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This is a list of crop plants pollinated by bees along with how much crop yield is improved by bee
Contribute pollination.[1] Most of them are pollinated in whole or part by honey bees and by the crop's natural
Help pollinators such as bumblebees, orchard bees, squash bees, and solitary bees. Where the same plants
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Pollination by insects is called entomophily. Entomophily is a form of plant pollination whereby pollen is
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distributed by insects, particularly bees, Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), flies and beetles. Honey bees
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Page information Most staple food grains, like corn, wheat, rice, soybean and sorghum, need no insect help at all; they are
Cite this page wind or self-pollinated. Other staple food crops, like bananas and plantains, are propagated from cuttings,
Wikidata item and produce fruit without pollination (parthenocarpy). Further, foods such as root vegetables and leafy
vegetables will produce a useful food crop without pollination, though pollination may be required for the
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Number
Languages of
Commercial
Pollinator honey Geography
Dansk Common Latin product
Edit links Pollinator bee of
name name of
impact hives cultivation
pollination
per
acre
Honey bees
(incl. Apis
Abelmoschus
Okra cerana), fruit 2-modest temperate
esculentus
solitary bees
(Halictus spp.)
Honey bees,
Actinidia
Kiwifruit bumblebees, fruit 4-essential
deliciosa
solitary bees
Solanum Bumblebees, temperate,
Potato seed 1-little
tuberosum solitary bees tropical

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Honey bees,
temperate,
Onion Allium cepa solitary bees, seed 1-little
tropical
blow flies
Honey bees,
stingless bees,
bumblebees,
solitary bees
Anacardium
Cashew (Centris nut 3-great tropical
occidentale
tarsata),
butterflies,
flies,
hummingbirds
Honey bees,
Apium
Celery solitary bees, seed temperate
graveolens
flies
Strawberry Arbutus Honey bees,
fruit 2-modest
tree unedo bumblebees
Carambola, Averrhoa Honey bees,
fruit 3-great tropical
starfruit carambola stingless bees
Bumblebees,
orchid bees
Bertholletia
Brazil nut (Euglossini), nut 4-essential equatorial
excelsa
carpenter
bees
Hover flies,
Beet Beta vulgaris honey bees, seed 1-little temperate
solitary bees
Brassica Honey bees,
alba, solitary bees
Brassica (Osmia
Mustard seed 2-modest temperate
hirta, cornifrons,
Brassica Osmia
nigra lignaria)
Brassica Honey bees,
Rapeseed seed 2-modest temperate
napus solitary bees
Brassica
Honey bees,
Broccoli oleracea seed 1-little temperate
solitary bees
cultivar
Brassica
oleracea Honey bees,
Cauliflower seed 1-little temperate
Botrytis solitary bees
Group
Brassica
oleracea Honey bees,
Cabbage seed 1-little temperate
Capitata solitary bees

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Group
Brassica
Brussels oleracea Honey bees,
seed 1-little temperate
sprouts Gemmifera solitary bees
Group
Chinese Honey bees,
Brassica rapa seed 1-little temperate
cabbage solitary bees
Honey bees,
solitary bees
(Andrena
ilerda, Osmia
Turnip,
Brassica rapa cornifrons, seed 3-great 1 temperate
canola
Osmia
lignaria,
Halictus spp.),
flies
Honey bees,
solitary bees
Pigeon pea,
Cajanus (Megachile
Cajan pea, seed 1-little
cajan spp.),
Congo bean
carpenter
bees
Solitary bees,
Jack bean, carpenter
Canavalia
horse bean, bees seed 2-modest
spp.
sword bean (Xylocopa
confusa)
1-little
Honey bees, (pollinators
stingless bees important in
Chilli pepper, Capsicum
(Melipona green
red pepper, annuum,
spp.), fruit houses to
bell pepper, Capsicum
bumblebees, increase fruit
green pepper frutescens
solitary bees, weight, but
hover flies less in open
fields)
Honey bees,
thrips, large
Carica
Papaya sphinx moths, fruit 1-little
papaya
moths,
butterflies
Carthamus Honey bees,
Safflower seed 1-little
tinctorius solitary bees
Honey bees,
Caraway Carum carvi solitary bees, seed 2-modest temperate
flies

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sub-tropical,
Castanea Honey bees,
Chestnut nut 2-modest Mediterranean
sativa solitary bees
or temperate,
Honey bees,
Citrullus
Watermelon bumblebees, fruit 4-essential 1-3 temperate
lanatus
solitary bees
Citrus Honey bees,
Tangerine fruit 1-little sub-tropical
tangerina bumblebees
Orange,
Honey bees,
grapefruit, Citrus spp. fruit 1-little sub-tropical
bumblebees
tangelo
Cocos Honey bees,
Coconut nut 2-modest tropical
nucifera stingless bees
Coffea spp.
Coffea Honey bees,
arabica, Coffea spp. stingless bees, fruit 2-modest tropical
Coffea solitary bees
canephora
Coriandrum Honey bees,
Coriander seed 3-great
sativum solitary bees
seed
Honey bees,
Coronilla (increased
Crownvetch bumblebees, temperate
varia L. yield from
solitary bees
pollinators)
Crataegus Honey bees,
Azarole fruit 1-little
azarolus solitary bees
Honey bees,
squash bees,
Cantaloupe, Cucumis
bumblebees, fruit 4-essential 2-4 temperate
melon melo L.
solitary bees
(Ceratina spp.)
Honey bees,
squash bees,
bumblebees,
leafcutter bee
(in
greenhouse
pollination),
Cucumis solitary bees
Cucumber fruit 3-great 1-2 temperate
sativus (for some
parthenocarpic
gynoecious
green house
varieties
pollination is

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detrimental to
fruit quality)
Squash,
Honey bees,
pumpkin,
Cucurbita squash bees,
gourd, fruit 4-essential 1 temperate
spp. bumblebees,
marrow,
solitary bees
zucchini
Guar bean, Cyamopsis
Honey bees seed 1-little
Goa bean tetragonoloba
Cydonia
Quince Honey bees fruit temperate
oblonga Mill.
Honey bees
Lemon Citrus limon (also will often fruit temperate
self-pollinate)
Honey bees
Lime Citrus limetta (also will often fruit temperate
self-pollinate)
Flies, solitary
Daucus
Carrot bees, honey seed temperate
carota
bees
Hyacinth Honey bees,
Dolichos spp. seed 2-modest
bean solitary bees
Dimocarpus Honey bees,
Longan 1-little
longan stingless bees
Diospyros
Honey bees,
kaki,
Persimmon bumblebees, fruit 1-little
Diospyros
solitary bees
virginiana
Elettaria Honey bees,
Cardamom 3-great
cardamomum solitary bees
Eriobotrya Honey bees,
Loquat fruit 3-great
japonica bumblebees
Fagopyrum Honey bees,
Buckwheat seed 3-great 1 temperate
esculentum solitary bees
Feijoa Honey bees,
Feijoa fruit 3-great tropical
sellowiana solitary bees
Honey bees,
Foeniculum
Fennel solitary bees, seed 3-great temperate
vulgare
flies
Honey bees,
stingless bees,
bumblebees,
Strawberry Fragaria spp. solitary bees fruit 2-modest 1 temperate
(Halictus

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spp.), hover
flies
Honey bees,
Gossypium
Cotton bumblebees, seed, fiber 2-modest
spp.
solitary bees
Bumblebees,
Helianthus
Sunflower solitary bees, seed 2-modest 1 temperate
annuus
honey bees
Honey bees,
Linum
Flax bumblebees, seed 1-little temperate
usitatissimum
solitary bees
Litchi Honey bees,
Lychee fruit 1-little
chinensis flies
Lupinus Honey bees,
Lupine angustifolius bumblebees, seed temperate
L. solitary bees
Honey bees,
stingless bees
(Trigona
Macadamia carbonaria),
Macadamia nut 4-essential tropical
ternifolia solitary bees
(Homalictus
spp.), wasps,
butterflies
fruit (minor
Malpighia Honey bees,
Acerola commercial
glabra solitary bees
value)
Honey bees,
orchard
mason bee,
bumblebees,
solitary bees
Malus
(Andrena spp., 1, 2 semi
domestica or
Apple Halictus spp., fruit 3-great dwarf, 3 temperate
Malus
Osmia spp., dwarf
sylvestris
Anthophora
spp.), hover
flies (Eristalis
cerealis,
Eristalis tenax)
Mammee Mammea
Bees fruit 2-modest tropical
apple americana
Honey bees,
Mangifera stingless bees,
Mango fruit 3-great sub-tropical
indica flies, ants,
wasps

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Alfalfa
Medicago leafcutter bee,
Alfalfa seed 1 temperate
sativa alkali bee,
honey bees
Honey bees,
Nephelium
Rambutan stingless bees, fruit 1-little tropical
lappaceum
flies
Cactus, Bumblebees,
Opuntia spp. fruit 2-modest
prickly pear solitary bees
Onobrychis Honey bees,
Sainfoin seed temperate
spp. solitary bees
Carpenter
bees, solitary
Passion fruit, Passiflora
bees, fruit 4-essential tropical
maracuja edulis
bumblebees,
hummingbirds
Stingless
Persea bees, solitary
Avocado fruit 3-great
americana bees, honey
bees
Lima bean,
kidney bean,
haricot bean,
Phaseolus Honey bees,
adzuki bean, fruit, seed 1-little
spp. solitary bees
mungo bean,
string bean,
green bean
Bumblebees,
Scarlet Phaseolus honey bees,
seed
runner bean coccineus L. solitary bees,
thrips
Honey bees,
solitary bees
Pimenta (Halictus spp.,
Allspice 3-great
dioica Exomalopsis
spp., Ceratina
spp.)
Honey bees,
Prunus bumblebees,
Apricot fruit 3-great 1 temperate
armeniaca solitary bees,
flies
Honey bees,
Prunus avium bumblebees,
Sweet cherry fruit 3-great temperate
spp. solitary bees,
flies

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Honey bees,
Prunus bumblebees,
Sour cherry fruit 3-great temperate
cerasus solitary bees,
flies
Plum, Prunus Honey bees,
greengage, domestica, bumblebees,
fruit 3-great 1 temperate
mirabelle, Prunus solitary bees,
sloe spinosa flies
Prunus
Honey bees,
dulcis,
bumblebees,
Prunus
Almond solitary bees nut 3-great 2-3 temperate
amygdalus,
(Osmia
or Amygdalus
cornuta), flies
communis
Honey bees,
Peach, Prunus bumblebees,
fruit 3-great 1 temperate
nectarine persica solitary bees,
flies
Honey bees,
stingless bees,
Psidium bumblebees,
Guava fruit 2-modest tropical
guajava solitary bees
(Lasioglossum
spp.)
Honey bees,
Punica
Pomegranate solitary bees, fruit 2-modest
granatum
beetles
Honey bees,
bumblebees,
Pyrus
Pear solitary bees, fruit 3-great 1 temperate
communis
hover flies
(Eristalis spp.)
Black Ribes Honey bees,
currant, red nigrum, bumblebees, fruit 2-modest temperate
currant Ribes rubrum solitary bees
Honey bees,
bumblebees,
Rose hips, carpenter
Rosa spp. 3-great temperate
dogroses bees, solitary
bees, hover
flies
Honey bees,
Boysenberry Rubus spp. bumblebees, fruit temperate
solitary bees
Honey bees,
bumblebees,

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Raspberry Rubus idaeus solitary bees, fruit 3-great 1 temperate

hover flies
(Eristalis spp.)
Honey bees,
bumblebees,
Rubus
Blackberry solitary bees, fruit 3-great temperate
fruticosus
hover flies
(Eristalis spp.)
Honey bees,
Sambucus solitary bees,
Elderberry fruit 2-modest temperate
nigra flies, longhorn
beetles
Honey bees,
Sesamum
Sesame solitary bees, seed 2-modest
indicum
wasps, flies
2-modest
(pollinators
important in
Solanum Bumblebees,
Eggplant fruit green temperate
melongena solitary bees
houses, but
less in open
fields)
Solanum Bumblebees,
Naranjilla fruit 3-great tropical
quitoense solitary bees
Honey bees,
Sorbus solitary bees,
Rowanberry fruit 4-essential temperate
aucuparia bumblebees,
hover flies
Sorbus
Service tree Bees, flies fruit 2-modest
domestica
Honey bees,
Spondias stingless bees
Hog plum fruit 1-little
spp. (Melipona
spp.)
Honey bees
Tamarindus
Tamarind (incl. Apis fruit 1-little
indica
dorsata)
Honey bees,
Clover (not
Trifolium spp. bumblebees, seed 1 temperate
all species)
solitary bees
Honey bees,
White clover Trifolium alba bumblebees, seed 1 temperate
solitary bees
Honey bees,
Trifolium
Alsike clover bumblebees, seed 1 temperate

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hybridum L.
solitary bees
Honey bees,
Crimson Trifolium
bumblebees, seed 1
clover incarnatum
solitary bees
Honey bees,
Trifolium
Red clover bumblebees, seed 1 temperate
pratense
solitary bees
Trifolium Honey bees,
Arrowleaf
vesiculosum bumblebees, seed 1 temperate
clover
Savi solitary bees
Alfalfa
leafcutter
bees,
southeastern
blueberry bee,
bumblebees
(Bombus
impatiens),
Vaccinium
Blueberry solitary bees fruit 3-great 3-4 temperate
spp.
(Anthophora
pilipes,
Colletes spp.,
Osmia
ribifloris,
Osmia
lignaria),
honey bees
Bumblebees
(Bombus
affinis),
Vaccinium solitary bees
oxycoccus, (Megachile
Cranberry fruit 3 temperate
Vaccinium addenda,
macrocarpon alfalfa
leafcutter
bees), honey
bees
Honey bees,
Broad bean Vicia faba bumblebees, seed 2-modest
solitary bees
Honey bees,
Vetch Vicia spp. bumblebees, seed temperate
solitary bees
Cowpea,
black-eyed Honey bees,
Vigna
pea, bumblebees, seed 1-little

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unguiculata
blackeye solitary bees
bean
Vitellaria
Karite Honey bees nut 2-modest temperate
paradoxa
2-modest
Bumblebees, (important
Solanum temperate,
Tomato solitary bees fruit for
lycopersicum tropical
(Halictus spp.) commercial
crop yield)
Honey bees,
0-no
Grape Vitis spp. solitary bees, fruit temperate
increase
flies
Honey bees,
Zizyphus solitary bees,
Jujube fruit 2-modest
jujuba flies, beetles,
wasps

See also ​[ edit ]

Fruit tree pollination

Pollination management
Pollinator
Pollen source
List of Northern American nectar sources for honey bees
Forage (honey bee)
List of honey plants
Buckwheat

References ​[ edit ]

1. ^ "Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops (supplement 2)" (PDF).

Pollination Mid-Atlantic Apicultural Research and Extension Consortium, MAAREC Publication 5.2;
February 2000
Pollination and Bee Plants , Excerpted from Beekeeper's Handbook, Sammataro/Avitabile ©1998.

Further reading ​[ edit ]

Krombein KV, Hurd PD Jr., Smith DR (eds.). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico,
Volume 3, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979
McGregor, S.E. Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants USDA, 1976

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