Impact of managed stingless bee and western honey bee colonies on native pollinators and yield of watermelon: A comparative study

Layek, Ujjwal; Kundu, Arijit; Bisui, Sourabh; Karmakar, Prakash

doi:10.1016/j.aoas.2021.02.004

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“…Kishan Tej et al (2017) reported that the stingless bee Tetragonula iridipennis Smith used as the pollinator in greenhouse can be increased the production attributes of cucumber (fruit length, girth, weight, fruit number per plant, and production per plant) than control (without stingless bee as the pollinator). Furthermore, Layek et al (2021) reported that the open pollination of stingless bee and honeybee can increase watermelon fruit set is 14% for Tetragonula iridipennis and 17% for Apis mellifera compared to open pollination and geitonogamy. In addition, open pollination added by stingless bee and honeybee increased the quality of watermelon (length, girth, and weight of fruits) then open pollination and geitonogamy, however is lower compared to cross pollination using hand.…”

Section: Nectar Sucrose Contentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Klein et al (2003) reported that the insects that serve as pollinators are mostly pollinated by the bees, ranging from 2,038 to 2,269 bees that visit coffee flowers. Several studies showed that honeybees or stingless bee can improve the productivity of several plants such as number of fruits, weight, length, and other parameters from various countries (Atmowidi et al 2008;Azmi et al 2016;Bezabih and Gebretsadikan, 2014;Calderone 2012;Kishan Tej et al 2017;Layek et al 2021;Rogers et al 2014;Veddeler et al 2008). However, the studied the roles of stingless bee Tetragonula sp.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Enhances production of coffee (Coffea robusta): The role of pollinator, forages potency, and honey production from Tetragonula sp. (Meliponinae) in Central Lombok, Indonesia

2021

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Abstract. Supeno B, Erwan, Agussalim. 2021. Enhances production of coffee (Coffea robusta): The role of pollinator, forages potency, and honey production from Tetragonula sp. (Meliponinae) in Central Lombok, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 4687-4693. The bees role as an agent of pollinators to improve the productivity of plants. This study was purposed to enhance coffee production (Coffea robusta) by roles of stingless bee Tetragonula sp. as pollinator agent, forages potency, and honey production. This study has been conducted in a coffee plantation in Lantan, Central Lombok, Indonesia. Several parameters were measured such as the number of bunches and flowers, production of nectar and pollen, sucrose nectar content, production of coffee, production of honey, honey stomach volume, and pollen weight. The results showed that the different observation time influenced the number of bunches, flowers, production of nectar and pollen, sucrose nectar content (P<0.01). The number of bunches ranged from 58.2 to 144.9 bunches/tree, the number of flowers 36.3 to 58.7 flowers/bunches, and 2,362.5 to 8.250.6 flowers/tree. Furthermore, the nectar production 9.16 to 33.85 g/tree, pollen production 1.72 to 5.95 g/tree, sucrose nectar content 20.6 to 35.0%. Estimation of coffee production before pollinated by Tetragonula sp. was 1,230.8 kg/ha, but after pollination by Tetragonula was increased it became 3,605.7 kg/ha (49.1%). Fruit production before pollinated by Tetragonula sp. was 2,127.2 fruit/tree, but after pollination by Tetragonula sp. increased to 8,309.2 fruit/tree (59.2%). Production of honey from Tetragonula sp. was 3.74 g/hive/5 months and in Apis cerana was 301.35 g/hive/5 months. It can be concluded that the Tetragonula sp. as an agent of pollinators can enhance the production of coffee and increase the biodiversity of coffee.

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confidence: 99%

Enhances production of coffee (Coffea robusta): The role of pollinator, forages potency, and honey production from Tetragonula sp. (Meliponinae) in Central Lombok, Indonesia

2021

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“…Stingless bees present great potential to be used in commercial crop pollination (Heard, 1999;Slaa et al, 2006;Giannini et al, 2020;Layek et al, 2021). Indeed, Melipona bees have been demonstrated to be efficient pollinators of many economically important fruits and vegetables (Cruz et al, 2005;Bispo dos Santos et al, 2009;Nunes-Silva et al, 2013;Caro et al, 2017;Silva-Neto et al, 2019).…”

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“…Some species of stingless bees are already successfully managed in small scale, notably those from the genus Melipona that have been traditionally used for honey production in the Americas, with several other stingless bee genera used in Africa, Asia and Oceania (Cortopassi-Laurino et al, 2006;Quezada-Euán et al, 2018;Orr et al, 2021). However, despite their great potential to be used as commercial pollinators (Cruz et al, 2005;Del Sarto et al, 2005;Slaa et al, 2006;Bispo dos Santos et al, 2009;Hikawa and Miyanaga, 2009; Nunes- Silva et al, 2013;Caro et al, 2017;Silva-Neto et al, 2019;Giannini et al, 2020;Layek et al, 2021), the large scale application of stingless bee species with this purpose is not yet as developed as for example honeybees and bumblebees (Roubik, 1995;Ramírez et al, 2018;Roubik et al, 2018). This could be a direct consequence of a general lack of knowledge about their biology and natural history.…”

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Foraging and Drifting Patterns of the Highly Eusocial Neotropical Stingless Bee Melipona fasciculata Assessed by Radio-Frequency Identification Tags

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Bees play a key role in ecosystem services as the main pollinators of numerous flowering plants. Studying factors influencing their foraging behavior is relevant not only to understand their biology, but also how populations might respond to changes in their habitat and to the climate. Here, we used radio-frequency identification tags to monitor the foraging behavior of the neotropical stingless bee Melipona fasciculata with special interest in drifting patterns i.e., when a forager drifts into a foreign nest. In addition, we collected meteorological data to study how abiotic factors affect bees’ activity and behavior. Our results show that only 35% of bees never drifted to another hive nearby, and that factors such as temperature, humidity and solar irradiation affected the bees drifting rates and/or foraging activity. Moreover, we tested whether drifting levels would decrease after marking the nest entrances with different patterns. However, contrary to our predictions, there was an increase in the proportion of drifting, which could indicate factors other than orientation mistakes playing a role in this behavior. Overall, our results demonstrate how managed bee populations are affected by both nearby hives and climate factors, offering insights on their biology and potential commercial application as crop pollinators.

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“…Plantation crops such as coffee, cocoa, and pepper are managed to have self-pollination [3,4]. In many studies, it has been shown that cross-pollination has also occurred among plants where bees were the pollinators and resulted in the high percentage of fruit set and seed set [5,6,7,8], produced a high quality of yield [9], and performed high effectiveness and efficiency [10]. According to Klein et al [11], cocoa is the most affected by pollinators' loss, which leads to more than 90% yield loss.…”

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Attractiveness and toxicity of two insecticides to Tetragonula laeviceps (Apidae: Meliponinae)

Mubin

Nurulalia

Dadang

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Stingless bee, Tetragonula laeviceps, plays a primary role in ecosystem services as a pollinator for coffee, cocoa, and pepper. Attacks of insect pests cause low production of several plantation plants. Farmers commonly use synthetic insecticides to control insect pests. However, improper use of insecticides often adversely affects the ecosystem and human health, including pollinators. In Indonesia, research on the side effects of insecticides on non-target insects such as flower visitor insects (pollinators) is minimal. This study aimed to evaluate the attractiveness and toxicity of two insecticides to T. laeviceps. Stingless bees were obtained from beekeepers at Banten. Y-tube olfactometer test was used to determine the attractiveness of bees to insecticides, and a topical test was used to determine the mortality effect of insecticide on bees. The insecticides used were insecticide A (a.i. alpha-cypermethrin) and insecticide B (a.i. spinetoram) at 100 ppm and 60 ppm, respectively. The results showed that bees were more attracted to insecticide B by 73.3% than insecticide A (26.7%). Insecticide B caused 100% bee mortality after 48 hours after treatment (HAT), while Insecticide A caused 0% bee mortality after 48 HAT. The results indicate that insecticide B attracted stingless bees and has a high mortality level.

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Impact of managed stingless bee and western honey bee colonies on native pollinators and yield of watermelon: A comparative study

Cited by 30 publications

References 21 publications

Enhances production of coffee (Coffea robusta): The role of pollinator, forages potency, and honey production from Tetragonula sp. (Meliponinae) in Central Lombok, Indonesia

Enhances production of coffee (Coffea robusta): The role of pollinator, forages potency, and honey production from Tetragonula sp. (Meliponinae) in Central Lombok, Indonesia

Foraging and Drifting Patterns of the Highly Eusocial Neotropical Stingless Bee Melipona fasciculata Assessed by Radio-Frequency Identification Tags

Attractiveness and toxicity of two insecticides to Tetragonula laeviceps (Apidae: Meliponinae)

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