Bee (Apis mellifera, Hymenoptera: Apoidea) visitation to cantaloupe Cucumis melo (Cucurvitaceae) flowers in Panama

Bee (Apis mellifera, Hymenoptera: Apoidea) visitation to cantaloupe Cucumis melo (Cucurvitaceae) flowers in Panama

Flower visits by bees were observed in a melon cultivated field of San Lorenzo district, in Chiriqui, Panama, from January 6 to February 19, 2002, from 6:30 am to 4:30 pm We recorded the duration of each foraging event and the type of resource collected. Flower visits were mostly for nectar collecti...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista de biología tropical 2007-06, Vol.55 (2), p.677-680
1. Verfasser: de la Hoz, Juan Carlos Di Trani
Format: Artikel
Sprache:spa
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Animals
Bees - physiology
Behavior, Animal - physiology
Cucumis melo
Flowers - physiology
Panama
Pollination - physiology
Pyridines
Tetrazoles
Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:Flower visits by bees were observed in a melon cultivated field of San Lorenzo district, in Chiriqui, Panama, from January 6 to February 19, 2002, from 6:30 am to 4:30 pm We recorded the duration of each foraging event and the type of resource collected. Flower visits were mostly for nectar collection (approximately 75 %). Pollen foraging was concentrated in the first hours of the morning and ended by 11:00 am The mean collection time was similar for both food resources, but was different between flower sexes. Flower visits to female flowers took longer (Student's t test, p
ISSN:0034-7744