BEES-POLLINATORS (HYMENOPTERA: APOIDEA) OF ENTOMOPHILIC AGRICULTURAL CROPS OF DONBASS
At least 79 species of bees from 21 genera and 6 families can act on the territory of the Donbass as pollinators of entomophilous agricultural crops. The leader among all bee-pollinators of Donbass is the honey bee specially bred in apiaries for getting honey and other beekeeping products. To create and maintain the necessary number of pollinating bees in agrolandscapes, special agrotechnical measures are needed to preserve wild bees in agrolandscapes. For example, sowing along the forest belts and in the fallow areas sequentially flowering during the growing season, entroprophic crops (trap cropping), installation of artificial nest structures, strict protection of natural colonies of wild bees. The development of beekeeping in the Donbass is promising in two interrelated directions: obtaining the basic products of beekeeping (honey, wax, propolis, pergola, royal jelly, bee venom) and bee pollination of entomophilous agricultural crops. In this case, for the needs of bee-pollination, it is necessary to attract the available potential of single bees, which will significantly increase the yield of entomophilous crops cultivated in Donbass.