Boosting the buzz – Native floral enhancement plantings provide native bees and other pollinators with a floral banquet year-round

Title
Boosting the buzz – Native floral enhancement plantings provide native bees and other pollinators with a floral banquet year-round
Publication Date
2021
Author(s)
Schmidt, Lena Alice
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6014-4079
Email: lschmidt@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:lschmidt
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australian Native Bee Association
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/73542
Abstract

It is widely known that pollination is a critical ecosystem service for many food crops and wild plants; however, around the world, many populations of wild bees and other insect pollinators are in decline. The main bee species deployed by growers to provide pollination services to crops is the European honeybee (Apis mellifera). In Australia, we are in the fortunate position that feral and managed honeybee populations have not yet been decimated by the Varroa mite (Varroa destructor). However, as Varroa mite establishment seems inevitable, other, wild insect pollinators, including native bees, will have an even more vital role to play in the future, from both an ecological and a food security perspective.

Link
Citation
The Cross-Pollinator, v.26, p. 3-7
Start page
3
End page
7

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