Опылители люцерны в Лесостепи Левобережной Украины

Abstract

Species composition of medick pollinators was studied in two points (the Poltava and Sumy Regions) of the Forest-steppe of the Left-Bank Ukraine for 1971-1973. The following five species of bees out of 27 registered were most frequent on medick flowers: Melitta leporina P a n z., Rophitoides canus E v., Melitturga clavicornis L a t r. Andre na ovatula K b y., A. labialis Kb. The data on the amount of these species and their ecological characteristic are presented.