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This is a list of crop plants pollinated by bees along with how much crop yield is improved by bee pollination. [1] Most of them are pollinated in whole or part by honey bees and by the crop's natural pollinators such as bumblebees, orchard bees, squash bees, and solitary bees. Where the same plants have non-bee pollinators such as birds or ...
These bees, distinguished by their varying sizes and foraging capabilities, visit oil-flowers of different sizes and shapes to collect oil, effectively ensuring pollination for Calceolaria. [2] [8] [11] Chalepogenus oil-collecting forage on Calceolaria flowers of small size, with a wide lower lip. It has been speculated that both of these ...
Few flowering plants self-pollinate; some can provide their own pollen (self fertile), but require a pollinator to move the pollen; others are dependent on cross pollination from a genetically different source of viable pollen, through the activity of pollinators. One of the possible pollinators to assist in cross-pollination are honeybees.
Like most other bees, they are essential for pollination. Specifically, they pollinate cacti, desert willow, and palo verde. [14] The tunneling ability of these bees aerates the soil, and this allows water from rain to reach plant roots quickly. Their nitrogen rich feces fertilizes the soil. [15] Their stings are mild, so they are not dangerous.
Because Lysimachia plants produce fatty oils in the place of nectar, oil-bees like Macropis nuda are the main pollinators of these plants. Little was known about the chemical communication for how Macropis bees find Lysimachia plants until a 2007 study of Lysimachia chemical indicators. [8]
Centris analis is a habitat generalist as it has been found living in a wide variety of different habitats. [3] [6] Frankie et al. [6] examined the habitat preferences of Centris species in Costa Rica and C. analis was found in equal abundances across a wide variety of habitats including dry deciduous forest, riparian forest, savanna, mesic forest, and regenerative forest.
Monocots account for nearly all hydrophilous or water-pollinated plants. These are monocots that are adapted to use water as a vector and constitute most of the aquatic plants . [ 1 ] Depending on the species, pollen can either float on the surface and disperse by wind and water currents towards other surface-floating flowers, or pollen can ...
Even in temperate climates, where wind pollination is prevalent among forest trees, many bushes and herbaceous plants, rely on bees for pollination. The significance of bees extends to arid regions, such as desertic and xeric shrublands, where bee-pollinated plants are essential for preventing erosion, supporting wildlife, and ensuring ...