Apis mellifera discrimination between flowers of commercial types of melon and implications to crop pollination

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Autor(a) principal: Fernandes,Nayanny de Sousa
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Pinto,Gercy Soares, Zocolo,Guilherme Julião, Aragão,Fernando Antonio Souza de, Freitas,Breno Magalhães
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista ciência agronômica (Online)
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Resumo: ABSTRACT We investigated the foraging pattern of A. mellifera in five commercial types of melon (Yellow, Cantaloupe, Charentais, Galia and Piel de Sapo) grown side by side. We also observed if this bee species can discriminate between flowers of the five melon types and if it shows preference for flowers of any of them. Results showed that the bees visit flowers of all types of melon throughout the day collecting pollen and nectar in similar foraging patterns. However, they visited significantly more flowers of the Cantaloupe type followed by the types Piel de Sapo and Yellow, while the melons type Galia and Charentais were the least visited by the bees. This behavior has implications for the use of A. mellifera for melon pollination, requiring that the bees be managed according to the type of melon cultivated. It also highlights the need to find out what makes flowers of some melon types to be more visited than others in order to select within the less visited types of melon for cultivars more attractive to the bees.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Apis mellifera discrimination between flowers of commercial types of melon and implications to crop pollination
title Apis mellifera discrimination between flowers of commercial types of melon and implications to crop pollination
spellingShingle Apis mellifera discrimination between flowers of commercial types of melon and implications to crop pollination
Fernandes,Nayanny de Sousa
Cantaloupe
Bee visits
Foraging behavior
Flower preference
Melon pollination
title_short Apis mellifera discrimination between flowers of commercial types of melon and implications to crop pollination
title_full Apis mellifera discrimination between flowers of commercial types of melon and implications to crop pollination
title_fullStr Apis mellifera discrimination between flowers of commercial types of melon and implications to crop pollination
title_full_unstemmed Apis mellifera discrimination between flowers of commercial types of melon and implications to crop pollination
title_sort Apis mellifera discrimination between flowers of commercial types of melon and implications to crop pollination
author Fernandes,Nayanny de Sousa
author_facet Fernandes,Nayanny de Sousa
Pinto,Gercy Soares
Zocolo,Guilherme Julião
Aragão,Fernando Antonio Souza de
Freitas,Breno Magalhães
author_role author
author2 Pinto,Gercy Soares
Zocolo,Guilherme Julião
Aragão,Fernando Antonio Souza de
Freitas,Breno Magalhães
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Fernandes,Nayanny de Sousa
Pinto,Gercy Soares
Zocolo,Guilherme Julião
Aragão,Fernando Antonio Souza de
Freitas,Breno Magalhães
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Cantaloupe
Bee visits
Foraging behavior
Flower preference
Melon pollination
topic Cantaloupe
Bee visits
Foraging behavior
Flower preference
Melon pollination
description ABSTRACT We investigated the foraging pattern of A. mellifera in five commercial types of melon (Yellow, Cantaloupe, Charentais, Galia and Piel de Sapo) grown side by side. We also observed if this bee species can discriminate between flowers of the five melon types and if it shows preference for flowers of any of them. Results showed that the bees visit flowers of all types of melon throughout the day collecting pollen and nectar in similar foraging patterns. However, they visited significantly more flowers of the Cantaloupe type followed by the types Piel de Sapo and Yellow, while the melons type Galia and Charentais were the least visited by the bees. This behavior has implications for the use of A. mellifera for melon pollination, requiring that the bees be managed according to the type of melon cultivated. It also highlights the need to find out what makes flowers of some melon types to be more visited than others in order to select within the less visited types of melon for cultivars more attractive to the bees.
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