Haris Attila: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin - Natura Somogyiensis 29. (Kaposvár, 2016)
History of the Aculeata research in Czechoslovaki, in Slvoakia and int he Czech part of the Carpathian Basin from 1920
118 Natura Somogyiensis Bombus species around Bratislava under the scientific supervision of Adela Beláková. After completing his university studies, he worked a year at Slovak Academy of Sciences and in November 1980 he started to work for the Tekov Museum in Levice (Léva), where he's been working. Significant part of his life-work the faunistic surveys of Aculeata of various regions of Slovakia. These are: South Slovakia where he tested insect traps (Smetana and Sima 2007, Smetana et al, 2006), Dobsina (Smeatana 1996), North-East Slovakia (Smetana 1999b), Muranska Planina (Smetana 2004d) Borská nizina (Smetana et. al, 2010), Levice (Léva) (Smetana 1990b), South-East Slovakia (Smetana 1992a), Mochovce-Mohi (Smetana et al. 1992; Beláková and Smetana 1994a, b), River Ipoly-Ipel (Smetana 1995), Snina-Szinna (Smetana 1996a), Dobsina (Smetana 1996c), Strazovské vrchy Hills (Smetana 1996d), Ponitrie Protected Landscape Area (Smetana 1996e), Stiavnické vrchy Hills (Smetana 1998b, Smetana and Smetanová, 1999b, Vrbovce (Verbóc) (Smetana 1998c), Vtacnik Mountains (Smetana 2000a), Cejkov (Céke) (Smetana 2001), Choc Mountains (Smetana 2004a), Streda nad Bodrogom-Bodrogszerdahely (Smetana 2005a), Besa (Bés) (Smetana 2005b), Small Carpathian Mountains ( DvoRák and Smetana 2005), Ostrava region (Dvorák et. al, 2006), Vysenské kopce (Dvorák et al. 2007), Hronská pahorkatina (Smetana 2006a), Tvrdosovce (Tardoskedd) (Sima and Smetana 2007), Fátra National Park (Smetana 2008a) Huta Slanská (Szalánchuta) (Smetana 2008c), Hády Hill at Brno (Dvorák et al., 2008), Low Tatras National Park (Smetana 2009a), Slovak Paradise National Park (Smetana 2009b), Králicky Snezník (Dvorák et. al, 2009), Poiplie (Smetana 2010a), Levická Kálvária (Léva Kálvária-hegy) (Smetana 2010b), Borská nízina (Erdőháti síkság) (Smetana et al. 2010), Moravy a Slezska (Dvorák et al., 2010), Slovak Karst (Smetana and Sima 2011), Sub-Tatra Basin (Smetana and Sima 2012) Hronská niva and Zitavská niva (Smetana 2013), Bohunice-Apátszentmihály (Smetana and Smetánová 2013), Stary Hradok (Kisóvár), Stary Tekov -Óbars, Devicany-Baka (Smetana and Smetanová 2014a,b,c), Levice and Kremnica (Léva and Körmöcbánya) (Smetana et al. 2015). During the past more than two decades, an important part of his life work was devoted the research of bumblebees almost in the whole territory of Slovakia and also some parts of Czech Republic. Many years of research activity brought valuable information on the species composition of bumble bee fauna of Slovakia, their ecology, pollination and food choice. We can say, thanks to his many years of systematic field work, the bumble bee fauna is well studied in Slovakia (Sima and Smetana 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, Smetana, Beláková et al. 1979, Smetana and Mile 1993, Pavelka and Smetana 2001, Smetana and Sima 2005, 2009, 2014, Sima, Smetana and Özek 2014, Mazalová et al. 2010, Smetana 1983, 1984a, b, 1986a, b, c, d, 1987, 1989a, b, 1990a, 1991a, b, c, 1992b, c, d, 1993a, b, 1994a, b, c, 1996 b, 1998, 1999a, b, 2000b, c, 2002a, b, 2003, 2004b, c, 2005a, b, c, 2006a, 2008b, 2014). Smetana studied the effect of the global climatic change for the hymenoptera fauna especially for social wasps and bumble bees (Sabo et al. 2007, Smetana and Sima 2008) and the distribution and life history of 2 Dolichovespula species (Smetana 2000d) finally distribution of Polistes gallicus in Slovakia (Dvorák and Smetana 2007). Elena Smetanová (bom in Myjava, Slovakia, 1955 -) She currently works as botanist in the Museum of Tekov, Levice (Léva), Slovakia. Elena Smetanová has 3 papers, written with co-authorship of Vladimir Smetana on Vespidae of Mohovce (Mohi) Stianvnickych vrchov (Selmeci-hegyek) (Smetana, Smetanová and Lehocky 1992, Smetana and Smetanová 1999).
