Frequency and foraging behavior of Apis mellifera in two melon hybrids in Juazeiro, state of Bahia, Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

LÚcia H.p. Kiill¹  KÁtia M.m. Siqueira¹  Coelho MÁrcia S.¹  Tamires A. Silva¹  Diego R.s. Gama¹  Diego C.s. AraÚjo¹  Joaquim Pereira Neto¹ 

关键词: Cucumis melo L;    melon hybrids;    nectar;    pollen;    Cucumis melo L;    híbridos de melão;    néctar;    polen;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0001-3765201420130376

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The study was carried out to verify if there are differences in foraging frequency and behavior of Apis mellifera in two melon hybrids (10:00 – ‘Yellow melon’ and Sancho -‘Piel de Sapo’) in the municipality of Juazeiro, state of Bahia, Brazil. The frequency, behavior of visitors and the floral resource foraged were registered from 5:00 am to 6:00 pm. There was a significant difference in the frequency of visits when comparing hydrids (F = 103.74, p <0.0001), floral type (F = 47.25, p <0.0001) and resource foraged (F = 239.14, p <0.0001). The flowers of Sancho were more attractive to A. mellifera when compared with hybrid 10:00, which may be correlated to the morphology and floral resources available. This could be solved with scaled planting, avoiding the overlapping of flowering of both types.

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