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Mauro Pinzauti [1], Antonio Felicioli [2]
Insect's pronubial activity importance in pollination of crops and wild plants

[1] Dip. Cdsl, Sez. Entomologia agraria, Università di Pisa, Italy
[2] Dip. Anatomia, Biochimica e Fisiologia veterinaria, Università di Pisa, Italy

Coevolution between Apoidea and higher plants has made these insects into pollinators par excellence. Both solitary and eusocial bees species are known, sometimes coexisting within the same family. Over 85% of bees are solitary and feed exclusively on nectar and pollen, using a wide range of nesting strategies in most sites for survival and reproduction. In our study we set-up for these bees a pollination service method. Understanding pollination syndromes might allow to use other species of pronubials insects to increase pollination efficiency and to allow numerous botanical species (coltivated and wild) to find benefit from bees pollinating activity, including over 80% of crops.

Contact: mpinzaut@agr.unipi.it