EFFECT OF FEEDING POLLEN SUBSTITUTES TO HONEY-BEE COLONIES USED FOR KIWIFRUIT POLLINATION AND HONEY PRODUCTION

Authors
GOODWIN RM TENHOUTEN A PERRY JH
Citation
Rm. Goodwin et al., EFFECT OF FEEDING POLLEN SUBSTITUTES TO HONEY-BEE COLONIES USED FOR KIWIFRUIT POLLINATION AND HONEY PRODUCTION, New Zealand journal of crop and horticultural science, 22(4), 1994, pp. 459-462
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture
Journal title
New Zealand journal of crop and horticultural science → ACNP
ISSN journal
01140671
Volume
22
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
459 - 462
Database
ISI
SICI code
0114-0671(1994)22:4<459:EOFPST>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Feeding pollen substitutes to honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in k iwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) orchards had no significant effect on t he amount of kiwifruit pollen collected, but caused a decline in the a mount of pollen collected from other sources. Pollen substitutes had n o significant effect on honey production from colonies used for kiwifr uit pollination or colonies managed solely for honey production.