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Bumble-bees (Hym., bombidae) associated with the expansive touch-me-not,Impatiens glandulifera in wetland biocorridors

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Nine bumble-bee (Bombus)-species (listed) were determined to visit flowers of an exotic invasive species,Impatiens glandulifera Royle in the wetland biocorridors in the Czech Republic. None of the species was found specific to the target plant and the dominant part of the guild represented common eurytopic species.I. glandulifera was classified as an important source of nectar and pollen, and the significance of this source increased with the decreasing season as the bloom period lasted much longer than that of most of the native plant species. Despite its invasive effects on the native plant communities in wetlands,I. glandulifera contributed to the conservation of common bumble-bee species, as well as to an over-all positive role of wetlands in the cultivated landscape.

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  1. P. Starý DrSc.

    Present address: Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Braniŝovská 31, 370 05, Ĉeské Budêjovice, Czech Republic

  2. B. Tkalcú

    Present address: , Ĉernokostelecká 20, P.O. Box 22, 100 31, Praha 10, Czech Republic

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    Starý, P., Tkalcú, B. Bumble-bees (Hym., bombidae) associated with the expansive touch-me-not,Impatiens glandulifera in wetland biocorridors. Anz. Schadlingskde., Pflanzenschutz, Umweltschutz 71, 85–87 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02770639

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