Claim · model-written summary
Bees started foraging on cauliflower at c. 07.00 h
- Taxon
- cauliflower
Brassica oleracea var. botrytise6 - Outcome
- started foraginge6
- Value
- 07.00 he6
- Qualifier
- ceased flight activity at c. 18.00 he6
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Verbatim
e6“Bees started foraging on cauliflower and cabbage at c. 07.00 h and 06.30 h, respectively, and ceased flight activity at c. 18.00 h and 18.30 h, respectively”
Title
Foraging behaviour ofApis ceranaon cauliflower and cabbage and its impact on seed production
L R Verma; Uma Partap Journal of Apicultural Research 1994. doi:10.1080/00218839.1994.11100876
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Intervention effect Bee-pollinated cauliflower had fruit set 57% higher than pollinator-excluded control plants
- Intervention effect Bee-pollinated cauliflower had fruit set 20% higher than open-pollinated plants
- Intervention effect Bee-pollinated cabbage had fruit set 27% higher than open-pollinated plants
- Observation Cabbage control plants with pollinators excluded did not set fruit
- Observation Bee-pollinated cauliflower siliques had 20 seeds
- Observation Open-pollinated cauliflower siliques had 15 seeds
- Observation Control cauliflower siliques had 3 seeds
- Observation Open-pollinated cabbage siliques had 18 seeds
- Observation Bee-pollinated cabbage siliques had 28 seeds
- Intervention effect Seeds from bee-pollinated cauliflower germinated 16% more than seeds from control plants
- Intervention effect Seeds from bee-pollinated cauliflower germinated 12% more than seeds from open-pollinated plants
- Intervention effect Seeds from bee-pollinated cabbage germinated 28% more than seeds from open-pollinated cabbage
- Observation Bees started foraging on cabbage at c. 06.30 h
- Observation Individual foraging trips on cauliflower lasted 26.9 min
- Observation Individual foraging trips on cabbage lasted 23.9 min
- Observation Individual loads of cauliflower pollen weighed 5–9 mg
- Observation Cabbage pollen loads weighed 8–10 mg