Effect of Synthetic Queen Mandibular Pheromone Sprays on Pollination of Fruit Crops by Honey Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

1992 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 1293-1299 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Currie ◽  
M. L. Winston ◽  
K. N. Slessor ◽  
D. F. Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bees ◽  
Fruit Crops ◽  
Queen Mandibular Pheromone

scholarly journals Potential of bigleaf lupine for building and sustaining Osmia lignaria populations for pollination of apple

2008 ◽  
Vol 140 (5) ◽  
pp. 589-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cory S. Sheffield ◽  
Sue M. Westby ◽  
Robert F. Smith ◽  
Peter G. Kevan
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Population Recovery ◽  
Fruit Crops ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Lupinus Polyphyllus ◽  
Osmia Lignaria ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Tree Fruit ◽  
Nesting Activity

AbstractBees of the genus Osmia Panzer (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) are among the contenders to replace honey bees, Apis mellifera L. (Apidae), for pollinating tree-fruit crops. One species, Osmia lignaria Say, has shown great potential in western North America and was recently introduced into Nova Scotia for evaluation as a pollinator of apple, Malus Mill. (Rosaceae). A major component of that study was to develop management options for O. lignaria, including methods of sustaining nesting females following crop flowering to maximize population recovery for pollination in subsequent seasons. The objective of this study was to evaluate bigleaf lupine, Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl. (Fabaceae), as a secondary food plant for nesting female O. lignaria by investigating nesting activity, pollen-use patterns, and fecundity. During 2002–2003, female O. lignaria collected high proportions of apple pollen (>70%) during mid and late flowering; after then, most pollen (>90%) was collected from bigleaf lupine. The flowering period of lupine in Nova Scotia (late May to early July) slightly overlapped that of apple, so there was no scarcity of pollen resources during the life-span of O. lignaria. Most nests typically showed high levels (≤200%) of population growth, but recorded levels varied among nest types and locations. In 2004, nests closer to lupine plots exhibited significantly greater population recovery than nests located farther away (i.e., approximately 600 m). Bigleaf lupine is a suitable plant species for meeting the pollen requirements of nesting populations of O. lignaria following apple flowering, thus promoting the recovery of populations to meet apple pollination requirements in subsequent seasons.

scholarly journals cGMP modulates responses to queen mandibular pheromone in worker honey bees

2011 ◽  
Vol 197 (9) ◽  
pp. 939-948 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendon L. Fussnecker ◽  
Alexander M. McKenzie ◽  
Christina M. Grozinger
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bees ◽  
Queen Mandibular Pheromone

QUEEN REARING BY HIGH AND LOW QUEEN MANDIBULAR PHEROMONE RESPONDING WORKER HONEY BEES (APIS MELLIFERA L.)

1997 ◽  
Vol 129 (4) ◽  
pp. 679-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Pankiw
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
High Strain ◽  
Laboratory Bioassay ◽  
Strain Effects ◽  
Attraction Response ◽  
Queen Mandibular Pheromone ◽  
Interindividual Differences ◽  
Queen Rearing

AbstractStrains of workers that were high or low in their retinue attraction response to queen mandibular pheromone (QMP) in a laboratory bioassay were fostered in queenless colonies to measure their differential queen-rearing behaviors. High-strain workers spent proportionately more time working on and in queen cells than low-strain workers, and there were significant age by strain effects for time spent rearing queen cells. No interindividual differences were detected among the strains in the tendency to rear queens. Results from this experiment suggest that QMP retinue attraction response may be a mechanism upon which selection acts for division of queen-rearing labor.

When do honey bees use snapshots during navigation?

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Bartlett ◽  
Fred Dyer
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bees

Hiveproud honey bees clean up

Nature ◽  
2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corie Lok
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bees

Evaluation of acaricides against false spider mite, Tenuipalpus aboharensis (Acari: Tenuipalpidae), a pest of pomegranate

ENTOMON ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-86
Author(s):  
Mohammad Yosof Amini ◽  
Ahamad Shah Mohammadi ◽  
Srinivasa N ◽  
Onkarappa S
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Spider Mite ◽  
Spider Mites ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Fruit Crops ◽  
False Spider Mites ◽  
False Spider ◽  
False Spider Mite

False spider mites are serious pests of pomegranate and frequently cause considerable economic losses in other fruit crops as well. A field experiment conducted to evaluate eleven acaricides against Tenuipalpus aboharensis infesting pomegranate plants, revealed that wettable sulphur at 2.5 g and dicofol at 2.5 ml per litre were very effective and other acaricides viz. propargite, fenpyroximate, chlorfenapyr and buprofezin were also found effective against T. aboharensis.

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