Pollinator behaviour and activity in colonies ofApis melliferain confined environments
作者:
Mauro Pinzauti,
期刊:
Ethology Ecology & Evolution
(Taylor Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 6,
issue sup1
页码: 101-106
ISSN:0394-9370
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1080/03949370.1994.10721981
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: honey bees;confined environment;insect behaviour
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The honey bee is a pollinator which gives satisfactory results with protected crops. Pollination of flowers by field-bees and the development of colonies used for pollination in confined environments are closely related. The structural characteristics and the type of covering of the artificial environment, as well as the time when the colony is placedin situand the length of the residences often influence the activity and survival of these insects. Observations made during the period of strawberry blossom have shown the possibility of colony adaptation to particular semicircular tunnels and plastic film covered greenhouses with side openings. Colonies with small numbers of adults and brood cells adapted better than stronger ones to protected conditions over a 3-week period. Colony growth was inversely proportional to the initial size of the nucleus. Among factors inhibiting flight and colony development was relative humidity above 80%, which causes the protozoonNosema apisto proliferate, giving rise to nosemiasis.
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