10 Biologie	de
jgu.organisation.number	7970	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Sustainability	de
jgu.journal.volume	14	de
jgu.journal.issue	5	de
jgu.pages.alternative	2604	de
jgu.publisher.year	2022	-
jgu.publisher.name	MDPI	de
jgu.publisher.place	Basel	de
jgu.publisher.uri	https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/5/2604	de
jgu.publisher.issn	2071-1050	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	570	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.3390/su14052604	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Naturwissenschaften	de
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