The Role of Bees and other pollinators in Increasing Horticultural Production
Everyone knowsabout the bees, and there are some 20 000 species of wild bees that pollinate plants but it may come as a surprise to know that moths, flies, wasps, beetles and butterflies as well as some animals pollinate plants. Vertebrate. pollinators include bats, non-flying mammals, including several species of monkey, sunbirds, honeycreepers and some parrot species. The abundance and diversity of pollinators ensures the sustained provision of pollination services to multiple types of plants and leads to better food. POLLINATORS, INVISIBLE TO THE EYE BUT YIELDING GREAT RETURNS IN HORTICULTURE Pollination is the highest Horticulture contributor to yields worldwide, contributing far beyond any other Horticultural management practice. Thus, bees and other pollinators make important contributions to Horticulture. Pollinators affect 35 percent of global Horticultural land, supporting the production of 87 of the leading food crops worldwide. Plus, pollination-depe