Increasing the amount of foreign pollen carried by honey bee foragers
作者:
FreeJ B,
PaxtonR J,
WaghchoureE S,
期刊:
Journal of Apicultural Research
(Taylor Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 30,
issue 3-4
页码: 132-136
ISSN:0021-8839
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1080/00218839.1991.11101247
出版商: Taylor&Francis
关键词: honey bees;Apis mellifera;hive entrance fittings;bristles;pollen;cross-pollination
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
SUMMARYInserting rows of soft bristles into the entrances of hives facilitated the transfer of pollen between incoming and outgoing foraging honey bees (Apis mellifera.) Outgoing foragers carried more pollen grains (significant differences in two of five trials) and more species (significant differences in four of five trials) of pollen than outgoing foragers in hives not fitted with bristles, and so were likely to be more efficient cross-pollinators. Hive entrance bristles are easy to use and have the potential to increase the pollinating efficiency of honey bee colonies at little cost; their design and use deserves further study.
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