Effect of Season and Timings on the Foraging Behaviour of Stingless Bee, Tetragonula
iridipennis Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Vijayan, Megha; Saravanan, P. A.; Srinivasan, Mridula

doi:10.29321/maj.2018.000147

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“…Stingless bees as social insects use collective foraging behavior thus increasing the efficiency in the nectar and pollen collection (Biesmeijer & Slaa 2004). The stingless bee Tetragonula iridipennis Smith foraged for pollen in the morning until noon (8 a.m.-12 p.m.) in Tamil, India (409 m asl), while the activity of resin collection was from 8 a.m.-11 a.m. (Vijayan et al 2018). Similar patterns were also observed in T. laeviceps Smith in Lembang, Indonesia (1,400 m asl) (Putra et al 2017).…”

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Stingless bee foraging behavior and pollen resource use in oil palm and rubber plantations in Sumatra

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Land transformation in the tropical rainforests to monoculture plantations leads to biodiversity loss and abiotic change. In the oil palm and rubber plantations of Sumatra, we explored the foraging behavior of stingless bees Lepidotrigona terminata, Sundatrigona moorei, and Tetragonula drescheri. Pollen was collected from bees returning to the nest to investigate the floral resources collected by bees inside and outside research plots from both types of plantations. Foraging behavior in both plantations showed an increase in the number of individuals returning to the nest with pollen as the morning progressed, followed by a gradual decrease in the afternoon. The foraging behavior of each stingless bee species was influenced by different environmental factors. While the activity of S. moorei was positively correlated with humidity, the activity of L. terminate was negatively correlated with temperature. We found that a single pollen load was dominated by a single plant taxon in all bee species in both plantations. All pollen collected in the rubber plantation was from Hevea brasiliensis, suggests that rubber is a potential pollen resource. However, in the oil palm plantation, Asteraceae pollen was the dominant taxon collected by both L. terminata and S. moorei. The comparison to the plant inventories in the plots suggests that almost half of the pollen collected by these two species in the oil palm hives was from outside the plantations, probably in forested patches and surrounding gardens. Finally, based on multivariate analyses, we found no competition for these floral resources between L. terminata and S. moorei.

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“…Pollen collection was greatest in the morning hours and low in the mid evening (Vijayan et al, 2018). Currie et al (2010) studied that forager worked more vigorously in the noon (35 workers/min) than in the early (17.60 workers/min).…”

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European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Foraging Activities, Impacts and Potential Factors of Decline- A Review

Mahmood¹,

Muhammad²,

Ullah³

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FORAGING ACTIVITY and ROLE OF STINGLESS BEE Tetragonula iridipennis Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in BITTER GOURD

Narmadha,

Saravanan,

Umapathy

et al. 2023

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In the bitter gourd cropping system, honey bees were the primary pollinators. In the Coimbatore district, a field study was conducted to record the foraging activity and pollination efficiency of the stingless bee Tetragonula iridipennis in bitter gourd. Bee foraging activity was recorded separately in male and female flowers, with the number of foragers/flower/min recorded. Fruit set and yield were assessed under three different conditions: pollinator exclusion, bee pollination, and open pollination. Abundance of Pollinators and foraging rate of stingless bees observed on male flower 1.71 bees/ flower/ minute and flower handling time in seconds was (37.86 sec) was higher than female flowers 1.22 bees / flower/ minute and (25.73 sec) respectively. The peak foraging activity of stingless bees was observed between 08:00-10:00 hours with 3.30 bees/ 5 mins. The pollination efficiency index of stingless bees in bitter gourd flowers was 41600. The foraging activity of bees at the hive entrance was at its peak at 08:00 to 10:00 hours. T. Iridipennis colony growth parameters show increased honey sealed area 1464.5 g and brood development. The experiment results show that yield was higher in the managed bee-pollinated condition in terms of number of fruits/plant was (18.2 fruits) and fruit yield per hectare (44.08 t/ha) than in the open pollinated condition (16.5 fruits) and (38.30 t/ha), and with pollinators excluded, no fruit set was recorded.

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Effect of Season and Timings on the Foraging Behaviour of Stingless Bee, Tetragonula iridipennis Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Stingless bee foraging behavior and pollen resource use in oil palm and rubber plantations in Sumatra

Stingless bee foraging behavior and pollen resource use in oil palm and rubber plantations in Sumatra

European Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Foraging Activities, Impacts and Potential Factors of Decline- A Review

FORAGING ACTIVITY and ROLE OF STINGLESS BEE Tetragonula iridipennis Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in BITTER GOURD

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