Bumblebee Habitats as a Part of Sustainable Ecotourism: Analysis from Regional Distribution in Arunachal Himalaya, India

Bumblebees are one of the natural resources in the region that attracts nature lovers for their beautiful colour patterns as well as for their pollination behaviour. Therefore, to study the possibility of including bumblebees as a part of sustainable ecotourism, quantitative assessment of the bumblebees in Arunachal Pradesh was conducted. We monitored 5-10 transects of 25 × 1 minside each of 31 grid cells of ~ 6.3 × 6.3 km planned. The study recorded 13 species of bumblebees with the highest species richness in the western part of the state. The top three grid cells for bumblebee diversity in terms of Shannon and Simpson indices are located in alpine meadows. All of these locations are adjacent to tourist areas. This indicates the potential for western Arunachal Pradesh to include bumblebees for ecotourism. In addition, 19 species of forage plants of bumblebees belonging to 12 families were recorded from the region. Principal component analysis loading score shows that the density of bumblebees is positively associated with altitude > humidity > sunlight intensity and negatively associated with ambient temperature.

@article{nyabin2026,
  author  = {Nyabin Riso1, Chihi Umbrey1, Amarnath Karmakar1, Hiren Gogoi1*, Daniel Mize1, and Paul H. Williams2},
  title   = {{Bumblebee Habitats as a Part of Sustainable Ecotourism: Analysis from Regional Distribution in Arunachal Himalaya, India}},
  journal = {Journal of Bioresearch},
  year    = {2026},
  volume  = {2},
  number  = {2},
  doi     = {https://doi.org/10.56716/4/1484},
}