Caring for Pollinators - Bundesamt für Naturschutz

Hamm & Ssymank The pollinators buffet
Prunus pesica (Rosaceae)
Crop name: Peach
Positive impact by animal pollination: great/essential
Origin: China
Main producers: China, USA, S Europe, S Afrika, S
Amerika
Main pollinators and visitors: Bees (Hymenoptera)
Honey bees (Apis mellifera); Bumble bees;
Solitary bees (Osmia cornifrons, O.lignaria
propinqua)
Flies (Diptera)
Photo: A. Hamm
Prunus domestica (Rosaceae)
Crop name: Plum
Positive impact by animal pollination: great/essential
Origin: S Asia
Main producers: China, USA, Germany
Main pollinators and visitors: Bees (Hymenoptera)
Honey bees (Apis mellifera); Bumble bees;
Solitary bees (Osmia lignaria propinqua)
Flies (Diptera)
Flowerflies (Syrphidae: Eristalis sp.,
Cheilosa pagana)
Photo: A. Hamm
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