Plant-insect pollinator interaction across land use in Doon Valley, Uttarakhand.

Abstract

Honey bees are a chief source of Pollination in agroecosystems. Their decline due to parasitic mite diseases, pesticides, climate change and multiple anthropogenic stresses caused agriculturists to turn to wild bees for pollination services. Present study investigate the diversity patterns and composition of bees as well as their interaction with floral functional groups (3 basic colours: yellow, blue and white) across selected habitats of forests and agroecosystem in the fragile river basin the Doon valley