ABSTRACT

Pollinators, particularly bees, are one of nature’s valuable productive assets and their labor is considered an important factor for the production of commodity crops and forage (Klein et al. 2007). This contribution to human well-being has led the scientific community to consider pollination services one of the seventeen most important ecosystem services that have a positive impact on human well-being (Costanza et al., 1997; Pimentel et al., 1997).