To evaluate the impact of Ceratina cyanea on fruit and seed yields of sunflower, experimental field was set up from June to July in 2016 and 2017 at Dang. Observations were done on 540 capitula divided in fou...
Animal pollination is a key of reproduction of more plants species including Gossypium hirsutum. This Malvaceae is the best cultivated oilseed plant in tropical and subtropical regions in the world. This rese...
Honey bees are important pollinators and are essential in agriculture;as such they get exposed to a wide range of pesticides while foraging in contaminated fields or during the spray of chemical on crops. It is theref...
supported mainly by the National Specific Research Funds for Public Benefit Department(Agriculture)(201303108)to Zeqing Niu;the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(31625024)to Chaodong Zhu;partially by the NSFC Program J1211002;the grant(Y229YX5105)from Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution,Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese cleptoparasitic bee genus Tetralonioidella Strand,1914 is studied.Fourteen species are found in China,with nine new species,namely T.damenglongensis Niu&Zhu,sp.nov.,T.dinghuensis Niu&Zhu,sp.nov.,T.emeien...
Pollination efficiency of hairy footed flower bee Anthophora plumipes for greenhouse strawberry was evaluated in a small greenhouse located in Shimane University, Matsue, Japan (lat. 35°29', long. 133°27' and elevat...
Determining the levels of heavy metals in honey is a measure to control its quality. The objective of this study was to determine the contents of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in honey of stingless bee. The differential pulse ano...
Ornamental plants are distinguished by the shape and color of their leaves/flowers and their use in landscaping and gardening. In urban areas, their presence is relevant for the maintenance of bees. Aiming to list the...
To evaluate Apis mellifera adansonii Latreille impact on fruit and seed yields of Gossypium hirsutum L., its foraging and pollinating activities were studied in Ngaoundere for two seasons. Observations were made on 34...
The response of insects to monoculture plantations has mainly proceeded at the expense of natural forest areas, and is an outstanding and important issue in ecology and conservation biology, with pollination services ...
The venom apparatus in the large carpenter bees, Xylocopafenestrata (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) has been studied It consists of typical parts, i.e., the venom sac, free filament, Dufour gland, sting shaft a...