UK pollinators include the western honey bee (Apis mellifera), bumble bees, solitary bees, wasps, hoverflies, other flies, beetles, moths and butterflies. By far the most important groups of wild pollinators in UK are bees and hoverflies. Wild and managed pollinators deliver pollination services to support healthy wild plant populations and also to a variety of flowering crops that in part depend on these insects to maintain the quantity and quality of agricultural yields.
Pages: 8
Published: 2017
Download also the full version of the Pollinator Strategy for Scotland Report 2017-2027
