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Article

Comparison of Pollen-Collecting Abilities between Apis mellifera L. and Bombus terrestris L. in the Oil Tree Peony Field

by
Junyi Bao
1,
Kaiyue Zhang
1,
Xiangnan He
1,
Zhanfeng Chen
2,
Junying Wang
2,
Chunling He
3,* and
Xiaogai Hou
1,*
1
College of Agriculture, Henan University of Science & Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
2
Sanmenxia Muxian Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Sanmenxia 472000, China
3
College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science & Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Horticulturae 2023, 9(6), 658; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9060658
Submission received: 29 April 2023 / Revised: 24 May 2023 / Accepted: 31 May 2023 / Published: 2 June 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Nursery Stock and Ornamental Plants)
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Abstract

The lack of pollinators in the oil tree peony field was a serious problem for the seed yield. In the preliminary studies, we found that the seed rate of oil tree peonies was significantly improved by supplementing bees during the flowering stages in the pollination net room. In addition, the performance of Apis mellifera L. was better than Bombus terrestris L. To understand the interaction relationship between flowering characteristics and the managed bees, and the pollen-collecting ability of different species of bees, the flowering traits and the pollen loaded on bees were measured in this study. We found that the bees visited flowers with preference and they prefer to forage the flowers having pollen with higher viability. The B. terrestris carried more pollen (27,000.00 ± 5613.70 grains) on the body surface than that of the A. mellifera (7690.00 ± 2873.26 grains). The A. mellifera outperformed B. terrestris both in pollen deposition per visit on the stigma and on the pollen transfer efficiency. The viability of pollen on the body surface (67.77% ± 19.06%) and hind legs (92.02% ± 10.74%) of A. mellifera were both significantly higher than that of B. terrestris (31.84% ± 4.84% and 83.77% ± 6.40%). Our study indicated that the quantity and quality of pollen loaded on stigma by A. mellifera were both better than B. terrestris, which provided evidence that the A. mellifera was the effective pollinator pollinating for the oil tree peony in the pollination net room.
Keywords: oil tree peony; pollen viability; pollen deposition; bee pollination oil tree peony; pollen viability; pollen deposition; bee pollination

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Bao, J.; Zhang, K.; He, X.; Chen, Z.; Wang, J.; He, C.; Hou, X. Comparison of Pollen-Collecting Abilities between Apis mellifera L. and Bombus terrestris L. in the Oil Tree Peony Field. Horticulturae 2023, 9, 658. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9060658

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Bao J, Zhang K, He X, Chen Z, Wang J, He C, Hou X. Comparison of Pollen-Collecting Abilities between Apis mellifera L. and Bombus terrestris L. in the Oil Tree Peony Field. Horticulturae. 2023; 9(6):658. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9060658

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Bao, Junyi, Kaiyue Zhang, Xiangnan He, Zhanfeng Chen, Junying Wang, Chunling He, and Xiaogai Hou. 2023. "Comparison of Pollen-Collecting Abilities between Apis mellifera L. and Bombus terrestris L. in the Oil Tree Peony Field" Horticulturae 9, no. 6: 658. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9060658

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Bao, J., Zhang, K., He, X., Chen, Z., Wang, J., He, C., & Hou, X. (2023). Comparison of Pollen-Collecting Abilities between Apis mellifera L. and Bombus terrestris L. in the Oil Tree Peony Field. Horticulturae, 9(6), 658. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9060658

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