Claim · model-written summary
Cashew pollen was selectively distributed on bee bodies.
- Taxon
- cashew
Anacardium occidentalee0 - Interactor
- Apis mellifera
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Apis melliferae1pollinator - Outcome
- selectively distributede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“cashew pollen was selectively distributed on a pollinator's body”
e1“honey bees (Apis mellifera) and a solitary bee (Centris tarsata)”
Title
Breno M Freitas Journal of Apicultural Research 1997. doi:10.1080/00218839.1997.11100926
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Pollen grain numbers differed significantly between male and female bee foragers.
- Observation Female C. tarsata carried twice the pollen of A. mellifera foragers.
- Observation Cashew pollen had little mobility on bee bodies after deposition.
- Association Bee body regions with greater pollen density had touched cashew stigmas.
- Observation Authors suggest A. mellifera and C. tarsata are effective cashew pollinators.
- Mechanism Authors suggest pollen displacement across the visitor body reduces pollinator efficiency when floral transfer uses localized areas.