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Caring for Pollinators - Bundesamt für Naturschutz

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Hamm & Ssymank The pollinators buffet<br />

Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae)<br />

Crop name: Mango<br />

Positive impact by animal pollination: great/essential<br />

Origin: S Asia, Himalaya<br />

Main producers: India<br />

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

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

(Meliponini: Trigona sp.); Halictidae<br />

Flies (Diptera)<br />

Flowerflies (Syrphidae: Senaspis sp., Asark-<br />

ina sp., Syritta sp., Eristalis sp.)<br />

Bats (Megachiroptera)<br />

Pteropus sp.<br />

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

Origin: Mexico, Costa Rica<br />

Main producers: India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mexico,<br />

Venezuela<br />

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

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Photo: A. Hamm<br />

Manilkara zapota (Sapotaceae)<br />

Crop name: Chicle<br />

Positive impact by animal pollination: modest<br />

Photo: A. Hamm

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