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Activity of Honey Bees on Brassica Crops in Himachal Pradesh


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1 Department of Entomology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur 176062, Himachal Pradesh, India
 

Behavioral studies of honey bees are very important to promote pollination. Foraging speed and rate are such vital behavioral patterns. This study evaluates the foraging attributes of honey bees on Brassica with experiments done at different sites chosen in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. Apis mellifera is observed to show a significantly maximum foraging rate of 13.25 and 13.89 flowers/ min on toria and mustard, respectively. Whereas, the foraging speed was maximum for A. cerana (5.20 sec/ flower) on toria and A. mellifera (4.42 sec/ flower) on mustard.

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Foraging, honey bees, fidelity, Brasscia, speed, behaviour, Himachal Pradesh, foraging rate, attribute, mustard, toria, Apis mellifera, Apis cerana, Apis dorsata
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Authors

Harsimran Kaur
Department of Entomology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur 176062, Himachal Pradesh, India
Surender K. Sharma
Department of Entomology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur 176062, Himachal Pradesh, India
Vasu Mehta
Department of Entomology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur 176062, Himachal Pradesh, India

Abstract


Behavioral studies of honey bees are very important to promote pollination. Foraging speed and rate are such vital behavioral patterns. This study evaluates the foraging attributes of honey bees on Brassica with experiments done at different sites chosen in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. Apis mellifera is observed to show a significantly maximum foraging rate of 13.25 and 13.89 flowers/ min on toria and mustard, respectively. Whereas, the foraging speed was maximum for A. cerana (5.20 sec/ flower) on toria and A. mellifera (4.42 sec/ flower) on mustard.

Keywords


Foraging, honey bees, fidelity, Brasscia, speed, behaviour, Himachal Pradesh, foraging rate, attribute, mustard, toria, Apis mellifera, Apis cerana, Apis dorsata

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2021.378