Foraging Behavior and Pollination Ecology of Bumble Bee and Honey Bee in Pakistan; A Review

Foraging activity period of different honey bee species on C. moschata (C-1076) flowers at different day hours during August-September (2013) revealed that A. dorsata, A. mellifera, A. cerana and A. florea initiated their activity early in the morning at 0530, 0615, 0625 and 0630 h, respectively and stopped their activity at 1030, 1020, 1025 and 1030 h of the day, respectively while on C. moschata (C-1106, A. dorsata, A. mellifera, A. cerana and A. florea initiated their activity early in the morning at 0535, 0615, 0620 and 0625 h, respectively and ceased their activity at 1045, 1025, 1015 and 1040 h of the day, respectively. The mean foraging speed (time spent per flower) in seconds on flowers of pumpkin (C-1106) was maximum of A. florea (181.72), followed by A. mellifera (7.15), A. cerana (6.05) and A. dorsata spent least time (5.83) and in pumpkin (C-1076), foraging speed was maximum in case of A. florea (178.71), followed by A. mellifera (7.63), A. cerana (6.24) and A. dorsata spent least time (6.06). The mean foraging rate (flowers visited per minute) on flowers of pumpkin (C-1106) was maximum in case of A. dorsata (5.13), followed by A. cerana (4.30), A. mellifera (4.16) and A. florea visited least flower (0.32) and in pumpkin (C-1076), foraging rate was maximum in case of A. dorsata (4.96), followed by A. cerana (4.19), A. mellifera (4.02) and A. florea visited least flower (0.33). Present study advises the farmers that they should not apply the pesticide when the activityof honey bee is on the peak period because pesticides application at the time of bee activity in the field crop causes mortality of bees.

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Foraging behavior of major insect pollinators on Pumpkin, Cucurbitamoschata (Duch.ex Lam)

Journal of Applied and Natural Science ◽

10.31018/jans.v9i3.1408 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 1603-1607

Author(s):

Lalita Lalita ◽

Yogesh Kumar

Keyword(s):

Honey Bee ◽

Foraging Behavior ◽

Activity Period ◽

Field Crop ◽

Foraging Activity ◽

Peak Period ◽

Insect Pollinators ◽

Foraging Rate ◽

The Mean

Foraging activity period of different honey bee species on C. moschata (C-1076) flowers at different day hours during August-September (2013) revealed that A. dorsata, A. mellifera, A. cerana and A. florea initiated their activity early in the morning at 0530, 0615, 0625 and 0630 h, respectively and stopped their activity at 1030, 1020, 1025 and 1030 h of the day, respectively while on C. moschata (C-1106, A. dorsata, A. mellifera, A. cerana and A. florea initiated their activity early in the morning at 0535, 0615, 0620 and 0625 h, respectively and ceased their activity at 1045, 1025, 1015 and 1040 h of the day, respectively. The mean foraging speed (time spent per flower) in seconds on flowers of pumpkin (C-1106) was maximum of A. florea (181.72), followed by A. mellifera (7.15), A. cerana (6.05) and A. dorsata spent least time (5.83) and in pumpkin (C-1076), foraging speed was maximum in case of A. florea (178.71), followed by A. mellifera (7.63), A. cerana (6.24) and A. dorsata spent least time (6.06). The mean foraging rate (flowers visited per minute) on flowers of pumpkin (C-1106) was maximum in case of A. dorsata (5.13), followed by A. cerana (4.30), A. mellifera (4.16) and A. florea visited least flower (0.32) and in pumpkin (C-1076), foraging rate was maximum in case of A. dorsata (4.96), followed by A. cerana (4.19), A. mellifera (4.02) and A. florea visited least flower (0.33). Present study advises the farmers that they should not apply the pesticide when the activity of honey bee is on the peak period because pesticides application at the time of bee activity in the field crop causes mortality of bees.

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First Complete Genome of Lake Sinai Virus Lineage 3 and Genetic Diversity of Lake Sinai Virus Strains From Honey Bees and Bumble Bees

Journal of Economic Entomology ◽

10.1093/jee/toaa049 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 113 (3) ◽

pp. 1055-1061 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Laura Šimenc ◽

Urška Kuhar ◽

Urška Jamnikar-Ciglenečki ◽

Ivan Toplak

Keyword(s):

Honey Bee ◽

Honey Bees ◽

Complete Genome ◽

Bumble Bees ◽

Bumble Bee ◽

Rt Pcr ◽

Genome Region ◽

Pcr Method ◽

Next Generation Sequencing Ngs ◽

First Time

Abstract The complete genome of Lake Sinai virus 3 (LSV3) was sequenced by the Ion Torrent next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology from an archive sample of honey bees collected in 2010. This strain M92/2010 is the first complete genome sequence of LSV lineage 3. From October 2016 to December 2017, 56 honey bee samples from 32 different locations and 41 bumble bee samples from five different locations were collected. These samples were tested using a specific reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method; 75.92% of honey bee samples and 17.07% of bumble bee samples were LSV-positive with the RT-PCR method. Phylogenetic comparison of 557-base pair-long RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) genome region of selected 23 positive samples of honey bees and three positive bumble bee samples identified three different LSV lineages: LSV1, LSV2, and LSV3. The LSV3 lineage was confirmed for the first time in Slovenia in 2010, and the same strain was later detected in several locations within the country. The LSV strains detected in bumble bees are from 98.6 to 99.4% identical to LSV strains detected among honey bees in the same territory.

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Movers and shakers: Bumble bee foraging behavior shapes the dispersal of microbes among and within flowers

Ecosphere ◽

10.1002/ecs2.2714 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Avery L. Russell ◽

María Rebolleda‐Gómez ◽

Tierney Marie Shaible ◽

Tia‐Lynn Ashman

Keyword(s):

Foraging Behavior ◽

Bumble Bee ◽

Bee Foraging

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Assessing the role of β-ocimene in regulating foraging behavior of the honey bee, Apis mellifera

Apidologie ◽

10.1007/s13592-015-0382-x ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 47 (1) ◽

pp. 135-144 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Rong Ma ◽

Ulrich G. Mueller ◽

Juliana Rangel

Keyword(s):

Apis Mellifera ◽

Honey Bee ◽

Foraging Behavior

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Diversity, density, efficiency, and effectiveness of pollinators of cicer milkvetch, Astragalus cicer L.

Canadian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1139/z87-331 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 65 (9) ◽

pp. 2168-2176 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

K. W. Richards

Keyword(s):

Honey Bee ◽

Honey Bees ◽

Propagation Rate ◽

Bumble Bees ◽

Bumble Bee ◽

Bee Pollination ◽

Southern Alberta ◽

Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽

Astragalus Cicer

Diversity, density, efficiency, and effectiveness of pollinators of cicer milkvetch, Astragalus cicer L., grown at two locations in southern Alberta were studied from 1978 to 1983. Twenty-seven species of bees were identified as pollinators. At Lethbridge, honey bees (Apis mellifera) comprised 74% of the observations, bumble bees 16%, and leafcutter bees 10%, while at Spring Coulee, the proportions were honey bees 14%, bumble bees 69%, and leafcutter bees 17%. The rate of foraging by pollinator species from flower to flower varied; bumble bee species, especially Bombus nevadensis Cress., foraged consistently more efficiently than honey bees or alfalfa leafcutter bees, Megachile rotundata (F.). A theoretical approach used to predict the bee populations required to pollinate varying flower densities shows that the population of B. nevadensis required is about half those of Bombus huntii Greene and M. rotundata and less than one-quarter that of the honey bee. Pollination by B. nevadensis consistently resulted in more seeds per pod than with any other bumble bee species, the honey bee, or M. rotundata. Of the nine species of bumble bee that established colonies in artificial domiciles near the field, B. nevadensis established the most colonies each year. The number of workers and sexuals produced per colony varied considerably among bumble bee species with only 55% of the colony establishments producing workers and 31% producing sexuals. The propagation rate and quality of alfalfa leafcutter bees produced on cicer milkvetch was excellent.

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Foraging behavior and honey production of Apismellifera L.

Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research ◽

10.3329/ajmbr.v1i2.25630 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 359-366

Author(s):

Md Ektarul Islam ◽

Md Jamil Hossain Biswas ◽

Kazi Shahanara Ahmed ◽

Faruki Shabia Maraj

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Honey Bee ◽

Foraging Behavior ◽

Positive Relationship ◽

University Campus ◽

Bee Pollination ◽

Positive Correlation ◽

Honey Production ◽

Queen Cell ◽

Effect On Yield

Honeybee, Apismellifera L. was reared and maintained in bee box and placed in around Bangladesh Agricultural University campus in Mymensingh to study its life cycle, behaviour, pollen gathering activity, honey production and its effect on yield of mustard. There was no relationship between sunrises, sunset, first out from the box and last entrance into the box. But positive relationship was found with day temperature to first out and last entrance. The highest number of bees collected pollen in the 3rd week of March. Maximum pollen gathering activities were found at 12.00 to 1.00 p.m. The highest amount of honey production was 4.00 kg per box in mustard and there was positive correlation between percent pollen gathering activity and honey production. The highest number of queen cell was found in the month of March. The results showed that honey bee pollination had significant effect on increase in all the plant parameters and yield.Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. June 2015, 1(2): 359-366

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