As global populations of domestic bee pollinators decline, it is of utmost importance for us to understand the factors that attract
wild pollinators such as hoverflies to flowers, and how these preferences differ in the face of environmental change.
As global populations of domestic bee pollinators decline, it is of utmost importance for us to understand what factors attract
wild pollinators such as hoverflies to flowers, and how these preferences differ in the face of environmental change.
Wild pollinators such as bees, butterflies and many other insects pollinate crops and wild plants, so that they can bear fruit and seed.
Not exact matches
The provision of structures providing food and shelter, and the lack of pesticide use, attract new or re-colonizing species to the organic area (both permanent and migratory), including
wild flora and fauna (e.g. birds) and organisms beneficial to the organic system
such as
pollinators and pest predators.
Biologists knew that
wild pollinators matter to
wild plants as well as to certain crops
such as blueberries, but not to commercial agriculture as a whole.