The role and the importance of the family Halictidae (Apiformes: Apoidea) in pollination of natural and agricultural vegetation

Tarımda ve organik tarımda tozlaştırıcı arılara duyulan ihtiyaç ve bunların ekonomik önemi büyüktür. Halictidae familyası ise tozlaştırıcı arı (Apiformes:Apoidea) grupları içindeki en büyük familyalardan biridir ve kozmopolit olarak tüm kıtalarda geniş bir yayılım göstermektedir. Bu derleme çalışmasında, Halictidae familyasının tarımda ve doğal vejetasyon üzerinde tozlaştırıcı etkisi ele alınmaya çalışılmış ayrıca genel olarak yaban arılarının ve tekil (soliter) arıların da bu konudaki rolleri tartışılmıştır. Özellikle sosyal yaşam konusunda oldukça çeşitlilik sergileyen ve belki de bu yüzden geniş bir beslenme rejimine sahip olan Halictidae familyasının aynı zamanda geniş bir yayılım göstermesi, tür zenginliği ve tür çeşitliliği göz önünde tutularak tozlaşma çalışmalarında önemle dikkate alınması gerektiği vurgulanmaktadır.

Tarımsal ve doğal vejetasyonun tozlaşmasında Halictidae (Apiformes: Apoidea) familyasının rolü ve önemi

The need and the economic value of using pollinator bees in organic farming and agriculture in general have been arisen. Halictidae is one of the biggest groups throughout the pollinator bees and it is widely distributed in all continents. In this review, we tried to discuss the role and the importance of members of the family Halictidae in pollination of natural and agricultural vegetation. Besides, the importance of wild bees and also the solitary bees in this topic have discussed. As a summary, we emphasized the disregarded role of Halictidae in pollination. Because of three reasons, Halictidae might be very important in pollination studies: one is they are generally collecting pollen from a wide range of flowering plants. The others are, they are very cosmopolite (abundant) and exhibit a very large diversity.

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