Caring for Pollinators - Bundesamt für Naturschutz

Hamm & Ssymank The pollinators buffet
Lycospersicon esculentum (Solanaceae)
Crop name: Tomato
Positive impact by animal pollination: little
Origin: SC America
Main producers: Worldwide
Main pollinators and visitors: Bees (Hymenoptera)
Honey bees (Apis mellifera); Bumble bees
(Bombus hypnorum, B. pascuorum, B. sono-
rous, B. Terrestris, B. vonesenskii) ; Stin-
gless bees (Meliponini: Melipona quadrifas-
ciata, Nannotrigona perliampoides); Solitary
bees (Amegilla chlorocyanea, A. holmesi,
Xylocopa spp.)
Photo: W. Barthlott/W. Rauh
Malus domestica (Rosaceae)
Crop name: Apple
Positive impact by animal pollination: great/essential
Origin: SW China
Main producers: China, USA, France, Italy
Main pollinators and visitors: Bees (Hymenoptera)
Honey bees (Apis mellifera, A. cerana); Bum
ble bees (Bombus sp.); Solitary bees (An-
drena sp., Anthophora sp., Osmia corni-
frons, O. lignaria propinqua, O. rufa)
Flies (Diptera)
Flowerflies (Syrphidae: Eristalis cerealis, E.
tenax, Episyrphus balteatus, Eupeodes
corollae)
Photo: A. Hamm
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Photo: W. Barthlott/W. Rauh
Photo: A. Hamm