“Farming with Alternative Pollinators” approach increases pollinator abundance and diversity in faba bean fields

Abstract Pollinators are threatened worldwide and strategies measures to support their conservation proliferating. Among them, the approach “Farming with Alternative Pollinators” (FAP) aims pollinators by seeding strips of pollinator-attracting cultivated plants surrounding crops, simultaneously providing income farmer. In this study we assessed whether supports pollinator diversity in agro-ecosystems increases flower visitor abundance faba bean fields north-west Morocco. We tested impact FAP using a variety marketable habitat enhancement (MHEP): flax, coriander, arugula, chia canola. A total 62 species were recorded, among which almost half them new records for region. Most wild recorded digger bees (genus Anthophora ) long-horn Eucera ). MHEP shared diverse visitors hosted groups that did not meet food requirements from main crop. The highly increased whole fields, however it generate significant spillover towards Implications insect conservation: our results show is an effective mitigate decline agro-ecosystems.