what types of bees pollinate
Anthecology is the scientific study of pollination. Insect pollinators include bees, (honey bees, solitary species, bumblebees); pollen wasps (Masarinae); ants; a variety of flies including bee flies and hoverflies; lepidopterans, both butterflies and moths; and flower beetles.uglossine bees pollinate orchids, but these are male bees collecting floral scents rather than females gathering nectar or pollen. Female orchid bees act as pollinators, but of flowers other than orchids. Eusocial bees such as honey bees need an abundant and steady pollen source to multiply.
On a per-bee basis, Southeastern blueberry bees are the best pollinators of rabbiteye, followed by bumble bees and honey bees (Cane & Payne 1990). Carpenter bees do not pollinate rabbiteye blueberry and, in fact, reduce the effectiveness of bees that do (see the section on Carpenter Bees).he pollen is not wind-borne, and insects are good pollinators. With some varieties, bee pollination increases seed set per boll ('Pima S-1'), cotton yield ('Ashmouni', 'Pima S-1'), and earliness of seed set ('A-33', 'A-44').