Supplementary honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) pollination enhances fruit growth rate and fruit yield in Paeonia ostii (family: Paeoniaceae)

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 8; p. e0272921
• Main Authors: Zhang, Kaiyue, Li, Yuying, Sun, Kaili, Bao, Junyi, He, Chunling, Hou, Xiaogai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 25.08.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agricultural ecosystems; Agricultural production; Apis mellifera; Bees; Biology and Life Sciences; Crop yield; Density; Fatty acids; Fruit set; Fruits; Growth rate; Oil; Oils & fats; Paeonia; Plant reproduction; Pollination; Seeds; Supplementation; Trees

Insufficient pollination leads to low and unstable production of oil tree peony. Supplementary managed honeybees ( Apis mellifera L.) in agricultural ecosystems is a common practice for addressing the problem. At this study site (N 34°38′30″ and E 112°39′43″, with an altitude of 125.5 m), we set up...