Honeybee pollination of loganberries (Rubus loganobaccus L.H. Bailey)

1985 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
DF Langridge ◽  
RD Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Airborne Pollen ◽  
Insect Visitors

The role of honeybees (Apis mellifera) in the pollination of loganberries was studied in an experimental planting at Knoxfield, Victoria. When plants were enclosed in cages to exclude bees and larger insects, there was no difference in the total numbers and weight of fruit harvested. Quality rather than quantity of fruit benefited from honeybee activity. The number of reject fruit on enclosed plants was 49.9% of the total as compared with 7.8% on open plants, corresponding respectively to 35 5% and 3- 3% by weight. The farm gate value of fruit harvested per plant was $A2.39 on open plants and $A1.28 on enclosed plants. After deducting cost of hiring bees this was computed to nett an extra return to the grower of $A1876 per hectare. Honeybees comprised 98.6% of all insect visitors to the flowers. Concentrations of airborne pollen 'were greater inside the cages than outside.

Honeybee pollination of buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) cv. Manor

2001 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 1217 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Goodman ◽  
G. Hepworth ◽  
P. Kaczynski ◽  
B. McKee ◽  
S. Clarke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Seed Production ◽  
Pieris Rapae ◽  
Fagopyrum Esculentum ◽  
Native Bees ◽  
Fagopyrum Esculentum Moench ◽  
Insect Visitors ◽  
Coccinella Transversalis

The role of honeybees (Apis mellifera) in the pollination of buckwheat cv. Manor was studied in a commercial planting at Smeaton, Victoria. Honeybees comprised 80% of all insect visitors to this crop. Other insects included ladybirds (Coccinella transversalis and C. undecimpunctata), hoverflies (Meangyna viridiceps), drone flies (Eristalis sp.), blowflies (Calliphoridae), cabbage white butterflies (Pieris rapae), small bush flies and native bees. The activity of honeybees and other insects increased seed production from 91.5 g/plot (plots closed to insects) to 180.4 g/plot (plots open to insects).

Honeybee pollination of highbush blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum)

1988 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 287 ◽  
Author(s):  
RD Goodman ◽  
KA Clayton-Greene
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Fruit Set ◽  
Vaccinium Corymbosum ◽  
Foraging Activity ◽  
Highbush Blueberries ◽  
Insect Visitors

The role of honeybees (Apis mellifera) in the pollination of highbush blueberries was studied in an experimental planting at Knoxfield, Victoria. Honeybees comprised 95.4% of all insect visitors to this crop, and their foraging activity made them efficient pollinators. Plants visited by bees had a greater percentage fruit set (61 v. 18%), increased fruit numbers (1156 v. 144) and more fruit by weight (1.6 v. 0.2 kg), than did plants caged to prevent access by bees and larger insects. Bird netting did not impede pollination. Flowers inside a bird-proof cage had a greater frequency of bee visitations (8.25 v. 1.5 bees/14 plants) than did plants outside the enclosure.

Honeybee pollination of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) cv. Haifa

1994 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
RD Goodman ◽  
AE Williams
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Seed Yield ◽  
White Clover ◽  
Trifolium Repens ◽  
Native Bees ◽  
Flowering Period ◽  
Trifolium Repens L ◽  
Seed Yields ◽  
Insect Visitors

The role of honeybees (Apis mellifera) in the pollination of white clover cv. Haifa was studied in a commercial planting at Mount Mercer, Victoria. Honeybees comprised 88% of all insect visitors to this crop. The activity of honeybees and native bees (Lasioglossum sp.) increased seed yield from 1.3 g/plot (plots closed to bees) to 40.3 g/plot (plots open to bees). The caging of plots for part of the flowering period to simulate the non-availability of bees for pollination resulted in lower seed yields than those from uncaged plots.

scholarly journals Apis mellifera pollination improves agronomic productivity of anemophilous castor bean (Ricinus communis)

2012 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 1137-1145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rômulo A.G. Rizzardo ◽  
Marcelo O. Milfont ◽  
Eva M.S. da Silva ◽  
Breno M. Freitas
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Seed Yield ◽  
Castor Bean ◽  
Airborne Pollen ◽  
Ricinus Communis ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Ricinus Communis L ◽  
Pollination Deficit ◽  
Male Flowers

Castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) is cultivated mainly for biodiesel production because of its oil-rich seeds; it is assumed to be an anemophylous species. But pollination deficit can lead to low productivity often attributed to other reasons. In this paper, we investigated pollination requirements, pollination mechanism, occurrence of pollination deficit, and the role of biotic pollinators in a large commercial plantation of castor bean. Our results show that R. communis bears a mixed breeding system favoring selfing by geitonogamy, although the wind promotes mostly outcrossing. We also found that the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) foraging on castor bean can both transfer pollen from male to female flowers within the same raceme and boost the release of airborne pollen by male flowers. Both situations increase geitonogamy rates, raising significantly fruit set and seed yield. This is the first report of an animal foraging activity increasing seed yield in an anemophilous and geitonogamous crop and elucidates the role of biotic pollinators in castor bean reproduction.

scholarly journals Intra-Colonial Viral Infections in Western Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1087
Author(s):  
Loreley Castelli ◽  
María Laura Genchi García ◽  
Anne Dalmon ◽  
Daniela Arredondo ◽  
Karina Antúnez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Viral Infections ◽  
Sampling Period ◽  
Virus Genome ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Bee Virus ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Bee Viruses

RNA viruses play a significant role in the current high losses of pollinators. Although many studies have focused on the epidemiology of western honey bee (Apis mellifera) viruses at the colony level, the dynamics of virus infection within colonies remains poorly explored. In this study, the two main variants of the ubiquitous honey bee virus DWV as well as three major honey bee viruses (SBV, ABPV and BQCV) were analyzed from Varroa-destructor-parasitized pupae. More precisely, RT-qPCR was used to quantify and compare virus genome copies across honey bee pupae at the individual and subfamily levels (i.e., patrilines, sharing the same mother queen but with different drones as fathers). Additionally, virus genome copies were compared in cells parasitized by reproducing and non-reproducing mite foundresses to assess the role of this vector. Only DWV was detected in the samples, and the two variants of this virus significantly differed when comparing the sampling period, colonies and patrilines. Moreover, DWV-A and DWV-B exhibited different infection patterns, reflecting contrasting dynamics. Altogether, these results provide new insight into honey bee diseases and stress the need for more studies about the mechanisms of intra-colonial disease variation in social insects.

Role of External Factors in Embryogenesis of Apis mellifera

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 422-429
Author(s):  
D. V. Boguslavsky ◽  
I. S. Zakharov
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
External Factors

scholarly journals Transcriptional Control of Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Major Royal Jelly Proteins by 20-Hydroxyecdysone

Insects ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Winkler ◽  
Frank Sieg ◽  
Anja Buttstedt
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Juvenile Hormone ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Transcriptional Control ◽  
Royal Jelly ◽  
Adult Worker ◽  
Gene Expression Dynamics

One of the first tasks of worker honey bees (Apis mellifera) during their lifetime is to feed the larval offspring. In brief, young workers (nurse bees) secrete a special food jelly that contains a large amount of unique major royal jelly proteins (MRJPs). The regulation of mrjp gene expression is not well understood, but the large upregulation in well-fed nurse bees suggests a tight repression until, or a massive induction upon, hatching of the adult worker bees. The lipoprotein vitellogenin, the synthesis of which is regulated by the two systemic hormones 20-hydroxyecdysone and juvenile hormone, is thought to be a precursor for the production of MRJPs. Thus, the regulation of mrjp expression by the said systemic hormones is likely. This study focusses on the role of 20-hydroxyecdysone by elucidating its effect on mrjp gene expression dynamics. Specifically, we tested whether 20-hydroxyecdysone displayed differential effects on various mrjps. We found that the expression of the mrjps (mrjp1–3) that were finally secreted in large amounts into the food jelly, in particular, were down regulated by 20-hydroxyecdysone treatment, with mrjp3 showing the highest repression value.

The Role of Honey Bees Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Pollination of Apple

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rahim Khan . ◽  
Muhammad Rafique Kha .
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bees

scholarly journals Assessing the role of β-ocimene in regulating foraging behavior of the honey bee, Apis mellifera

Apidologie ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Ma ◽  
Ulrich G. Mueller ◽  
Juliana Rangel
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Foraging Behavior
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