An initial assessment of blueberry pollinators in New Zealand
作者:
R. P. Macfarlane,
期刊:
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 20,
issue 1
页码: 91-95
ISSN:0114-0671
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1080/01140671.1992.10422331
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: blueberry pollination;New Zealand;bumble bees;Bombus terrestris;honey bees;Apis mellifera;competing flowers
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The short tongued bumble bee,Bombus terrestris(L.), followed by the honey bee,Apis melliferaL., were the commonest blueberry pollinators at Lincoln, New Zealand. At most, 7% of honey bee visits and 24% ofB. terrestrisvisits to blueberry flowers could have resulted in pollination. Honey bees visited flowering shelter adjacent to the blueberries more often than the bumble bees did. The long tongued bumble bees,B. hortorum(L.) andB. ruderatus(Fabr.), consistently pollinated blueberry flowers, bit low populations restricted their value in pollination. There were no other effective insect pollinators of blueberries.
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