2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.aoas.2021.02.004
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Impact of managed stingless bee and western honey bee colonies on native pollinators and yield of watermelon: A comparative study

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“…Kishan Tej et al (2017) reported that the stingless bee Tetragonula iridipennis Smith used as the pollinator in greenhouse can be increased the production attributes of cucumber (fruit length, girth, weight, fruit number per plant, and production per plant) than control (without stingless bee as the pollinator). Furthermore, Layek et al (2021) reported that the open pollination of stingless bee and honeybee can increase watermelon fruit set is 14% for Tetragonula iridipennis and 17% for Apis mellifera compared to open pollination and geitonogamy. In addition, open pollination added by stingless bee and honeybee increased the quality of watermelon (length, girth, and weight of fruits) then open pollination and geitonogamy, however is lower compared to cross pollination using hand.…”
Section: Nectar Sucrose Contentmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Kishan Tej et al (2017) reported that the stingless bee Tetragonula iridipennis Smith used as the pollinator in greenhouse can be increased the production attributes of cucumber (fruit length, girth, weight, fruit number per plant, and production per plant) than control (without stingless bee as the pollinator). Furthermore, Layek et al (2021) reported that the open pollination of stingless bee and honeybee can increase watermelon fruit set is 14% for Tetragonula iridipennis and 17% for Apis mellifera compared to open pollination and geitonogamy. In addition, open pollination added by stingless bee and honeybee increased the quality of watermelon (length, girth, and weight of fruits) then open pollination and geitonogamy, however is lower compared to cross pollination using hand.…”
Section: Nectar Sucrose Contentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Klein et al (2003) reported that the insects that serve as pollinators are mostly pollinated by the bees, ranging from 2,038 to 2,269 bees that visit coffee flowers. Several studies showed that honeybees or stingless bee can improve the productivity of several plants such as number of fruits, weight, length, and other parameters from various countries (Atmowidi et al 2008;Azmi et al 2016;Bezabih and Gebretsadikan, 2014;Calderone 2012;Kishan Tej et al 2017;Layek et al 2021;Rogers et al 2014;Veddeler et al 2008). However, the studied the roles of stingless bee Tetragonula sp.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Stingless bees present great potential to be used in commercial crop pollination (Heard, 1999;Slaa et al, 2006;Giannini et al, 2020;Layek et al, 2021). Indeed, Melipona bees have been demonstrated to be efficient pollinators of many economically important fruits and vegetables (Cruz et al, 2005;Bispo dos Santos et al, 2009;Nunes-Silva et al, 2013;Caro et al, 2017;Silva-Neto et al, 2019).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some species of stingless bees are already successfully managed in small scale, notably those from the genus Melipona that have been traditionally used for honey production in the Americas, with several other stingless bee genera used in Africa, Asia and Oceania (Cortopassi-Laurino et al, 2006;Quezada-Euán et al, 2018;Orr et al, 2021). However, despite their great potential to be used as commercial pollinators (Cruz et al, 2005;Del Sarto et al, 2005;Slaa et al, 2006;Bispo dos Santos et al, 2009;Hikawa and Miyanaga, 2009; Nunes- Silva et al, 2013;Caro et al, 2017;Silva-Neto et al, 2019;Giannini et al, 2020;Layek et al, 2021), the large scale application of stingless bee species with this purpose is not yet as developed as for example honeybees and bumblebees (Roubik, 1995;Ramírez et al, 2018;Roubik et al, 2018). This could be a direct consequence of a general lack of knowledge about their biology and natural history.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Plantation crops such as coffee, cocoa, and pepper are managed to have self-pollination [3,4]. In many studies, it has been shown that cross-pollination has also occurred among plants where bees were the pollinators and resulted in the high percentage of fruit set and seed set [5,6,7,8], produced a high quality of yield [9], and performed high effectiveness and efficiency [10]. According to Klein et al [11], cocoa is the most affected by pollinators' loss, which leads to more than 90% yield loss.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%