Investigations of pollen loads on wild bees (Hymenoptera Apoidea)
Part of the diplom thesis 1992
Friederike Erlinghagen
Wilhelm-Raabe-Weg 6, D-30938 Burgwedel, Germany
E-Mail: infoogzpLw@friederike-erlinghagen.de
Table 1 No. of visited plant species while a single flight of pollen collecting in %. All data base on pollen analytical investigations. In contrast to Brian, Hasselrot, Macior and Richards pollen with a lower part of 5 % was assessed as intake pollen by chance ( method and discussion Westrich & Schmidt 1986).
| No. of visited plant species | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRIAN (1954) | 49.5 | 30.3 | 11.6 | 5.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.3 | |
| HASSELROT (1960) | Social, polylectic | 61.9 | 27.3 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| MACIOR (1968) | (gen. Bombus Latr.) | 55.4 | 30.6 | 11.3 | 2.7 | |||
| RICHARDS (1973) | 50.0 | 38.6 | 8.6 | 0.7 | ||||
| ERLINGHAGEN (1991) | 61.9 | 35.7 | 2.4 | |||||
| ERLINGHAGEN (1991) | Solitär, polylectic | 37.0 | 63 | |||||
| ERLINGHAGEN (1991) | Solitär, oligolectic | 1* | ||||||
| ERLINGHAGEN (1991) | Honey bee (Apis mellifera) | 100 |
* absolute no. (Andrena agilissima as a oligolectic species collected pollen of Sinapis arvensis and Brassica napus, both belong to the family of Brassicaceae)
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