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Malerbo-Souza, Darclet Teresinha; Andrade, Milena Oliveira de; Siqueira, Rodrigo Alves de; Medeiros, Núbia Maria Guedes de; Farias, Lucas Rodrigues de; Silva, Thulio Gustavo da; Nascimento, Lucas Delano Sousa; Pimentel, André Carlos Silva. |
The objectives were to evaluate the biodiversity of bees, forage behavior and their effect on fruit production in the gherkin crop (Cucumis anguria L.) in the campus of the University Center Moura Lacerda in two years. The frequency and type of collection of the insects in the flowers was observed by counting from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in the first 10 minutes of each time, for three distinct days in each year. The percentage of fruiting was quantified in 25 female flowers covered with nylon compared to the 25 female flowers uncovered in the two years. The flowers were visited by the Africanized honey bees Apis mellifera and the native bees Plebeia sp., Exomalopsis sp. and Melissodes sp., and the Africanized honey bees presented higher frequency and... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Africanized honey bees; Apis mellifera; Native Brazilian bees; Pollination.. |
Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAnimSci/article/view/47421 |
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