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Caring for Pollinators - Bundesamt für Naturschutz

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Hamm & Ssymank The pollinators buffet<br />

Fragaria vesca and x ananassa (Rosaceae)<br />

Crop name: European strawberry<br />

Positive impact by animal pollination: modest<br />

Origin: America, Chile<br />

Main producers: Worldwide<br />

Main pollinators and visitors: Bees (Hymenoptera)<br />

Honey bees (Apis mellifera); Stingless bees<br />

(Meliponini: Trigona angusula, T. minangka-<br />

bau, Nannotrigona testaceicornis) Bumble<br />

bess (Bombus terrestris); Solitary bees<br />

(Osmia cornuta)<br />

Flies (Diptera)<br />

Flowerflies (Syrphidae: Syritta pipiens, Epi-<br />

syrphus balteatus, Eristalis spp.,<br />

Sphaerophoria spp.)<br />

Photo: W. Barthlott/W. Rauh<br />

Luffa cylindrica (Cucurbitaceae)<br />

Crop name: Smooth Loofah<br />

Positive impact by animal pollination: unknown<br />

Origin: Tropics<br />

Main producers: Tropics, Asia, Africa, America<br />

Main pollinators and visitors: Bees (Hymenoptera)<br />

Honey bees (Apis sp.); Stingless bees<br />

(Meliponini. Trigona sp.); Solitary bees (Xy-<br />

locopa sp.)<br />

Photo: W. Barthlott/W. Rauh<br />

Photo: W. Barthlott/W. Rauh<br />

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Photo: W. Barthlott/W. Rauh

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