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Four stingless bee species spent more time collecting nectar than other stingless bees.

Taxon: Cantaloupe melonse1
Interactor: M. ferrugineaMeliponula ferrugineae0pollinator
Outcome: time collecting nectare0
Direction: moree0
Qualifier: M. togoensis, H. gribodoi and P. hildebrandtie0
Comparator: other stingless bee speciese0

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“M. ferruginea, M. togoensis, H. gribodoi and P. hildebrandti spent more time collecting nectar than other stingless bee species”
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“greenhouse cultivated Cantaloupe melons”
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Title

Effective pollination of greenhouse Galia musk melon (Cucumis meloL. var.reticulatusser.) by afrotropical stingless bee species

Nkoba Kiatoko; Maria I. Pozo; Annette Van Oystaeyen; et al. Journal of Apicultural Research 2022. doi:10.1080/00218839.2021.2021641

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Observation Honey bees began foraging sooner than stingless bees after greenhouse introduction.
Observation Stingless bees harvested nectar in about two thirds of flower visits.
Intervention effect Stingless bee pollination significantly shortened fruit maturation relative to honey bee pollination.
Observation M. bocandei and H. gribodoi pollination gave the shortest fruit maturation time.
Intervention effect Pollination treatments yielded similar fruit roundness and ellipsoid ratios.
Intervention effect Manual pollination and four stingless bee species produced the highest fruit weight relative to honey bees.
Intervention effect Manual pollination and four stingless bee species produced the highest fruit volume relative to honey bees.
Intervention effect These five pollination treatments yielded the highest seed counts per fruit.
Intervention effect The pollination differences did not affect seed weight or volume.
Observation The authors considered four stingless bee species more efficient melon pollinators than A. m. scutellata.
Recommendation The authors recommend four stingless bee species for greenhouse crops.

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Pollination by four named bees yielded around 90% seed germination.

Taxon: cucumberCucumis sativust0
Interactor: M. bocandei, M. ferruginea, A. mellifera scutellata and H. gribodoiApis melliferaHypotrigona gribodoiMeliponula bocandeiMeliponula ferrugineae0pollinator
Outcome: seed germination percentagee0
Value: around 90%e0

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“M. bocandei, M. ferruginea, A. mellifera scutellata and H. gribodoi, yielded a seed germination percentage of around 90%”
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“cucumber”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 98–106

Title

African endemic stingless bees as an efficient alternative pollinator to honey bees in greenhouse cucumber ( Cucumis sativus L)

Nkoba Kiatoko; Maria I. Pozo; Annette Van Oystaeyen; et al. Journal of Apicultural Research 2022. doi:10.1080/00218839.2021.2013421

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Observation Honey bees and D. schmidti began foraging when introduced.
Observation M. lendliana and M. togoensis had the longest foraging delay.
Observation Most species collected nectar and pollen.
Observation M. bocandei specialized in nectar collection.
Observation H. gribodoi and M. togoensis specialized in pollen collection.
Observation African honey bees made the shortest flower visits.
Observation H. gribodoi and D. schmidti had roughly twice the probing time.
Observation Most stingless bee species had fewer foragers per hour than honey bees, except D. schmidti.
Observation Pollination by three named bees yielded around 30% seed germination.
Observation Four pollinator groups produced fruits with the highest sugar content and the same solid content as hand cross pollination.
Observation M. bocandei pollination produced the largest and heaviest cucumber fruits and highest seed numbers.
Recommendation The authors judged M. bocandei the most efficient cucumber pollinator tested.

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Meliponula ferruginea was the most efficient bee species, with 98.3% pollination efficiency.

Taxon: Coffea canephoraCoffea canephorat0
Interactor: Meliponula ferrugineaMeliponula ferrugineae1pollinator
Outcome: most efficient bee speciese1
Value: 98.3%e1

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“visiting coffee (Coffea canephora) flowers in Uganda”
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“The most efficient bee species was Meliponula ferruginea (98.3%) followed by Meliponula nebulata (97.1%)”
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Title

Influence of functional traits on foraging behaviour and pollination efficiency of wild social and solitary bees visiting coffee (Coffea canephora) flowers in Uganda

Theodore Munyuli Grana 2014. doi:10.1080/00173134.2013.853831

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