Research Article

Diversity and Trophic Relationships of Functional Groups of Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombus Latreille, 1802) in Urban Habitats

Table 1

Description of habitats.

Type of habitatSampling locationsMain host plants for Bombus sp.

Botanical gardenM. M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden, NAS of UkraineRhododendron L., Spirea sp., Symphytum officinale L., Cephalaria gigantea (Ledeb.) Bobrov., Trifolium spp., Medicago sativa L., Salvia spp., Securigera varia (L.) lassen, Lamium purpureum L., Pulmonaria officinalis dumort., fruit trees
Urban parksNyvky, KPI park, Babi Yar, Sovki, Theofania, Peremoha, Partizans’koi Slavy parkSpirea sp., Dahlia sp., Trifolium spp., Lamium purpureum, Pulmonaria officinalis, Corydalis DC., Aesculus hippocastanum (L.), fruit trees
Least-disturbed areas within the citySviatoshynskyi forest park, Lysa Hora regional landscape parkCentaurea jacea L., Cytisus sp., Eryngium planum L., Asclepias syriaca L., Knautia arvensis (L.) coult., Trifolium repens L., Trifolium pratense L. Securigera varia, Lamium purpureum, Pulmonaria officinalis, Corydalis, vicia L.
Dnipro river islandsMuromets, Trukhaniv, Hydropark, ZhukivCirsium arvense (L.) scop., Centaurea jacea, Symphytum officinale, Trifolium repens, T. pratense, Solidago canadensis L., Securigera varia, Salix L. are Filipendula ulmaria (L.) maxim, Inula britannica (L.), Rhinanthus vernalis (N.W. Zinger) schischk
Residential areasVinogradar, TeremkiSpirea sp., Trifolium repens, Tilia L., Taraxacum officinale (L.) weber ex F.H. Wigg, fruit trees
RoadsidesAkademika Zabolotnoho Str., Druzhby Narodiv Boulevard, Saperno-Slobidska Str., Zakrevskogo Str., Mayakovskoho Ave.Tilia, Spirea sp., Taraxacum officinale, Trifolium repens