Use of pollen traps to investigate the foraging behaviour of honey bee colonies in kiwifruit orchards

Autor:	R. M. Goodwin, J. H. Perry
Rok vydání:	1992
Předmět:	Actinidia deliciosa Pollination Foraging Stamen food and beverages Honey bee Horticulture Biology biology.organism_classification medicine.disease_cause Pollen basket Pollen Bee pollen Botany otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Agronomy and Crop Science
Zdroj:	New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science. 20:23-26
ISSN:	1175-8783 0114-0671
DOI:	10.1080/01140671.1992.10422322
Popis:	The efficiency of a pollen trap in trapping kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) pollen pellets was investigated. The trap had an average daily efficiency of 16.5 and 16.7% on 2 consecutive days. Hourly efficiencies varied between 0 and 25% with the highest efficiency in the middle of the day which coincided with periods of maximum honey bee (Apis melifera) foraging activity. The amount of staminate pollen in foragers' corbiculae was closely related to the proportion of staminate pollen on their body indicating that pellets can be used as a measure of pollination efficiency.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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