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| Cruz,Darci de Oliveira; Freitas,Breno Magalhães; Silva,Luis Antônio da; Silva,Eva Mônica Sarmento da; Bomfim,Isac Gabriel Abrahão. |
| The present study was carried out in Northeastern Region of Brazil, in order to investigate the use of stingless bee Melipona subnitida Ducke in the pollination of greenhouse sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). Treatments of hand cross-pollination, hand self-pollination, pollination by bees and restricted pollination were performed. Results showed that despite sweet pepper flowers are considered autogamous, this crop benefits from pollination by M. subnitida, producing fruits significantly heavier and wider, containing a greater number of seeds and of better quality (lower percentage of malformed fruits) than self-pollinated sweet pepper. Thus, M. subnitida can be considered an efficient pollinator of greenhouse sweet pepper. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Meliponin; Caged environment; Sweet pepper flower. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2005001200006 |
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| Ribeiro,Márcia de Fátima; Silva,Eva Mônica Sarmento da; Lima Júnior,Ivan de Oliveira; Kiill,Lúcia Helena Piedade. |
| Honey bees (Apis mellifera) pollinate melon (Cucumis melo) and improve production and quality of fruits. However, little is known about bee behavior and number of hives required. The aims of this study were to compare bees visiting flowers in crop areas with different number of hives (0, 1, 2, and 3), and to evaluate which is the best number. Flowers were observed (n=78) from 5 am to 6 pm, for five consecutive days, in four experimental areas (0.5ha each). Comparisons were made for male (MF) and hermaphrodite (HF) flowers, number of hives and fruit production. The HF were always more visited than MF. Most comparisons made for three hives presented significant differences, since visits increased drastically, competition among bees for floral resources... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Honey bees; Apis mellifera; Number of hives; Crop pollination; Melon; Cucumis melo. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782015001001768 |
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