Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination

By Romina Rader, Ignasi Bartomeus, L. Garibaldi, M. Garratt, B. Howlett, R. Winfree, S. Cunningham, M. Mayfield, A. Arthur, Georg K. S. Andersson and 42 more. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015

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Why we love bees and hate wasps (2018, background): “Moreover, pollination services are not limited to bees: hoverflies, beetles, butterflies, wasps and bugs all contribute to pollination, but their contributions are not well recognised (Rader et al., 2016).”
Pollination efficiency and foraging behaviour of honey bees and non‐Apis bees to sweet cherry (2019, background): “Despite the significant contribution of wild pollinator abundance and pollinator diversity for pollinator dependent crops worldwide (Garibaldi et al., 2013; Kleijn et al., 2015; Rader et al., 2016), only the abundance of a few pollinator species is commonly managed for greater yield.”
Opportunities to enhance pollinator biodiversity in solar parks (2021, background): “Whilst other insects, including other flies, beetles, moths, wasps and ants also contribute to pollination, they are less effective in Europe and were therefore excluded [40].”
Insect responses to global change offer signposts for biodiversity and conservation (2020, background): “Research into the fate of pollinators has raised public awareness of the roles of insects in pollination (e.g. Macgregor et al., 2015; Rader et al., 2016; Doyle et al., 2020) and crop yield (Garibaldi et al.”