Editing Pollinator (section)

== Floral and non-floral resources ==
Pollinators require a variety of resources. Most native bees in North America are solitary, ground-nesting species that collect a variety of natural resources including pollen, nectar, leaves, petals and resins to be used as sources of food, supplies for their larva, or nest linings.<ref name=":82">Kopec, K & Burd, L.A. (2017). "Pollinators in Peril: A systematic status review of North American and Hawaiian native bees." Center for Biological Diversity. See: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/native_pollinators/pdfs/Pollinators_in_Peril.pdf</ref> Floral diet diversity has been seen to increase immunocompetence levels in honeybees (Apis mellifera) where diets that consisted of a wide variety of flowering species induced higher glucose oxidase activity, which honeybees' produce to sterilize their colony.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Alaux |first1=Cédric |last2=Ducloz |first2=François |last3=Crauser |first3=Didier |last4=Le Conte |first4=Yves |date=23 August 2010 |title=Diet effects on honeybee immunocompetence |journal=Biology Letters |language=en |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=562–565 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2009.0986 |issn=1744-9561 |pmc=2936196 |pmid=20089536}}</ref> More than 30% of global bee species depend on non-floral resources for nest building, protection, health, pest resistance, and alternative food sources.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Requier |first1=Fabrice |last2=Leonhardt |first2=Sara D. |date=February 2020 |title=Beyond flowers: including non-floral resources in bee conservation schemes |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10841-019-00206-1 |journal=Journal of Insect Conservation |language=en |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=5–16 |doi=10.1007/s10841-019-00206-1 |s2cid=254600870 |issn=1366-638X}}</ref> Non-floral resources include leaves, soil, plant resins and secretions, and are often provided by woody-vegetation.