Foraging Behavior and Pollination Efficiency of Apis mellifera L. on the Oil Tree Peony ‘Feng Dan’ (Paeonia ostii T. Hong et J.X. Zhang)

• Published in: Insects (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 10; no. 4; p. 116
• Main Authors: He, Chunling, Zhang, Kaiyue, Hou, Xiaogai, Han, Dongbo, Wang, Shuaibing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 25.04.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: A. mellifera; Agricultural production; Apis mellifera; Bees; Crops; diurnal activity; Drinking water; Efficiency; Flowering; Flowers; Flowers & plants; Follicles; foraging; Foraging behavior; Gardens & gardening; honey bees; Insects; oil tree peony; oils; Oils & fats; Paeonia; Paeonia ostii; Paeonia suffruticosa; Plant reproduction; Plants (botany); Pollination; Pollinators; Seed set; Seeds; self-pollination; stigma; Stigmas (botany); Trees; visitation characteristics; visitation frequency; Wind; wind pollination; China; oil tree peony; visitation characteristics; A. mellifera; visitation frequency; seed set

To solve the issue of insufficient pollinating of insects for the oil tree peony ‘Feng Dan’ (Paeonia ostii T. Hong et J.X. Zhang) and improve its seed set and yield, we conducted observations from 2017 to 2018 to investigate the relationship between honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) foraging behavior an...