Effect of Apple Cultivar on Foraging Behavior and Pollen Transfer by Honey Bees1

Robinson, Willard S.

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“…Calcium chloride applied to abs cission zones of bean explants inhibited abscission and depressed ethylene production (15); it also decreased leaf abscission in pecans treated w ith E threl (12). Hoon (7) applied Ca(H2P0 4)2,KH2P0 4 , and GA to citrus at full bloom or petal fall and reported both Ca(H2P 0 4)2 and KH2P 0 4 decreased fruit drop more effectively than GA. Combinations of GA with ben zylamino purine or calcium as whole-tree sprays have not been thoroughly tested as fruit-setting agents under Florida's humid conditions.…”

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Foraging Behavior of Honey Bees on ‘Golden Delicious’ and ‘Delicious’ Apple1

Kuhn

Ambrose

1982

J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci.

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“Sideworking,” a foraging behavior of honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) which does not result in pollination, previously has been reported to occur on blossoms of ‘Delicious’ cultivar (Malus domestica Borkh.). “Sideworking” is also apparent on the blossoms of ‘Golden Delicious’ cultivar. The structure of a ‘Golden Delicious’ blossom, a commonly used pollinizer of ‘Delicious’ cultivar, permits honey bees to forage for nectar by standing on the petals of the blossom while forcing their proboscises through the stamens. As a result, the honey bees usually do not contact the blossom’s anthers and pollen transfer is unlikely. In an orchard of ‘Golden Delicious’ and ‘Delicious’ cultivars where ‘Delicious’ bloomed slightly ahead of ‘Golden Delicious’, the percentage of honey bees working from the side on the blossoms of ‘Golden Delicious’ was initially high but dropped as the bloom of ‘Golden Delicious’ advanced. A preponderance of sideworking honey bees on the pollinizer ‘Golden Delicious’ during the period in which the blossoms of ‘Delicious’ optimally set fruit might have a negative effect on fruit shape and/or fruit set of ‘Delicious’ apples.

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Foraging Behavior of Honey Bees on ‘Golden Delicious’ and ‘Delicious’ Apple1

Kuhn

Ambrose

1982

J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci.

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“…A record of different crop plants visited by the foragers of the red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea F.) was maintained through the year round. To ascertain whether this honey bee acted as a pollinator or a non-pollinator of the flowers of a reference crops it visited, the foraging behavior of its visitors on that crop was studied following Robinson 30 , Sihag 31,32 and Sihag and Shivrana 33 . While visiting the flowers of a crop plant, if the foragers of this honey bee worked from the top of the flower, such foragers virtually came in contact with the reproductive organs (anthers and stigma) of the flowers (Fig.…”

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Crop Hosts and Pollination Potential of the Red Dwarf Honey Bee (Apis florea F.) in the Semi-arid Environment of North West India

Sihag¹

2019

J. of Applied Sciences

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Background and Objective: The red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea, Fabricius) is indigenous to semi-arid tropical environments of several parts of Asia and some parts of Africa. This species is also one of the important natural and wild pollinators of these regions. Therefore, knowledge on the crop hosts and pollination potential of this honey bee is important and this study was planned to get this information. Materials and Methods: A record of the crop plants visited by this honey bee during the year round was maintained.Pollination potential of this honey bee was ascertained on the basis of its foraging behavior and abundance of the foragers on the crop plants in the study area. Results: Red dwarf honey bee visited some 38 crop plants for pollen and/or nectar and acted as an important pollinator of more than 35 crops in the semi-arid environment of northwest India. Conclusion: Red dwarf honey bee has an excellent pollination potential for more than 35 crops of semi-arid environment of northwest India. On the basis of its pollination service, this honey bee needs vigorous conservation efforts.

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“…Apis mellifera L. is considered the most important pollinator of the apple crop and can be managed efficiently (Kumar et al, 1989) for commercial pollination in all applegrowing regions of the world (Brittain, 1933 andGupta et al, 1993). The viability of pollen carried on the pollen collector's body is higher than nectar collectors, whereas pollen collectors have lower consistency to one cultivar of apple as compared to the nectar collector (Kendall, 1973;Robinson, 1979). Thus, the proportion of pollen collectors is important for improving the effectiveness of colonies for better pollination.…”

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<i>Apis mellifera</i> L. Stock Varied in Apple Pollen Foraging Preference

Sharma,

Devi,

Thakur

et al. 2023

IJE

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Apis mellifera L. colonies were evaluated to explore the apple foraging preference for effective pollination. In 2017, colony G2 showed highest preference for apple pollen loads (18.78%), while L3 recorded lowest apple pollen load (9.89%). On the basis of preference, queens from H2, L3, and G2 were produced to raise progenies for further multiplication and evaluation in 2018 and similar selection experiment was conducted in 2019 and 2020. In 2020 significant number of foragers were conditioned to apple flowers from the colony selected during the year 2019, thus indicating that A. mellifera strains multiplied from the colony showing higher apple pollen foraging preference was carried over to next generation and can be exploited to produce progenies to improve pollen hoarding trait with the help of continuous selection and breeding process.

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Effect of Apple Cultivar on Foraging Behavior and Pollen Transfer by Honey Bees1

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Foraging Behavior of Honey Bees on ‘Golden Delicious’ and ‘Delicious’ Apple1

Foraging Behavior of Honey Bees on ‘Golden Delicious’ and ‘Delicious’ Apple1

Crop Hosts and Pollination Potential of the Red Dwarf Honey Bee (Apis florea F.) in the Semi-arid Environment of North West India

<i>Apis mellifera</i> L. Stock Varied in Apple Pollen Foraging Preference

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