A view of buzz pollination by Bumblebee and its role in the environment , in various landscapes of Kashmir, India.

Abstract

Understanding animal movement is critical for conservation planning, habitat management, and ecological study. However, our understanding is often limited by methodological constraints. These limitations can be especially problematic in the study of ecologically and economically important pollinators like bumble bees, where several aspects of their biology limit the feasibility of landscape-scale studies. The present study was to examine the pollination potential of bumblebees in relation to their host plants in various landscapes of Kashmir region. The study was conducted from five different altitudes with varied type of vegetation in each site. Ten plant species belonging to seven different plant families were observed as host plants in five localities ranging from 1500 to 2600 meters in altitude. During the study a total of five bumble species were recorded and all species showed significant relation with the environmental variables as shown by Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA).