Importance of honey bees in ecosystem – causes for their deterioration – review
Dr. Y Savithri, Dr. P Ravi Sekhar
Biodiversity defines the abundance of terrestrial life from all sources and the interspecies relations. It is about relation between animals, plants, persons and organisms of all kinds. Pollination is a valuable ecosystem service and also of high economic value through enhanced agricultural production especially. Honey bees are the most important pollinator species in natural habitats in the world and a major contributor to the functions of natural ecosystems. The decline in pollinator population and diversity happening worldwide in the recent years are mainly due to the decline in the habitat, deforestation, urbanization, industrialization, use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and electromagnetic Radiation.
Dr. Y Savithri, Dr. P Ravi Sekhar. Importance of honey bees in ecosystem – causes for their deterioration – review. International Journal of Entomology Research, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 111-115