- effective pollinators
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other pollinators
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flies
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ants
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beetles
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butterflies
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wasps
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bumblebees
- insects
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flowers
- 80%by insects
- 85%by honey bees
- 90%fruit trees by honey bees
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pollination
- 170,000 flowering plants
- 40,000 flowering plants dependent
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world wide
- pollinated by 9 species
- europe and africa only 1
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H.B successful
- million flowers by single colony
- inform about new area flowers
- all flowers are visited
- cope up with all type of flowers
- ideal partner for flowering plants
- adapt changing flower "situation"
- flowers attracts
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growth of pollen
- less for honey bees
- than wind pollination and flower eating beetles