New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science abstracts
Effect of feeding pollen substitutes to honey bee colonies
used for kiwifruit pollination and honey production
R. M. GOODWIN
A. TEN HOUTEN
J. H. PERRY
The Horticulture and Food Research
Institute of New Zealand
Apicultural Research Unit
Ruakura Research Centre
Private Bag 3123
Hamilton, New Zealand
Abstract Feeding pollen substitutes to honey bee (Apis
mellifera) colonies in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) orchards had
no significant effect on the amount of kiwifruit pollen collected, but caused a
decline in the amount of pollen collected from other sources. Pollen
substitutes had no significant effect on honey production from colonies used
for kiwifruit pollination or colonies managed solely for honey production.
Keywords honey bees; kiwifruit; pollen substitutes; pollen
collection; honey production; Apis mellifera; Actinidia
deliciosa
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 1994, Vol. 22:
459-462
0114-0671/94/2204-0459 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand
1994
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