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Hymenoptera, especially Bees as Important Pollinators
Hymenoptera is one of the most important pollinators for many crops and wild plants in Korea. Many species visit in flowers for acquirement energy source of adults, and especially bees need pollen for rearing larvae. So, bees forage on flowers more than other insects. In 2023, specice number of bees in Korea is 308 species under 6 families, 38genera. However, many bees as like bumblebees are reduced rapidly because of climate change to warm, habitat destruction as like urbanization and pestcide abuse as like Neonicotinate. For example, in Gwangreung forests there were 6 species records : Bombus ignitus, B. ardens, B. koreanus, B. ussuriensis, B. atripes and B. opulantus. But, in 2023 we could find only two species Bombus ignitus and B. ardens. Bees need protection of Habitat, healthe, and food plants by human.
